#FunFact: Gorgonian corals, known as bubblegum corals live for hundreds of years and can grow up to 6 metres tall, which is around the same size as a giraffe! These corals are found deep in the Gully, Atlantic Canada’s first Marine Protected Area. #GullyMPAat20

⚠️Attention Recreational Fishers ⚠️ Atlantic salmon and brown trout can be hard to tell apart. Help protect Atlantic salmon by knowing your catch. In #NB and #NS, it is illegal to keep Atlantic salmon when fishing recreationally. Learn more: ow.ly/vPQ450SYAT9

Whether you’re a commercial or recreational shellfish harvester, we encourage you to sign up for shellfish area harvesting notices so you know where you are permitted to go digging. Sign up today: ow.ly/TtyE50T26gO

Did you know? The movement of glaciers and meltwater erosion about 150,000 to 450,000 years ago formed the Gully, Canada’s first Marine Protected Area and underwater canyon. Learn more: The Gully Marine Protected Area (MPA) (dfo-mpo.gc.ca) #GullyMPAat20

Every day, our scientists across Canada advance ocean solutions — and recently, at the Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, the next generation of scientists jumped in to help. 👩‍🔬🌊