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The
following are links to Webpages containing a wealth of information about the Bay of Fundy.
They are arranged in general categories for convenience. Select the category of interest
from the list, or simply browse down the page. This page is regularly updated, so you
should check back periodically. If you find problems with any of the links, or would like
to suggest additional worthwhile web pages please contact BoFEP.
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Choose a General Category
Biology & Natural
History
Climatology & Meteorology
Economics & Industry
Fisheries & Aquaculture
Geography & Physiography
Geology & Sedimentology
Gulf of Maine
History
Oceanography
Pollution & Contamination
Sociology & Demographics
Transportation & Shipping
Miscellaneous Fundy Facts
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Biology
& Natural History [select a subcategory]
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Birds: seabirds and shorebirds
Ecological issues
General ecology & natural history
Invertebrates
Fish
Marine mammals: whales and seals
Marine plants: seaweeds, phytoplankton
Habitats
Marine protected areas
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Birds: seabirds and shorebirds
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| Oiseaux de
rivage de la baie de Fundy |
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| Shorebirds of the Bay of
Fundy |
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| Arctic Tern
diet as a predictor of herring catches in the BoF |
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| Fundy shorebirds |
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| Mary's Point (French) |
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| Mary's Point (English) |
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| Shorebirds at Mary's Point |
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| Oiseaux de rivage à Mary's Point |
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| Shorebird migration (Background
materials) |
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| Shorebirds at Mary's Point |
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| Sandpipers
and Sediments |
Fundy Issues # 3 |
| Shorebirds and
Other Birds of Coastal Wetlands |
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| Brothers
Island Tern Report 1995 |
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| Brothers
Island Tern Report 1996 |
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| Brothers
Island Tern Report 1997 |
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| Brothers
Island Tern Report 1998 |
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| Brothers
Island Tern Report 1999 |
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| Grand Manan Birds |
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| CEC Important
Bird Areas Directory |
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Invertebrates
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| The Marine
Invertebrate Diversity Initiative (MIDI) |
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| World Famous
Digby Scallop |
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| Corophium
volutator |
Fundy Issues # 13 |
| Deep water,
northern corals |
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| American Lobster species
profile |
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| Green Sea Urchin - species
profile |
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Ecological
issues
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| Death Watch on the Petitcodiac
(effect of a causeway) |
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| Pictures before and after the
Petitcodiac causeway |
Sentinelle Petitcodiac Riverkeeper |
| Ecosystem
Changes in The Bay Of Fundy |
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| Disturbance
of benthic habitat by fisheries |
Fundy Issues #14 |
| Ecological
change in the Bay of Fundy |
Fundy Issues #15 |
General ecology & natural history
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| Ecopath For Managing
Ecosystems |
a free Windows-based software designed to help
construct a (simple or complex) model of the trophic flows in an ecosystem, to analyze
the system, and to study interactions in the system |
| GOM critical species list |
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| Unearthing evidence that mud matters |
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| Natural History of Blomidon -
Beach Combing |
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| Marine Biodiversity
Monitoring Protocols - EMAN |
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| Natural History of Grand Manan |
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| Sea life around Grand Manan |
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| Undersea
life in GOM - pictures |
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Fish
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| Atlantic Herring -
species profile |
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| Atlantic Mackerel - species
profile |
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| Juvenile Atlantic Cod - species
profile |
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| Lumpfish - species profile |
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| ASF Requests Fundy Salmon Listed
under SARA |
(Species at Risk Act) |
| Salmon
declared endangered in Maine rivers |
ASF has created a special web-page with access
to the latest documents, including: the US Federal Government's 16-page guide to the
listing process, their press release on the listing, a MAP of the 8 rivers, and the full
US Federal Register
document |
Marine mammals: whales and seals
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| Whales of Fundy |
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| North
Atlantic Right Whales |
Fundy Issues # 6 |
| Seals
and Whales of Fundy and their Sounds |
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| Harbour
Porpoise Factsheet |
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| Northern
Right Whale |
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| Whale watching -Code of Ethics |
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| Whale
Watching 2000: |
A new economic report issued by the
International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) states that whale watching generates more
than $1.5 billion per year. |
Marine plants: seaweeds,
phytoplankton
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| Dulse and other seaweeds |
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| Rockweed in GOM -
Workshop Proceedings |
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Habitats
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| Salt marshes |
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| Salt marsh
palaeoecology studies |
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| Salt
marsh conservation |
Fundy Issues #16 |
| CCNB
Estuary Restoration Program |
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| Salt
Marshes |
Links Saltmarsh Meta-data Site |
| Salt
Marshes |
CWS Sackville Salt Marsh Web Site |
Marine
protected areas
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| My Thoughts On Protected Areas -
Mary Majka |
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| Marine
Protected Area under the Oceans Act, |
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Climatology & Meteorology
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| Community-Based
Environmental Observation Program |
revive a 100-year-old local nature observation
program using schools, community groups and keen individuals to observe the natural
response to climate change. |
| Fundy weather |
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| Greater Fundy
Ecosystem-physical characteristics |
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| Fog
Zone, Gulf of Maine, Bay of Fundy |
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| Marine
Weather - CANADIAN COAST GUARD |
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Economics
& Industry
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| Ocean Industries
Database |
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| Genuine Progress
Index |
the GPI assesses the ecological, social and
economic value of resource exploitation |
| Forestry:
Clearcutting in Nova Scotia |
Ecology Action Centre; pictures of clear cuts |
Fisheries
& Aquaculture
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| Just Fish: Ethics And
Canadian Marine Fisheries |
A team of scientists examined justice in the
Canadian fisheries in order to seek an ethical foundation upon which to base guidelines
for fisheries policies and decision-making in the future. |
| Invertebrate Fisheries - DFO St. Andrews |
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| Fisheries Links - DFO Maritimes Region |
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| Shellfish Classification Areas -
Nova Scotia |
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| Harvesting Underutilized Species |
Fundy Issues # 10 |
| Aquaculture |
Fundy Issues # 7 |
| Rockweed Harvesting |
Fundy Issues # 4 |
| Economically
Important Sea Plants |
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| CCNB
Finfish aquaculture Program |
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| CCNB
Aquaculture policy |
Conservation Council of New Brunswick's aquaculture
policy |
| Fundynet
Aquaculture-Fisheries Driectory |
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| Fisheries
File - Index |
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| FISHERMEN'S
WEBSITE |
Mostly Gulf of Maine |
| Sea urch in roe
harvesting |
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| Maritimes Lobster Fishing
Zones |
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| NAFO East Coast Fisheries Zones |
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| Aquaculture
Coordination Branch DFO Maritimes |
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| New
Brunswick Aquaculture Policy |
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| Atlantic Salmon Federation
Website |
A wealth of information about Atlantic Salmon |
| Nova Scotia Aquaculture |
NS Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Site |
Geography & Physiography
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| Coastweb
Website |
established by the Geological Survey of Canada.
