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The Theory of Stock Assessment Maritimes
If you had to sum up in a few words what the process of fish stock assessment is all about, most science literature on the subject describes it as "turning data into advice."
An Appetite for Oil: Oceans Rebound from Oil Spills with the Aid of Microbes Maritimes
In the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, which sent an estimated 4.9 million barrels of crude oil into the Gulf of Mexico during three months in 2010, nature continued to do what it has long done – slowly but surely break down the oil into its constituent parts including carbon dioxide and water.
Hear them coming: right whales return to the Gulf of St. Lawrence Quebec
The North Atlantic right whale—Eubalaena glacialis—is a large marine mammal that is listed as one of Canada's Species at Risk. It was designated Endangered in 2005.