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Aug 11, 2021

World-class ocean observing gets a boost

A hydrophone is deployed to monitor underwater noise in the Strait of Georgia, home to endangered killer whales and Canada’s biggest port, Vancouver. Credit: Ocean Networks Canada.

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA NEWS RELEASE
August 11, 2021

An $8.7-million investment into the University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) advances ocean-observing infrastructure on all three of Canada’s coasts, aligning a nationwide plan to safeguard the country’s ocean and coastal ecosystems for future generations.

The support by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), announced on Wednesday by Minister Bernadette Jordan, means ONC...

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news release | Research | Funding | international | University of Victoria | Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Expert Q&A on Canada’s growing blue economy

Kate Moran, president and CEO of Ocean Networks Canada, an initiative of UVic. Credit: UVic Photo Services

UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA EXPERT Q&A
February 9, 2021

The urgent need to protect our warming planet is stimulating the next great wave of economic innovation. Fuelled by scientific evidence, coordinated efforts and transformative action, Canada has joined other nations in developing a roadmap to a “blue economy,” which strikes a balance between economic growth and sustainability.

Kate Moran, president and chief executive officer of Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), an initiative of the University of Victoria,...

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Kate Moran | blue economy | Climate | Research

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Oceans link to climate change

 

Brett Jameson, University of Victoria PhD student. Photo: UVic Photo Services

December 23, 2020 - Jody Paterson

Deep in the ocean off Vancouver Island’s west coast, a gas associated with climate warming is making its way to the surface. Nitrous oxide (N2O) is a product of plankton decomposition, pulled to the surface in areas where deep-sea waters migrate upwards in what’s known as coastal upwelling.

Where is it coming from? That’s a question that University of Victoria PhD student Brett Jameson is exploring, in collaboration with Ocean Networks Canada (ONC), a UVic initiative, and the Canadian...

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Brett Jameson | Kim Juniper | UVic | Climate | sustainability | Research

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Rock solid climate solutions: Negative emissions technology

NEWS RELEASE
September 26, 2019

A team of international researchers plan to turn the greenhouse gas carbon dioxide into rock by permanently injecting it beneath the Earth’s ocean floor through an ambitious, new research partnership announced today by the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) at the University of Victoria.

The $1.5 million, four-year PICS Theme Partnership entitled “Solid Carbon: A Climate Mitigation Partnership Advancing Stable Negative Emissions” brings together researchers from Canada, the United States and...

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The cumulative effects of bottom trawling and low oxygen on marine life

In November 2016, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) scientists co-authored a publication in Deep-Sea Research II on the effects of deep-sea bottom trawling on seafloor marine life, already stressed by the naturally low oxygen waters of the north Pacific. This is the first study to measure the effects on the fauna living on the soft-sediment seabed of Vancouver Island’s continental shelf and slope. Previous scientific research has focused on by-catch (species accidentally caught in the fishing net), particularly in areas where deep-water coral and sponge reefs occur.

This article is based on a University of Victoria Master’s thesis by Maéva Gauthier. The data originates from remotely operated...

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deep-sea | Research | bottom trawling | low oxygen | red shrimp | Sebastolobus | Aristeus antenatus | groundfish | human impact | trawlers

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China Trade Mission Showcases B.C. Ocean Technology

The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) is off to China to lead a 12-day ocean technology trade mission, with support provided by the government of British Columbia.

The ONC Innovation Centre will join a number of other BC organizations in showcasing the province’s leading edge ocean science and technology sector.

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Digital Fishing Derby

Ready to fish? We invite everyone to join our new "fishing derby", which pits citizen scientists (you) against a computer algorithm, a biology class and a doctoral student, in a competition to see who can count the most sablefish.

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A Canadian Vision For Ocean Science Research

The Council of Canadian Academies has released a report, 40 Priority Research Questions for Ocean Science in Canada, funded by the nine-member Canadian Consortium of Ocean Research Universities (CCORU), and developed by a core group of 22 ocean science experts from academia, public sector, industry, and civil society.

The University of Victoria is a member of CCORU and is represented in the core group of researchers by:

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Vision | Ocean Science | Research | Strategy | Report

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Digital Fishers: New Mission

So far, the many citizen scientists helping us with our archive containing thousands of hours of video has been a great success! Digital Fishers has enabled hundreds of people, with a variety of experience levels, to participate in ocean science research. The video collected by Ocean Networks Canada during installation dives and from underwater cameras installed across the network is being reviewed by scientists and citizen scientists alike, helping us annotate data from the deep sea. You can annotate, or describe, the various objects and animals you see by selecting from the fields on the screen. Categories to describe include sea life, water clarity, seafloor composition, and any other objects you see (natural or human made).

Our first mission to have citizen...

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Promoting Collaboration Between Canada and the UK

Ocean Networks Canada President Martin Taylor will be speaking to ocean science researchers and students at UK’s leading oceanographic research centre—the National Oceanography Centre (NOC) at the University of Southampton, on April 4, 2012.

In 2011, ONC and NOC signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to promote research cooperation in areas of shared focus including: technology and applications of underwater vehicles, deep sea benthic biology, ocean biogeochemistry, sensor development and deep sea ecology.

Dr. Taylor will be providing an update on ONC’s programs and future plans, as well as discussing opportunities for future collaboration.

Our thanks to deep sea ecologist, Dr. Henry Ruhl...

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United Kingdom | Canada | Marine Science | Research | ISAB | National Oceanography Centre | Collaboration | technology | R&D

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