Protected: Explore the Deep Sea

SeaBlue Canada, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Oceans North and numerous other partners would like to cordially invite you to a birthday party celebrating the Gully Marine Protected Area on May 11 2024!

Visit the Maritime Museum of the Atlantic between 9:30 – 1:00pm and immerse yourself in the wonders of the Gully by looking at a 3D underwater map, experience weird and wonderful creatures, participating in talks by experts on the amazing wildlife of the area and more!

Choose your own adventure with many participant tables and activities to choose from.

We look forward to celebrating two decades of working together to protect this amazing habitat found off of our shores with you!

Marine Protected Area Poster

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The Gully Marine Protected Area:
A Diversity of Life and a Sanctuary for Whales

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Schedule of events

May 3

Tentacles in the Deep Sea

In a virtual seminar at 10:00AM on Friday May 3rd listen to the marine scientist Dr. Trevor Kenchington discuss the cephalopods that call the Gully home.

10:00am - Online - Link Coming Soon

May 7

Sailors, Whalers, Coral forests & Tourists in the Gully

Learn about the curious human history of the Gully from Marine Geographer Paul Macnab. Paul will provide an illustrated talk featuring highlights from the Gully’s interwoven histories of transportation, fishing, scientific inquiry, and conservation.

6:30pm - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Opening

9:30am - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Explore the Gully

Explore the mysteries of the Gully and the deep sea! Visit displays and learn about our amazing ocean and the diversity of life in an underwater canyon. Chat and listen to ocean experts and make an ocean-themed craft for Mother’s Day!

9:30am - 1:00pm - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Unnatural Disaster Theatre Show

9:45am - 10:00am - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Journey to the Gully

Meet experts who study sea life in the Gully!

10:00am - 11:45am - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Unnatural Disaster Theatre Show

Second Showing

11:45am - 12:00pm - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

Happy Anniversary Celebration

Snacks and refreshments

12:00pm - 12:30pm - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

May 11

End of Celebrations

1:00pm - Maritime Museum of the Atlantic

A chimera seen swimming near the seafloor during the first midwater transect of Dive 10 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Clavularia, here seen during dive 6 of Deep Connections 2019, is a stoloniferous octocoral that grows in ribbons and mats over rock or skeletons of coral or sponges. The purple color is due to a pigment in the soft tissue and the white is reflections from sclerites.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
The eyes of a scorpion fish reflect the ROV Deep Discoverer during the third dive of Deep Connections 2019 expedition.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
This sea pen was seen during dive 2 of the Océanos Profundo 2018 expedition.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
These sea stars (Neomorphaster foricpatus) were a common sight during the dive at Veatch Canyon.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
A snake star entwined itself tightly around the branches of an octocoral as seen on dive 8 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Small bobtail squid nestled between clumps of dead Lophelia pertusa seen during dive 5 of Deep Connections 2019 expedition.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
A shortfin squid swims by a large coral during a dive on Kinlan Canyon, the sixth dive site of Deep Connections 2019.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada
A stunning array of corals and sponges adorned most areas explored during dive 9 of the Deep Connections 2019 expedition on Retriever Seamount. The high diversity and density seen here was characteristic of the entire dive.
Photo Credit: Fisheries and Oceans Canada

Deep Connections 2019: Exploring Atlantic Canyons and Seamounts

Océano Profundo 2018: Exploring Deep-Sea Habitats off Puerto Ri

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