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Scientific activities

DFO scientific activities support the Department’s mission to offer the Canadian public:

Safe and accessible waterways
Healthy and productive aquatic ecosystems
Sustainable fisheries and aquaculture

To achieve this, MLI scientists are active in the following areas:

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Impact of development activities

Stock assessment

Seafloor mapping
Ecosystem management
Species at risk
Climate change

Genomics & biotechnology

Invasive aquatic species

Aquatic animal health

Aquaculture production

Oceans & world climate

Aquaculture-environment interactions