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Comment on New Raft Technology Project – Final Report by SOLAR FLUPSY project update: Design and Construction Report « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:00:17 +0000

[...] project is the marriage of two recently developed advancements on FLUPSY and our suspended shellfish culture raft technologies. This project was funded by the CSR, the Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program (AIMAP) [...]

Comment on New Raft Technology Project – Final Report by Design and Construction Report – SOLAR FLUPSY project « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 20:59:29 +0000

Comment on Ocean Acidification – an important video to watch by Let it Blow! We’ve gone wind powered…… | Plano Electrician

Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:17:45 +0000

[...] Our purchase means that Bullfrog’s generators inject 100% green electricity from a BC wind farm onto the electricity grid to match the amount of electricity that we estimate the Field Station Building green building will use. Bullfrog’s green electricity comes exclusively from regionally sourced wind and hydro facilities that have been certified as low impact by Environment Canada under its EcoLogoM program—instead of from polluting sources like coal, oil, natural gas, and nuclear. This is important because buildings account for about buildings are estimated to be responsible for 35% of Green house gas emissions in Canada. More importantly to shellfish, polluting sources of electricity contribute to rising CO2 levels and Ocean Acidfication. [...]

Comment on Ocean Acidification – an important video to watch by Let it Blow! We’re wind powered… « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 07:23:38 +0000

Comment on New Raft Technology Project – Final Report by Steve Junker

Steve Junker — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 15:34:57 +0000

I am interested in finding out more about culture suspension systems. I am in a part of Massachusetts where raft aquaculture has not been used yet; we are developing a pilot proposal. This information about raft construction is useful, but could someone please direct me to resources for the most current methods of culture suspension? Many thanks.

Comment on Our Emily turns shoreline debris into jellyfish art by Help us increase opportunities for student learning experiences « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 19:09:16 +0000

[...] Rigney and her ‘Beach Garbage Jellyfish’. Share this:TwitterEmailStumbleUponFacebookLinkedInDiggRedditLike this:LikeBe the first to like [...]

Comment on 2011 Year in review, a year of firsts by viusustainabilityblog

viusustainabilityblog — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 19:21:08 +0000

You should add a pic and a note about the whale carcass!
Congrats on an amazing year Brian

Comment on Our Emily turns shoreline debris into jellyfish art by 2011 Year in review, a year of firsts « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:27:36 +0000

[...] Summer student Emily Rigney returned to the Station in October with her fantastic environmental scul… which has been getting lots of attention [...]

Comment on A weekend of culinary offerings at the Station by 2011 Year in review, a year of firsts « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:27:34 +0000

[...] By October we were hosting more weekend workshops, some with some fantastic culinary offerings. [...]

Comment on Welcome new researcher Dr. Linda D’Anna; social science, ecology and shellfish! by 2011 Year in review, a year of firsts « VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station Updates

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:27:31 +0000

[...] In October we welcomed Institute for Coastal Research Post-doc Linda D’Anna who is starting new research to characterize the social-ecological properties, processes, and interactions within the Baynes Sound ecosystem that promote social-ecological resilience. [...]