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'A legacy for all of us' “It was like a dream come true for me.”  That’s how Ana Belén Yánez Suárez, a candidate in the Marine Institute’s PhD in Fisheries Science Program and a National Geographic Explorer, describes her exp...

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📸 Photo credit: National Geographic Pristine Seas

MI PhD candidate and National Geographic Explorer, Ana Belén Yánez Suárez, joined the Pristine Seas expedition in Fiji last August. She gathered environmental DNA samples, deployed deep-sea cameras, engaged in shallow-water research, and spent time underwater in the submersible Argonauta 🛥️🐟

The SmartAtlantic Alliance is an initiative of the Marine Institute's Centre for Applied Ocean Technology (CTec) and the Centre for Ocean Ventures and Entrepreneurship (COVE) of Halifax. 🌊 Buoy data and info are available at www.SmartAtlantic.ca

In this episode of WaveCast, we explore SmartAtlantic with Scott Bruce and Comfort Eboigbe 🎧

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Navigator January 2026 The Navigator is a monthly publication serving the marine industries in Atlantic Canada and the Eastern United States. Each issue features a diverse blend of feature articles and probing commentaries ...

CSAR PhD student Nick Coady authored an article featured in the January issue of The Navigator Magazine. 🦞 Also in this issue is an article profiling research from School of Maritime Studies Masters' student, Tonya Whittle. 🌊

🔗 Read both articles here: book.navigatorpublishing.ca/books/mxqe/?...

In this episode of WaveCast, host Andi dives into MI's Master of Applied Ocean Technology (Ocean Mapping) program with alumni Kelsey Forrest. They discuss the tech of ocean mapping, opportunities in the ocean economy, and her experiences as a commercial diver🌊
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Op-ed: Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy The ocean has absorbed 90 per cent of the heat from human-induced global warming through the carbon pump.

Drs. Tyler Eddy and Maxime Geoffroy have penned an op-ed for the Gazette revealing the role of the North Atlantic and eastern Canadian Arctic in climate change. 🌊

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PhD candidate, Jennifer Herbig, traded coral reefs for icebreakers to pursue her doctoral research on Arctic Cod and climate change at the Marine Institute 🌊🚢 As part of Memorial University's Research Week, Jennifer is featured in at Q&A in the Gazette.

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Complex topographies Dr. Katleen Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around N.L.

MI's Dr. Katleen Robert was recently renewed as the Tier 2 Canada Research Chair (CRC) in ocean mapping! 🌊🗺️ Dr. Robert is on a mission to reveal the mysteries of the ocean floor, especially around Newfoundland and Labrador.

🔗Read more about her research here: gazette.mun.ca/research/com...

A paper by a master’s student at Fisheries and Marine Institute of Memorial University examines the diets of North Atlantic harp seals to assess the impact they have on fisheries populations in Newfoundland and Labrador. 🔗 Read more here: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...

We’re excited to share that St. John’s Buoy station was redeployed as part of the SmartBay/SmartAtlantic Ocean Observation Program. 🌊 Thank you to the Canadian Coast Guard and the crew of CCGS George R. Pearkes for their collaboration.

🔗 The latest data: www.smartatlantic.ca/station.php?id=stjohns

Edinburgh-based maritime safety and security technology company Zelim has chosen The Launch, a NATO DIANA test centre, as the site for its next phase of technology trials under the Defence Innovation Accelerator for the North Atlantic (DIANA) program.

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Some thoughts on DFO decision making and peer-review science processes, with Matt Robertson and Megan Bailey

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MI's Dr. Frédéric Cyr is the lead author of a scientific paper that examines the impact of shifting Northwest Atlantic Ocean climate conditions on groundfish stocks, such as Northern cod. | @fcyr.bsky.social

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Environmental control on the productivity of a heavily fished ecosystem Nature Communications - The climate of the northwest Atlantic shifts between phases, shaping ecosystem productivity and fisheries. Tracking these phases can support climate and ecosystem-informed...

Recently published in @natcomms.nature.com: Ocean climate cycles related to sea level pressure anomalies above the northern hemisphere affect ecosystem productivity in a coherent way (from primary and secondary production, to pelagic and groundfish). @marineinstitute.bsky.social
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Well done, Rachel! 👏

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We are interested in hearing how technologies and methods are being used across a wide range of ocean-related practices and management efforts, and how these technologies are being integrated into ongoing practices and new initiatives.

The @thejot.bsky.social’s winter issue will focus on “Indigenous Ocean Technology” with Ken Paul, member of Wolastoqey Nation at Neqotkuk, located at the Tobique First Nation in New Brunswick, Canada, on board as guest editor.

Artwork: Fishing on the Wolastoq by Samaqani Cocahq (Natalie Sappier).

Dawn Roche, Managing Editor of @thejot.bsky.social, shares how JOT supports open-access, peer-reviewed research. There are no publishing fees and student submissions are welcomed! 🌊

Reach out today and learn how to get your work published: thejot.net

Spring has sprung, the sun is shining, and the JOT production team is hard at work on Volume 20, Number 2 – Ocean Monitoring. Coming June 2025 – only at thejot.net. @thejot.bsky.social

📅 Deadlines
• Full technical papers: July 25, 2025
• Expressions of interest (essays & short articles): July 25, 2025

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✏️Guest editor Ken Paul, a member of the Wolastoqey Nation at Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation, NB), will lead this issue. All content is published open access. There are no fees to publish, and available to readers everywhere.

@thejot.bsky.social is exploring how Indigenous researchers, technologists, scientists, groups, and communities around the world are using ocean technology for economic development, sustainable resource management, community engagement, & mentoring the next generation of ocean leaders.

Incredible work by @schmidtocean.bsky.social! In 2022, two graduate students from the Marine Institute set out to be the first to make this huge discovery. Check out the video below ⤵️

The Human Factors in Control (HFC) Canada network will explore this question at its second workshop Human Factors and AI: Opportunities and Risks for Safety Critical Industries taking place virtually on May 14.

Read more or register here: www.mi.mun.ca/news/newstit...

Marine Institute student in a white uniform shirt poses in the Bridge simulator, while a man in a plaid shirt and green pants poses next to him using a camera on a tripod.

Can safety critical industries, like offshore energy, marine transportation, aviation, healthcare and construction, be made safer with AI?

THE LIFE AQUATIC MSc student @loganexplores.bsky.social won an NSERC MSc Scholarship

For his MSc research, Logan is investigating Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) structure and function for fisheries management decision making by interviewing DFO managers across Canada
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FOCI Podcast Episode # 7 - Mathematical Modelling Maritime Conditions for Search and Rescue in Remote Regions with Dr. Robert Brown Future Ocean and Coastal Infrastructures (FOCI), Atlantic Canada - Sustainable, Safe, and Inclusive · Episode

MI’s Dr. Rob Brown discusses his team’s research on search and rescue in remote regions in FOCI podcast #7. They’re studying factors affecting operations, like sea states, equipment, and decision-making, to simulate scenarios and suggest improvements.

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