Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has the lead federal role in managing Canada’s fisheries and safeguarding its waters.
The Department: – supports strong economic growth in our marine and fisheries sectors by supporting exports and advancing safe maritime trade; – supports innovation through research in expanding sectors such as aquaculture and biotechnology; and – contributes to a clean and healthy environment and sustainable aquatic ecosystems through habitat protection, oceans management, and ecosystems research.
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South Africa’s white shark population is not in decline but migrating to survive.
From the oil that makes your petrol, to car parts, to the groceries and other things in your weekly shop, retail consumerism is driving a boom in the amount of noise in the world’s oceans.
L’étonnant voyage des anguilles d’Amérique à travers les eaux de l’Atlantique nord intrigue toujours les biologiques. Des chercheurs canadiens ont badgé les poissons pour en savoir plus.
Much of what we know about these elusive eels’ life cycle has been based on circumstantial evidence. Now for the first time, scientists tracked an adult eel to its distant spawning ground.



