Dad/husband + hunter/angler/guide/hiker/brewer/curling. Professor of Biology @MemorialU, Past-Pres @CARSAFS, Director Salmonid Assoc Eastern NFLD. Tweets=mine.
St. John's, NL, Canada
Joined November 2013
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The biggest event of the #GSOC season is here! 🥌🤘
The KIOTI National is taking over St. John’s from Nov. 26 – Dec. 1, and it’s going to be EPIC. The world’s best teams will battle it out on the ice, and the fans will bring the energy like never before. 🔥
📲 Don’t miss a moment: Download the GSOC app to watch every sheet live from anywhere.
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#LetsRock #Curling
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We are devastated to learn of the death of one of our employees following a plane crash yesterday during a scientific mission near Corner Brook, Newfoundland. Our thoughts are with the families of the employees aboard the plane and with all our employees.
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Congratulations to Drs. Craig Purchase and Shawn Leroux who, in partnership with ERMA, have received $1.2 million for a multi-year project on Exploits River Atlantic salmon
Learn more here: gazette.mun.ca/research/savi…
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.@usfws is listing the San Francisco Bay-Delta longfin smelt as endangered under the Endangered Species Act. The decline in fish populations indicates environmental problems in the San Francisco Bay estuary. More: ow.ly/AmWT50SMx9M
ALT a longfin smelt swimming
ALT close up shot of a longfin smelt
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Thanks to @ParksCanadaNL and @MemorialU for bringing us close to searun #brooktrout. In a remote area free of dams, inv. brown trout and fishing pressure this ongoing dream project will help to protect and understand the sea-going form. @HellstromKGV @DrBrodin @CraigPurchase
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Enjoying the anadromous #brooktrout tracking expedition of a lifetime with @HellstromKGV @CraigPurchase and @ParksCanada in northern #newfoundland . Beautiful #seatrout , amazing people and receivers sent to the bottom of the Gulf of St.Lawrence attached to lobster traps!
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1/2 The Government of Canada is committed to protecting wild salmon and promoting a more sustainable aquaculture sector.
Today, Minister Lebouthillier announced that open net-pen salmon farming in coastal British Columbia will be banned effective June 30, 2029.
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We've analysed 6 years of semen quality data from men applying to be donors at @Cryos_Int - no sign of changes to sperm concentration, but an intriguing drop in sperm motility which we hypothesise might be due to covid lockdowns @bobmontgomerie doi.org/10.1093/humrep/deae1…
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Members of the @CanadianForces repatriate an unknown soldier who died in France whilst serving in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during the First World War. CF-18s escorted a Polaris as it landed in St. John's
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📢The III International Symposium on Introduced Salmonids will take place in Valdivia, acclaimed as one of the most beautiful cities in Chile, renowned for its outstanding environmental richness.
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Tomorrow, May 25, the CAF will repatriate an unknown soldier who served in the Dominion of Newfoundland during the First World War. His remains will be transported from Beaumont-Hamel, France, to St. John's where they will be reburied on July 1... 1/2
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Forrest Fellowship applications for 2025 are opening soon!
📅Applications will open in mid-May and close on 30 June.
📗 To find out more, visit our website: forrestresearch.org.au/fello…
💻 Or sign up for the online information session on Tuesday, 14 May: events.teams.microsoft.com/e…
Craig Purchase retweeted
A new modified totality path shrinks the path width inward from both edges by a few Km so Botwood and Hearts Content are now out of totality #nlwx
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Everyone on the AFS Team put in months of hard work to make this event happen, and we are thrilled with the outcome!🐟A well-deserved post-symposium cheers to the AFS Team!🍻 #AFSQCS2024
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#Curling history will be made Sunday night in Regina.
Either Canada's @TeamGushue captures a record sixth Brier Tankard, tying Randy Ferbey for the most of all-time OR @TeamMcEwen wins Saskatchewan's first Brier since 1980, 44 years ago.
Who will make history? #Brier2024
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Did you know the first APICS (now Science Atlantic) Aquaculture and Fisheries and Biology Conference was held in the 90s? This photo shows @CraigPurchase (now a professor at @MemorialU), Kelly Moret, and their professor Joe Brown at the 1997 AFB. #ThrowbackThursday
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Join our team! We're seeking a Program Director for Newfoundland and Labrador.
If you're ready to lead conservation efforts, build partnerships, and engage communities across the province, apply now!
asf.ca/employment-opportunit…