Aug 26
Ecological Risk Assessment for the Bay of Fundy: DDT and Mercury Angella Mercer and Karen A. Kidd, Canadian Rivers Institute and Biology Department University of New Brunswick, Saint John, NB BoFEP Technical Report No. 9, June 2015, 159 pages. The Bay of Fundy supports a high diversity of marine life and is an ecologically and …
Jul 20
The challenges for science, policy and society in the Bay of Fundy were amply laid out by the speakers at the thirteen sessions at the BoFEP Science workshop held in Fredericton in June. From new technologies for monitoring to how bitumen moves in the Bay of Fundy, the niche of Striped Bass in the Fundy …
Jul 20
The Ocean Health Index (OHI) score for the area stretching between the U.S. border and the Musquash Estuary shows that the area is comparable to the score for the rest of Canada’ coastal and marine areas. The preliminary results of the Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership OHI study show an overall score of 65, compared …
May 11
“Near Coastal and Submerged Land and Evidence of Past Occupation within the Bay of Fundy”. Brent Suttie is the New Brunswick Provincial Archaeologist and Director of the Archaeology Branch of the NB Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. His specialty is reconstructing past landscapes and determining when they were occupied. Suttie He has been a …
Mar 16
“Warming, ecosystem change, and fisheries in the Gulf of Maine: from understanding to adaptation” Dr. Katherine Mills is an associate research scientist at the Gulf of Maine Research Institute in Portland, Maine. As a quantitative fisheries ecologist, Kathy has studied ecosystem change and fish-ecosystem relationships in the Gulf of Maine region for over a decade. …
Jan 21
11th BoFEP Bay of Fundy Science Workshop “Fundy in Flux: Challenges for Science, Policy and Society” The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (BoFEP) is pleased to announce its 11th biennial BoFEP Bay of Fundy Science Workshop will take place in Fredericton, New Brunswick June 8-10th at the St. Thomas University Conference Center…… #15 Rigby Hall/Forest …
Dec 31
The Bay of Fundy Ecosystem Partnership will soon have an environmental health index (EHI) for the area stretching between the U.S. border and the Musquash Estuary. The aim of the BoFEP project is to establish a baseline from which to monitor environmental shifts and provide researchers and policy makers with a practical measure of ecosystem …
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