Today was a first for the Marine Protected Area (MPA) here in La Caleta. We met with Dr. Rubin Torres again and conducted the first plankton tow in the park. A plankton tow consists of towing a cone-shaped mesh net alongside the boat. The mesh net is really fine, so that the plankton can be trapped and funneled into a plastic bottle.
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We are fortunate to have a film team on board consisting of the wonderful Metta and Joakim. They like to chat and take pictures a lot. I concluded this morning that it is a dream come true to wake up at 4am to a film lens and questions about the research. The sunrise was also great. Yesterday Folke Rydén met up to film us from another boat while we were doing authentic sailing and research on board.
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Jessika Hagberg (Örebro University) and Louise Hedenskog (Thorén Business School, Örebro) throw the manta trawl in the water between Sweden and Germany in the southern part of the Baltic Sea. This excercise is repeated twice a day and trawling takes an hour each time most days of the expedition.
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Bermuda has the chance to become one of the first nations to dedicate the majority of their surrounding waters in their EEZ as a ‘no-take’ zone. This Blue Halo has been proposed to encompass the waters from 50nm – 200nm offshore, the edge of Bermuda’s exclusive economic zone. This would […]
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Igor Tchouiko is a 22 year old Ukranian gentleman. He speaks Russian, but was born in Moldova. He now resides in Canada, and was excited to take part in the sail between Toronto and Halifax this fall with his girlfriend, Marisha. In today’s blog, Igor describes life as a ship […]
Read MoreMontreal-Toronto Expedition Freshwater Research and Scientific Communications Course Crew size: 14 Blogger of the Day- Alysse Mathalon- BSc. Marine Biology and Oceanography, Dalhousie University I ship you not- yesterday morning we awoke to a beautiful, calm day amongst the Thousand Islands, but inside our seaworthy vessel, foul odors arose from […]
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