Three New Fisheries and Oceans Canada Science Videos Now Available on www.science.gc.ca

Three new Fisheries and Oceans Canada videos about aquatic sciences have just been posted on the Government of Canada's science portal, www.science.gc.ca.

Revealing a Hidden Realm: Canada's First Biodiversity Corridor tells the story of collaborative scientific work to explore the Discovery Corridor in the Gulf of Maine, its biodiversity and previously unknown species and processes. Video captured at great depths by the Canadian submersible, ROPOS (Remotely Operated Platform for Ocean Sciences) is featured. ROPOS is a science/work-class ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) that is capable of operating to depths of up to 5000 metres. Dr. Ellen Kenchington, Director of the Centre for Marine Biodiversity and a senior investigator with Fisheries and Oceans Canada at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography is mission leader.

Cold Water Corals of Canada: Oasis of the Deep is an educational look at stunning corals of Atlantic Canada captured on video using ROPOS. The fascinating footage is accompanied by an in-depth explanation of the significance and range of the corals discovered during ROPOS missions off the coast of Nova Scotia and Newfoundland and Labrador, including the Gully Marine Protected Area, the Stone Fence Lophelia Conservation Area, the southwest Grand Banks at Haddock Channel, Halibut Channel and Desbarres Canyon. Both this video and Revealing a Hidden Realm demonstrate the collaborative work of Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists and those working at Memorial and Dalhousie universities, ROPOS engineers and technicians, as well as Canadian Coast Guard crew of the CCGS Hudson, from which ROPOS was launched.

Scott and Crossman: The Freshwater Fishes of Canada is the story of scientist emeritus William Beverly (Bev) Scott, formerly of the Royal Ontario Museum and the Huntsman Marine Science Centre and Edwin (Ed) J. Crossman, formerly of the Royal Ontario Museum, authors of the definitive texts on freshwater fish in Canada. Dr. Scott continues, at 91, to be an influential presence in aquatic science in Canada. Dr. Richard Beamish of the Pacific Biological Station was instrumental in the production of the video. You can also learn about Dr. Scott's work in this science feature story: http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/publications/article/2009/04-07-2009-eng.htm