Research
The Bay of Fundy hosts
a world famous ecosystem that stimulates a variety of biological and ecological
research. Coastal communities are also very special places, and have been
the focus of several studies in the past.
Coming
soon... this page will bring you up to date on some of the latest research
going on around the Bay - from economical to sociological to ecological.
Contact
the Webmaster to have your research details posted on the Fundy Forum
web site.
In the news...
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Cod-tagging project
largest ever
Southern Nova Scotia
fishermen are taking part in the largest cod-tagging project ever launched
in the Bay of Fundy and Gulf of Maine.
Joined by New Brunswick
fishermen, they're helping to record information for a study that will
see 15,000 to 20,000 cod tagged over the next year in an area stretching
south from Halifax to the international boundary, and into the Bay of
Fundy.
Two interns have
been hired to tag the fish while fishermen catching the tagged code have
been asked to record gear type, location, date of capture and length of
the fish.
They're also being
asked to return the information, along with the tag, to the St. Andrews
Biological Station in New Brunswick.
Project partners
will hold a number of tag return rewards throughout the winter. A grand
prize draw of $1,000 will be held next year.
Scientists, government
and participating fishing groups hope the project will help them better
understand where the stocks are and the implications of a recent trend
that has seen the cod fishery move to offshore regions rather than coastal
areas.
The study will help
scientists and fishermen understand the biological basis for some of these
changes and the implications this has for the various fishing stocks in
the region," New Brunswick biologist Don Clark said in a news release.
The project is primarily
funded by the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans and a grant from
the Gulf of Maine Council.
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Chronicle Herald,
October 25, 2001
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