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2025 Field Season
2025 Field Season
What a busy field season the MCA team will have this year! First up, we're headed back to Funk Island Marine Refuge for monitoring the soft coral gardens (July 4-16th) onboard the RV Connor Murphy.
Our Core Monitoring trip will have two legs, the first is from July 31st to August 16th in Hawke Channel, and the second leg from August 16th to the 30th, in the Division 3O Coral Closure, both onboard the RV Patrick and William.
We're also supporting science activities as part of the Innu Nation-led Uinipeku Expedition https://www.uinipekuexpedition.ca/ (June 22-July 15th) and as part of the Miawpukek First Nation-led expedition on the ship Oqwatnukewey Eleke'wi'ji'jit (MV Polar Prince).
Follow along through the At-Sea Blog in the drop down menus above!
Funk Island Refuge
Funk Island Refuge
July 4th - 16th, 2025. Departed St. John's Harbour to Funk Island Deep marine refuge.
Hawke Channel Refuge
Hawke Channel Refuge
July 31 - August 16, 2025. Highlights include fisheries acoustics, some weather and whitecaps, seeing a pod of orcas, celebrating a birthday with cake and an overall impressive visit to 25 stations conducting 122 science operations!
3O Coral Closure
3O Coral Closure
August 16 - 29, 2025. Due to weather, the team had to pivot and relocate to the South Coast of Newfoundland. An area of benthic interest and stations were identified to continue activities in the extreme weather.
Windy.com is an excellent tool when doing fieldwork. It tells you the wind direction, wind speed, temperature, weather, air quality, and much more!
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