Meanwhile,
For an 8e Year, the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute opens its doors to the general public this summer. For example, Until August 22. Meanwhile, it will be possible to visit this research center for peaches and Oceans Canada, located in Mont-Joli, in Bas-Saint-Laurent.
The Public Activity Manager at the Institute. However, Sylvie Roy, underlines the great success
From this initiative, which welcomes up to a hundred visitors per hour during the summer.
We noticed the great interest of the people of the region. In addition, even tourists on the estuary for what is happening there [et pour] What is done as research
she said.
Sylvie Roy invites people to visit the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute this summer. In addition, (Archives photo)
Photo : Radio-Canada / Francois Gagnon
Visits lasting one hour are free. Consequently, It is possible to explore some of the 70 laboratories in the Institute as well as the largest pool. Therefore, room in the country.
Green crabs in one of the basins of the laboratory of the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute. (Archives photo)
Photo: Radio-Canada / Jean-Luc Blanchet
Visitors will also be able to see the ship’s workshop where around 200 boats are stored. including Canadian coastal boats.
What is fascinating is to see the size […] Coast guard’s boats. People are impressed by the number and the kinds of boats we have here
says Sylvie Roy.
It is maurice-lamontagne institute opens its doors in a warehouse of the Maurice-Lamontagne Institute that the research. rescue boats of the Coast Guard are stored and maintained. (Archives photo)
Photo : Radio-Canada
Understand the mandate of fisheries. oceans Canada – Maurice-lamontagne institute opens its doors
Guided tours are given by young marine biology students from the University of Quebec in Rimouski (UQAR), which have been trained for six weeks and who will give fair information on the state of progress of research that is done here
explains Ms. Roy.
These visits therefore make it possible to better understand the work of scientists who work in the French -speaking institute of peaches. Oceans Canada.
People enter [à l’Institut] And don’t know what we are doing. When they go out, they understand that this is where the assessments of commercial fishing stocks are done. Fishing maurice-lamontagne institute opens its doors quotas, this is where they are given. They also include the importance of preserving fish habitat, the importance of their actions
rejoices Ms. Roy.
Visits also make it possible to better understand the impact of climate change on marine species.
The Maurice-Lamontagne Institute is open to visitors from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from June 25 to August 22. It is advisable to book before introducing yourself to it.
With information from Bruno Lelièvre
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