A GEERG team tagged a Greenland shark with a satellite transmitter on October 20. The tag is scheduled to release after a period of 365 days on October 20, 2013. If successful, the data collected over an entire year will constitute the longest continuous study of a Greenland shark’s diel movements. It will also be
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The mission of the Quebec Shark Observatory (QSO), a new division of GEERG, is to study all of the shark and ray species of the St. Lawrence Estuary and Gulf, and to share the results of our research with the scientific community and the public at large. The logo of the QSO contains the silhouette
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The Worm Lab from Dalhousie University has teamed up with GEERG to study the movements of the Greenland shark and the basking shark in the St. Lawrence Gulf and Estuary. Thanks to the contribution of Dr. Boris Worm who is known worldwide for his leading scientific contributions on fish populations, we will be able to
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GEERG participated in the production of a documentary film on the Saguenay Fjord for the Musée du fjord in October. Jeffrey Gallant served as a biological consultant and videographer along with his friend and colleague Mario Cyr, a cameraman from the Magdalen Islands known for his many polar expeditions and cinematic skills. Jeffrey and Mario
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