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Pacific Underwater Calendar: Kelp forests in April
April 27, 2012
… year) known for the large bulb on the end of its "tail". Anyone who has walked along a Pacific Coast beach will have seen one of these long whip-like tails. The kelp's bulb contains carbon…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with oceans, Pacific North Coast, pacific underwater, pacific underwater calendar, pncima
Pacific Underwater: Salmon in February
February 10, 2012
…There's a lot of action out in the Pacific Ocean this week. Millions of salmon heading back towards the coastal waters of British Columbia, back from an annual journey thousands of kilometers…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with pacific underwater
Pacific Underwater: Lingcod in February
February 23, 2012
…. Here's some background to help you understand how such an odd thing might happen. The month of February is a peak time for lingcod to spawn along Canada's Pacific Coast. First, the male comes inshore…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with marine planning, marine protected areas, Pacifc Ocean wildlife, Pacific North Coast, pacific underwater
Pacific Underwater: Hagfish in January
January 30, 2013
…What's happening right now beneath the cold coastal waters along Canada's Pacific Coast? Among the billions of biological interactions--from mollusks eating plankton to cormorants…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with fish, marine protected areas, Pacific North Coast, pacific underwater, pacific underwater calendar, pncima
Pacific Underwater: Seabirds in May
May 22, 2012
…As you read this, a cool Pacific breeze is blowing through the tufted hair grass that covers tiny Triangle Island, Northwest of Vancouver Island. Just below the grasses and the wind, hundreds…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with pacific underwater, pacific underwater calendar
Pacific Underwater: herring's spring fling
March 13, 2012
…Most Canadians don't know that hundreds of millions of tonnes of herring are now converging to spawn along the shores of Canada's Pacific coast. Scott Wallace, Sustainable Fisheries…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with oceans, Pacific North Coast, Pacific Underwater, Pacific Underwater Calendar
Pacific Underwater: Salmon don't grow on trees, but trees grow on salmon
October 29, 2012
…The month of October sees the boundaries of the Pacific Ocean push far beyond its shores. Every coastal British Columbian recognizes the seasonal dump of water from the Pacific, lifted through…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with British Columbia, oceans, pacific underwater, rivers, salmon
Pacific love
…Ever since I was a boy the Pacific has been my home. I have always dreamed of sharing my experiences under the sea, so others can see it how I do. This is my vision of the underwater playground…
Posted in Issues | Tagged with diving, ocean protection, ocean stories, oceanlife
Underwater video works both as fundraiser and educational tool
… life in the Pacific Northwest". We made a DVD as a souvenir for tourists, and to extract parts of it and make it available to high schools and other educational…
Posted in Issues | Tagged with ocean protection, ocean stories
Living lights of the Pacific
… visible and glowing underwater. I dipped my arm in the water to my elbow and pulled it out again to gawk at the green sparkling water as it peeled away and then trickled from my skin. Before…
Posted in Issues | Tagged with ocean stories
