Northeast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project

The 2023 Northeast Pacific Deep-Sea Expedition wrap-up video! #NEPDEP 🍿🥤🎥🎬🐙🥚🌋🦀⛸️🥚🫧🧊🐳

Have you heard of the giant phantom jelly? There have been less than 150 sightings of this species worldwide! This rare footage was captured by our scientists. 👻🪼 📽️: 2024 NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition @nepdep_

🌊 New DOSI policy brief on deep-sea environmental impact research for marine carbon dioxide removal (mCDR)! With a growing focus on mCDR, it’s crucial to understand the unique challenges posed by deep-sea ecosystems. Check out the brief here: buff.ly/4e7ZCIZ

@FishOceansCAN @DFO_Pacific 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

Welcome back to our fishery officers who just returned to Victoria, B.C., after successfully completing this year's mission to detect and deter illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing in the North Pacific.

Was an awesome time yesterday with @SierraClubBC Learn to Draw. 👀 the colouring sheet of our ‘itchy’ Salmon Sark by Dr Julius Csotonyi (&others) here facebook.com/share/Y9cJq4bo…?

1/2 There’s nothing spooky about these skeletons! 🐋💀 At a whale fall like this, large scavengers come in to feed first. Next, smaller animals, such as worms and crustaceans, feed on the remaining tissues and even burrow into the now nutrient-rich sediment around the carcass.

Discovered during our latest expedition! Learn more nepdep.com/2024expedition @Uuathluk @Ocean_Networks & Council of the Haida Nation

#DeepSeaMining could destroy some of the most mysterious and least known ecosystems. @CherisseDuPreez and @rmlauer37 share interesting scientific facts and discoveries from deep ocean seamounts and hydrothermal vents with @CanGeo: bit.ly/3B3w4hG

1/2 As the 2024 NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition has come to an end, we want to thank our expedition partners, Council of the Haida Nation, @Uuathluk, @Ocean_Networks, @uvic, and @RoyalBCMuseum,

@FishOceansCAN @CoastGuardCAN @Uuathluk @ROPOS_ROV @RoyalBCMuseum @UNOceanDecade @UVicScience @challenger_150 @DeepStewardship @DSBSoc @hakaimagazine

That’s a wrap on the 2024 #NEPDEP expedition! 🎬 Among the most remarkable findings: We mapped the heat flow, skate migration, & nursery ground, & Canada’s first known Precious Coral forest—all on the same seamount!🪸🥚🌋🥚🪸 🎬 Full 4 min video youtu.be/0k4_5hFpa50?si…

#NEPDEP expedition wrap up, live, at @scienceworldca & on YouTube at 1 pm (PST) 🐟🎣🌋🦑🐙⛸️🥚🚢 📺 youtube.com/watch?v=eR_PUu… ℹ️ scienceworld.ca/event/ship2sho…

Definitely a fan-favorite jelly, Tiburonia granrojo, or #BigRed. Such a fitting name. @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV #nepdep

This octopus is at the end of her life. Her eggs have hatched & her job is done. She'll continue to waste away & become easy prey for predators & scavengers. It's heartbreaking to witness but it's reality & her death means survival for others in the deep sea. @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV

This octopus is brooding eggs. Amazing how she lets the ROV see more and more of the eggs as we wait. She'll stay here for years, not eating, only moving her arms to aerate her eggs or fight off predators, until her babies hatch. Then her job is done. 🐙 @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV

Not surprising that one of the many reasons why I like skates & rays is that their underside looks like a happy face even though their eyes are on top.😁 @nepdep_ @ROPOS_ROV #nepdep

This week the NorthEast Pacific Deep-sea Exploration Project Expedition team visited the SG̲áan K̲ínghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area. It is believed that this seamount was an active volcanic island about 18,000 years ago during the last Ice Age. 📸: 2024 NEPDEP