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Counting Salmon	Pacific 22/02/2012
Like many biologists, George Cronkite has been with Fisheries and Oceans Canada for a long time; about 27 years. He first worked as a management biologist in the Yukon and for the past 16 years has been at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo British Columbia, where he is currently the program head for Marine and Freshwater Acoustics.

The Theory of Stock Assessment	Maritimes 09/02/2012
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 25/01/2012
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 22/12/2011
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.

Remote Sensing: Nearshore Oceanography Gets a Technological Boost	National 01/12/2011
In a satellite image of the Scotian Shelf off the coast of Nova Scotia, a whitish cloud of water surrounds Sable Island in swirls and filaments. The colour of the ocean is caused by a bloom of coccoliths, an algae with a calcium carbonate shell that gives it its white color.

The northern shrimp: in time for dinner!	National 14/11/2011
An international team of researchers has demonstrated that northern shrimp, wherever they are found, from the Gulf of St. Lawrence to the Gulf of Maine, all the way to the Barents Sea, have adapted themselves to give their larvae the best conditions for survival. A strategic thinker, the shrimp is!

Gentle Giants: In Search of Basking Sharks in Canada's Pacific Waters	Pacific 25/10/2011
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) research scientist Dr. Jacquelynne King dreams of one day seeing a basking shark off Canada's west coast.

The Olympia Oyster	Pacific 19/10/2011
In 1999, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) wanted to look at Olympia Oysters and have a status report done on them. Gillespie took that project on, completing his report in 2000.