Aquatic Conservation Initiative – Page 2 – Research, Education and Collaboration

Aquatic Conservation Initiative

An environmental non-profit that conserves aquatic and coastal ecosystems through research, collaboration, and education

Water Quality Monitoring – Species Habitat Assessments – Riparian Habitat Connectivity Assessments – Aquatic Invasive Species – Nature Based Solutions to Climate Change – Environmental Education – Litter Clean-ups

Invasive green crab project
St. Mary’s Bay 2024

Green Crab traps set

Green Crab removed

Trapping Locations

World Wetland’s Day
Join us at the Fluvarium to celebrate World Wetland’s Day! Sunday – February 2nd, 2025 1:00 – 4:00 PM Aquatic Conservation Initiative, The Fluvarium, Nature

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Climate Adaptation & Resilience Training Program
Last week ACI staff completed the first week of Climate Adaptation & Resilience Training (CART) Program provided by ClimAtlantic! The comprehensive and foundational CART program

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Happy Winter Solstice from the American Eel
As cooler temperatures set in, yellow-phase American eels congregate in winter burrows with freshwater upwelling and enter a period of torpor. Torpor is a semi-dormant

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Total Green Crab Catch Is In for 2024!
Well, that’s a wrap on our Invasive European Green Crab trapping in St. Mary’s Bay, Newfoundland and Labrador! This year we set a total of

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