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Canadian Research Vessel Completes Pac-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition Survey
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Canadian Research Vessel Completes Pac-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition Survey

The Canadian research vessel CCGS Sir John Franklin returned to its home port in British Columbia in late March after a month at sea taking part in the 2022 International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Winter High Seas Expedition. The survey completed aboard the Franklin was a fully integrated ecosystem study, with complete oceanographic sampling. The scientists who were aboard the Franklin will now analyze data and samples from the survey in collaboration with U.S. colleagues and Canadian academic partners. Expedition organizers said that the enthusiasm and hard work of young scientists from the University of British Columbia and the University of Victoria, coupled with the international effort needed to understand the winter ecology of Pacific salmon in a changing North Pacific...