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Science Annual Report 2006-2007
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Table of contents
Message from the Assistant Deputy Minister of Science
Strategic Role of Science in Fisheries and Oceans Canada
SECTION 1: High Priority and Emerging Issues
International Polar Year and Arctic Science
Centres of Expertise Confront Specialized Issues
How Much Water to Extract for Human Use? Athabasca Oil Sands Water Needs
Scientific Review of the Potential Environmental Effects of Aquaculture in Aquatic Ecosystems
Tunicates: An Aquatic Invasive Species Crisis in Atlantic Canada
Biological Risk Assessment of Invasive Tunicates
Japanese Skeleton Shrimp Invade Quebec Waters
Devil's Lake: Concern about Cross Border Traffic in Freshwater Invasive Species
National Aquatic Animal Health Laboratories Take Action Against Great Lakes Fish Virus
Endocrine Disruptor Experiment Answers Critical Question about Impacts to Fish
Potential Impacts of Pesticides on Fish
Extreme Weather: Improving Forecasting with Computer Models
Geonomics and the Mystery of Late-run Fraser River Sockeye Salmon
SECTION 2: Science that Matters to Canadians
- The Cascading Effect of the Loss of Top Predators
- DFO Science and University Researchers Collaborate to Study Ecosystem Change, Capelin and Seabirds
- Research Behind the Scenes of Snow Crab Stock Assessment
- By-catch Survival and Conservation
- Research Mission in the Sargasso Sea
- Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture in the Bay of Fundy: Continuing to Evolve
- Atomic Bomb Radiocarbon Shows Beluga Whales Live Twice as Long as Previously Believed
- Aquatic Biotechnology Research and Development Program
- Marine Studies of Pacific Salmon
- Strait of Georgia Study
- High Seas Pacific Salmon Program
- National Aquatic Monitoring in Canada: Report of the Implementation Team
- A Model Monitoring Program
- Monitoring in Northern Canada
- The Many Benefits of Ocean Modeling and Ecosystem Applications
- Monitoring Canada's Waters from Space
- MERIS and the Red Tide Investigation
- Long-term Monitoring Shows Dramatic Shifts in the Composition of the Southern Gulf of St. Lawrence Ecosystem
- Development of a Satellite Buoy Network for Real-time Acoustic Localization of Whales in the St. Lawrence
- Aquatic Invasive Species in the Great Lakes
- Groundfish Monitoring and Assessment in British Columbia
- Developing New Technologies for Visual Surveys for Rockfishes
- Advice in Support of the Species at Risk Act in the Great Lakes
- Killer Whales of Newfoundland and Labrador: Assessment of Distribution and Social Structure
- Eastern Canadian Arctic Bowhead Whales: Population Assessment
- A Study of Resident Seal Populations and Oil Drilling Operations in the Beaufort Sea
- Science Advice on Arctic Populations of Narwhal, Greenland Halibut, Beluga
- Oceans Action Plan: Science in Support of Integrated Management
- Ecosystem Overview and Assessment Report on the Beaufort Sea
- Mapping Species at Risk: New Tool for Conservation and Habitat Management
- Aquatic Invasive Species Assessment: Northern Snakehead in Canada
- Canada–U.S. Pacific Hake Agreement
- Identifying the Biological Diversity of Pacific Wild Salmon under the Wild Salmon Policy
D: Management of Data and Information
- GeoPortal
- United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS)
- Innovative New Mapping Tool Introduced at CHS
- World Hydrography Day
- Ocean Sciences - Canadian Hydrographic Service on the International Scene
- Strategic Science Outreach
