Promos from “BACK IN THE DAY” for MRA, Art MacKay Studios & more when most layouts were by hand but computer systems were just starting to provide major creative opportunities. IF THE PDF ISN’T VISIBLE BELOW, JUST CLICK ON THE … Continue reading LOOKING BACK – Historical Vintage Business Promotions
Heading for the seashore??? Use our Field Notes for this and other species!!! Follow this link to read online or download for free. Continue reading FIELD NOTES: The Common Starfish
Krill or Euphausid Shrimp are vital forage species that are at the very foundation of life in the ocean. Fish, birds, seals, whales and even humans depend on them. Life in our oceans forms a complex food web that depends … Continue reading OCEAN LIFE: What the heck is KRILL anyway and why are they important to whales and fish?
Art MacKay: 06 Nov 2017 Some of us remember the Passamaquoddy Bay Region on the Maine – New Brunswick border, as a bustling centre of activity fed by the abundant fisheries of the area. Major changes have happened since … Continue reading FISHERIES: Just how much have things changed in 90 years you ask!
One of our excellent author-historians published a great book many years ago called History of islands & islets in the Bay of Fundy, Charlotte County, New Brunswick, 1876. In it is this intriguing section: Champlain speaks of having anchored at … Continue reading MYSTERIES: If Champlain’s Anchor was found on Grand Manan, where is it now?
Lessons learned while protecting one of the Fundy areas most important areas ABOUT Occupying the shared border between Canada and the United States, Head Harbour Passage, Friars Roads, Western Passage, Passamaquoddy Bay, Cobscook Bay and St. Croix River Estuary are … Continue reading LOOKING BACK – LNG: The 10 year battle to stop LNG development in Passamaquoddy Bay. AND IT’S NOT OVER YET!!
2016 – As many folks were aware, thousands of dead Atlantic herring washed up along the shores of the Bay of Fundy in Nova Scotia and citizens and researchers considered a multitude of explanations. Is it a virus? a bacterium? … Continue reading POISON IN YOUR CHOWDER: Hunting for Answers: Dead Herring, Krill, Copepods and Demoic Acid – 2016
Well, the Bay of Fundy didn’t win one of the seven coveted spots in the Seven Natural Wonders of the World contest 2007, but it was one of the final 28 magnificent places around the world AND the only one … Continue reading LOOKING BACK – I think the Bay of Fundy is more than some strange rocks and lots of mud! What about you???
Grand Manan is rugged and beautiful and has attracted artists and photographers for many, many years. This is a small collection of old images taken primarily from postcards. Source: IMAGES: Some old images from Grand Manan Island | Continue reading IMAGES: Some old images from Grand Manan Island
It’s true!! , Prior to Huntsman’s beginning I was working on the exact same idea. John Anderson and I had worked together closely from UNB to the Biological Station to Huntsman and I assisted with the Huntsman development. (boat trips, … Continue reading LOOKING BACK – MRA actually developed the idea for Huntsman Marine Science Centre in St. Andrews!!
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