It contains a variety of information on the geology and physical processes of
Canada's coastline, |
| BAIE DE SHEPODY |
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| Canadian Landforms
-Bay of Fundy |
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| Fundy Ecozone - General |
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| Greater Fundy
Ecosystem-physical characteristics |
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| Impacts
of coastal structures |
Fundy Issues # 9 |
| Tidal
and Riverine Restrictions |
Fundy Issues # 11 |
| List
of Fundy Rivers with map |
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| Map of Rivers in Inner Bay of
Fundy |
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| Maritime
Canada Map |
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| Gulf of Maine
bottom topography map |
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| National
Atlas - Facts about Canada's coastline |
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| Bay
of Fundy dimensions |
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| Nautical Chart Products - DFO |
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| Northern
Fundy Watersheds |
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| Common Coordinates |
Participatory GOM Mapping Project |
Geology & Sedimentology
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| Formation of Bay of Fundy - geology |
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| Geology - Saint John Ecozone |
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| Hopewell Rocks |
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| Particle
Dynamics Lab - sediment analysis Annapolis Basin |
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| Diligent River
fossils |
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| Fundy
Geological Museum, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia |
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| Geological Survey of Canada (Atlantic) |
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| Seabed
Mining |
Fundy Issues # 5 |
| Geology Map of Grand Manan |
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| Geology of Grand Manan |
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| Salt marsh
palaeoecology studies |
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Gulf of
Maine
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| Gulf
of Maine Watershed Index and map |
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| Gulf of Maine Watershed Map + stats |
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| Gulf
of Maine Watershed map |
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| Gulf of Maine
bottom topography map |
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| GoM Ecosystem Health Workshop
Summary |
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| Gulf of Maine Bibliography
for 1994 |
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| e-Atlas
of Gulf of Maine |
Island Institute |
History
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| early
resources of GOM |
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| Nova
Scotia Lighthouse Preservation Society |
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| Historical notes on
Fundy National Park and the GFE |
Historical events timeline |
Miscellaneous
Fundy Facts
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| Oceans
Program Activity Tracking System |
provides information on Oceans Program
activities taking place under Canada's Oceans Act. |
| e-Atlas
"projects mapping" Gulf of Maine |
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| The Earth Chronicles -- The Bay of
Fundy |
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| Ocean related ACTS, ORDERS &
REGULATIONS |
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| Bay
of Fundy - general info |
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| Georges Bank Review Studies List |
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| Bay of
Fundy Ecosystem Partnership |
Fundy Issues # 1 |
| Bay of
Fundy Ecosystem Partnership (Revised) |
Fundy Issues # 1 (revised) |
| Bay
of Fundy, Maritime Canada, Index |
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| State of the Greater
Fundy Ecosystem |
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Oceanography
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| Quick Facts Bay of Fundy Tides |
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| Tides
and Natural Processes |
Fundy Issues # 2 |
| Tidal Action in Bay of Fundy
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with map of Gulf of Maine |
| Currents
in Bay of Fundy |
GOM with seafloor map |
| Maine's
History of Sea-Level Changes |
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| Canadian Tide
Tables |
including Bay of Fundy |
| Currents
of the Atlantic Ocean |
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Pollution & Contamination
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| Canadian Pollution Watch |
a new website established by Canadian environmental
organizations. Key in your postal code to get a pollution rating and local sources . |
| airborne mercury |
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| GOM land based pollution sources |
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| Pollution in the Bay of Fundy |
Fundy Issues # 8 |
| GulfWatch Pollution Monitoring |
Fundy Issues # 12 |
| Nonpoint
Source Pollution Prevention Initiative |
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| Web site on
hormone disrupting chemicals |
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Sociology & Demographics
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| Canadian
Rural Partnership 2000 Annual Report |
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| Resource
Materials For Communities |
website features resource materials for
community groups, including guidelines for developing a project, fundraising, health and
environment, and tools for building sustainable communities. |
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Transportation & Shipping
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