GEERG President Jeffrey Gallant attended a reception to mark the opening of the Aquarium du Québec‘s (Quebec Aquarium) new pavilion on May 17. Upon being taken to the shark and ray exhibit by curator Jill Marvin and the diving safety officer Paul Boissinot, Jeffrey was pleasantly surprised to see a quote of his on the
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Skalugsuak’s auxiliary inflatable Kato underwent structural work at the CFP Paul-Rousseau trade school in Drummondville (Quebec) on May 15. Under the supervision of our Fleet Manager, Mr. Paul Lemay and of Mr. Pierre Tessier (CFPPR), the modifications reinforced the floor panels which had been damaged from the strain of carrying extra heavy loads in rough
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The flag of the R/V Skalugsuak was created by GEERG artist-in-residence, Jean-Louis Courteau. The shark is a modified version of the GEERG logo which represents both the Greenland shark and sharks in general. The Eye, since the days of Ancient Egypt, is the symbol of choice to represent consciousness, research, knowledge and study. The colour blue is
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Throughout the 2011 refit of the Skalugsuak at the Verreault Navigation Shipyard (Les Méchins, Québec), we received much assistance from our friends Blaise Barrette and Sandra Daoust of the Underwater Observation Network (OUN) who accommodated me in their Saint-Léandre home for much of the summer. Blaise helped at the shipyard and Sandra reconditioned all of
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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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The Greenland Shark and Elasmobranch Education and Research Group (GEERG) recently took possession of a new boat thanks to a generous donation by Verreault Navigation. The Skalugsuak – Inuit name of the Greenland shark – was modernised and adapted to GEERG’s requirements at the Groupe Maritime Verreault shipyard last summer. The acquisition of the Skalugsuak
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