Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project
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#nepdep 🪸Science team from @FishOceansCAN, @CHN_HaidaNation, @uuathluk, Nuu-chah-nulth, Pacheedaht & Quatsino First Nations, @UVic @RoyalBCMuseum
Victoria, British Columbia
Joined April 2023
Have you heard of the giant phantom jelly? There have been less than 150 sightings of this species worldwide! This rare footage was captured by our scientists. 👻🪼 📽️: 2024 NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition @nepdep_
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🌊 New DOSI policy brief on deep-sea environmental impact research for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)! With a growing focus on mCDR, it’s crucial to understand the unique challenges posed by deep-sea ecosystems. Check out the brief here: https://t.co/QKXghHoz3b
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Welcome back to our fishery officers who just returned to Victoria, B.C., after successfully completing this year's mission to detect and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific.
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Was an awesome time yesterday with @SierraClubBC Learn to Draw. 👀 the colouring sheet of our ‘itchy’ Salmon Sark by Dr Julius Csotonyi (&others) here https://t.co/hIoSHZ7y8h?
🦈 Our Halloween-themed Learn to Draw features a being who is not so scary after all: the Salmon Shark! 📆 This online art lesson will be led by scientific illustrator Dr. Julius�� Csotonyi on Oct 28 at 1 PM Register here: https://t.co/LM1sCkV9Zk Meet our special guest ⬇️
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1/2 There’s nothing spooky about these skeletons! 🐋💀 At a whale fall like this, large scavengers come in to feed first. Next, smaller animals, such as worms and crustaceans, feed on the remaining tissues and even burrow into the now nutrient-rich sediment around the carcass.
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Discovered during our latest expedition! Learn more https://t.co/ETyC5r0NZJ
@Uuathluk @Ocean_Networks & Council of the Haida Nation
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1/3 On an active underwater volcano, approximately 1,800 metres below the surface and offshore of Haida Gwaii, BC is Canada’s first known forest of precious corals 🪸
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#DeepSeaMining could destroy some of the most mysterious and least known ecosystems. @CherisseDuPreez and @rmlauer37 share interesting scientific facts and discoveries from deep ocean seamounts and hydrothermal vents with @CanGeo:
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Though it’s the largest ecosystem on Earth, we know less about the deep ocean than the surface of the moon. As the threat of mining looms, will its fate be decided before we know enough to make such...
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1/2 As the 2024 NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition has come to an end, we want to thank our expedition partners, Council of the Haida Nation, @Uuathluk, @Ocean_Networks, @uvic, and @RoyalBCMuseum,
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That’s a wrap on the 2024 #NEPDEP expedition! 🎬 Among the most remarkable findings: We mapped the heat flow, skate migration, & nursery ground, & Canada’s first known Precious Coral forest—all on the same seamount!🪸🥚🌋🥚🪸 🎬 Full 4 min video https://t.co/nMXsslA4Jq
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#NEPDEP expedition wrap up, live, at @scienceworldca & on YouTube at 1 pm (PST) 🐟🎣🌋🦑🐙⛸️🥚🚢 📺 https://t.co/5gY65Azjvl ℹ️ https://t.co/CkiHk4Iekk
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Definitely a fan-favorite jelly, Tiburonia granrojo, or #BigRed. Such a fitting name. @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV #nepdep
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This octopus is at the end of her life. Her eggs have hatched & her job is done. She'll continue to waste away & become easy prey for predators & scavengers. It's heartbreaking to witness but it's reality & her death means survival for others in the deep sea. @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV
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This octopus is brooding eggs. Amazing how she lets the ROV see more and more of the eggs as we wait. She'll stay here for years, not eating, only moving her arms to aerate her eggs or fight off predators, until her babies hatch. Then her job is done. 🐙 @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV
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Not surprising that one of the many reasons why I like skates & rays is that their underside looks like a happy face even though their eyes are on top.😁 @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV #nepdep
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This week the NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition team visited the SG̲áan K̲ínghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area. It is believed that this seamount was an active volcanic island about 18,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. 📸: 2024 NEPDEP
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Beautiful images of this female skate by the @ROPOS_ROV pilots! The audio was great here, but it keeps muting when I record 😢 @nepdep_ dive R2410
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Definitely one of the coolest captures ever from an ROV of this female Boreal skate in active egg laying mode. Well done @ROPOS_ROV team! This dive is live now on FB you can check the timestamp on the screenshots & go back and watch on video. @nepdep_ #nepdep
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