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• Exciting Events at UVic Coming up

  Lectures on “First Nations struggle to have their aboriginal rights and title recognized and respected in today’s economy” and “MARINE NIGHT: Whales, satellites and cold lunches on the edge of Antarctica” coming up at UVic!

• “Cautious optimism” about projecting the biggest salmon run in a century

  The Pacific Salmon Commission revised its estimates, predicting 25 million sockeye are bound for the Fraser River this summer. That is more than double the early summer forecast, making it the best run since 1913.

• Final Recommendations of the US Ocean Policy Task Force

  US President Obama has established the country’s first comprehensive national policy for the stewardship of the oceans, coasts and Great Lakes. This national policy will set the United States on a new path toward comprehensively planning for the conservation and sustainable use of the ocean.