Nova Scotia Power gives tidal power ‘file’ to Emera

June 18, 2012

Nova Scotia Power is handing over responsibility for research and development into tidal energy to its parent company, Emera. The power company gave up its spot on the Bay of Fundy for tidal power research in December. Click for more Print

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Maine study finds potentially disastrous threat to single-celled plants that support all life

June 18, 2012

In 2007, the reproduction rate of phytoplankton in the Gulf of Maine decreased suddenly by a factor of five — what used to take a day now takes five — and according to a recently released study by the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences in Boothbay, it hasn’t bounced back. Click for more Print

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Endangered right whale begins to recover after shipping lanes moved in Bay of Fundy

June 18, 2012

The population of a once near-extinct whale is on the rise, partly because of an unlikely collaboration between a Canadian oil company and an aquarium. Ten years ago, New Brunswick-based Irving Oil rerouted its shipping lanes in the Bay of Fundy to move away from the feeding grounds of the North Atlantic right whale,...

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The Fundy City

June 17, 2012

A reminder that it’s tourist season from The The Guelph Mercury — and what better place to visit (amongst many in the region) than Saint John and the Bay of Fundy! Click for more Print

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Ottawa to close fish facility

June 17, 2012

For funding reasons, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is closing Mersey Biodiversity Centre, near Liverpool, a hatchery and gene bank for Bay of Fundy salmon and Atlantic whitefish and gene banking facility. http://thechronicleherald.ca/novascotia/108058-ottawa-to-close-fish-facility Print

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Maine dam removal aims to rescue fish species

June 17, 2012

More on the Great Works Dam removal, and what it means to dish stocks in the Gulf of Maine. Click for more Print

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