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14 Bluefin Landed During 19th Annual Wedgeport Tuna Tournament and Festival
Above: The Aqua-Haulic III idles into place at the Wedgeport Breakwater wharf for the weigh-in. Kathy Johnson photo It was the year for bluefin tuna at the 19th annual Wedgeport Tuna Tournament and Festival, with the highest recorded weight in...

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A Piece of the Arctic Puzzle - Scientists Concerned About Fate of Northern Forage Fish
Above: Arctic Cod are small forage fish, about the size of capelin, that make up a crucial link in the food chain of the Arctic Ocean. Photos courtesy of Maxime Geoffroy, Marine Institute Scientists have raised alarms that the population...

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The Squid Are Back and Researchers Are Still Figuring Out Why
Squid have made a recent resurgence in Atlantic Canadian waters in what appears to be a little-understood boom and bust cycle. According to Krista Baker, a research scientist at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), the fluctuations in squid...
