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Defining Canada's Maritime Zones	National 11/10/2011
In addition to its land territory Canada encompasses approximately 7.1-million square kilometres of ocean environment - an area equal to about 70 percent of its land mass.

Forecasts: helping us follow the current	Quebec 15/09/2011
In the St. Lawrence River and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, operational oceanography is used to illustrate short-term changes in the physical conditions of this vast area with the help of computer-generated prediction models.

Farming saltwater fish in Quebec: The Spotted Wolffish shows promise	Quebec 07/09/2011
Saltwater mariculture-aquaculture in Quebec may soon welcome a new arrival: the Spotted Wolffish, a threatened and little-known species that tastes delicious.

Assessing Geoduck Harvesting Impacts	Pacific 31/08/2011
For most British Columbians, geoducks (pronounced "gooey ducks") are a bit of a mystery.

Training Multidisciplinary Hydrographers at the Canadian Hydrographic Service	National 23/08/2011
Hydrography - the science of surveying, analyzing and charting of oceans, lakes, and rivers - is a varied and complex field.

Probing the Cause of Declining Winter Skate in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence	Gulf 26/07/2011
In 2005, the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada assessed the winter skate population in the southern Gulf of St. Lawrence and designated it 'endangered.'

Ocean Tracking Network Raises Marine Animal Tracking to a New Level	Maritimes 19/07/2011
To the naked eye, a salmon or cod cruising Canada's coastal waters might look like any other fish of its kind. If one could peak inside, however, it would quickly become evident that some individuals have gone high-tech.

Migration Secrets of the European Eel Partially Revealed	Quebec 11/07/2011
The European eel undertakes one of the longest known spawning migrations in the marine environment, completing a non-stop 5,000-kilometre journey from Europe to its spawning grounds in the Sargasso Sea, south of Bermuda off the coast of the Bahamas.