Determining habitat use of small cetaceans in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Cetaceans and pinnipeds in the North West Atlantic Ocean have been put at risk by human imposed threats, such as the shipping industry, for many years. We also have limited knowledge of the whereabouts of these animals within this region. My honours thesis…
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Determining habitat use of small cetaceans in the Northwest Atlantic Ocean Cetaceans and pinnipeds in the North West Atlantic Ocean have been put at risk by human imposed threats, such as the shipping industry, for many years. We also have limited knowledge of the whereabouts of these animals within this region. My honours thesis…
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Developing a Canadian ocean literacy evaluation framework With the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy (the Strategy) this year, there has been increased recognition of the need for ocean education at all levels to increase ocean literacy. According to the Strategy, ocean literacy in Canada is multi-dimensional…
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Developing a Canadian ocean literacy evaluation framework With the launch of the UN Decade of Ocean Science and the Canadian Ocean Literacy Strategy (the Strategy) this year, there has been increased recognition of the need for ocean education at all levels to increase ocean literacy. According to the Strategy, ocean literacy in Canada is multi-dimensional…
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The effects of anti-finning legislation on global shark mortality The unhalted expansion of industrialized fishing fleets has exerted huge pressures on the sustainability of marine megafaunas, mostly in case of large chondrichthyan species comprising of sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras. There are about 1041 chondrichthyans living in the world oceans and one-quarter of these species…
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The effects of anti-finning legislation on global shark mortality The unhalted expansion of industrialized fishing fleets has exerted huge pressures on the sustainability of marine megafaunas, mostly in case of large chondrichthyan species comprising of sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras. There are about 1041 chondrichthyans living in the world oceans and one-quarter of these species…
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