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Sixth right whale death in Canadian waters sets researchers on urgent mission for solutions

Lab News

There is a growing urgency to identify where endangered North Atlantic right whales are migrating, say researchers after a sixth dead mammal was discovered in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.

Read full story on PHYS ORG

July 1, 2019
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Little fish, big impact: How the loss of herring hurts more than our oceans

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‘There used to be schools miles long. And now there’s rarely schools more than a few hundred yards long’

Read full story in CBC

June 10, 2019
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Ocean School Makes a Splash with Webby Awards

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Often referred to as the “Oscars of the Internet,” the Webby Awards recognize excellence on the Internet

Read full story at Dal News

April 11, 2019
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Marine life worse off inside ‘protected’ areas, analysis reveals

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Destructive trawling is more intense inside official marine sanctuaries, while endangered fish are more common outside them, a startling analysis of Europe’s seas has revealed.

Read the fully story here on The Guardian

December 20, 2018
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Ocean School provides students an immersive education on watery realm

Lab News Ocean School

Ocean school isn’t a physical place, it’s an online space – and it’s full of possibilities as students are immersed in ocean school while on dry land.

Read the fully story here on Global News

October 4, 2018
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‘We want to be relevant’: Dalhousie, NFB launch new ocean VR learning tool

Lab News Ocean School

Dalhousie marine biology professor Boris Worm has been obsessed with the ocean for a long time, and for the last six years, has been obsessed with getting others hooked on his lifelong passion.

Read the fully story here on Global News

October 4, 2018
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New study shines light on shadowy fisheries operating beyond national jurisdictions

Lab News

It is a phenomenon that happens far from shore, with fishing boats transferring their catches to large, refrigerated ships that carry the lucrative haul back to ports for distribution around the world. The practice – known as transshipment – has for decades operated in the shadows, largely beyond the reach of prying eyes and national…

July 25, 2018
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Fischer beanspruchen mehr als die Hälfte der weltweiten Ozeanfläche

Lab News

Etwa 90 Millionen Tonnen Fisch zogen Fischer im Jahr 2015 aus den Weltmeeren. Doch welche Schiffe sich wie lange wo befanden – und ob sie sich nur dort aufhielten, wo sie das auch durften -, war lange Zeit nicht nachzuvollziehen.

Read the fully story here on Süddeutsche Zeitung

February 24, 2018
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Large-scale commercial fishing covers more than half of the oceans, study finds

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Scientists tag sharks to see where they roam in the high seas, but until now they couldn’t track the seas’ biggest eater: Humans. By using ships’ own emergency beacons, researchers got the first comprehensive snapshot of industrial fishing’s impacts around the globe. And it’s huge — bigger than scientists thought, according to a new study.  Read…

February 23, 2018
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MASSIVE GLOBAL FISHING FOOTPRINT CAPTURED IN DETAIL FOR FIRST TIME

Lab News

Humans have harvested the ocean’s resources for millennia, but a new study published this week in the journal Science reveals, for the first time ever, a precise image of the massive scale of global fishing activity.

Read the fully story here on Dal News

February 22, 2018
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