Working with the Marine Research Centre at the Petit de Grat campus of Universite Sainte-Anne, particularly Director Michelle Theriault, Telile TV was able to detail the renovations at the facility, demonstrate some of the tests they conducted and explain the reasons for the tests. We also did a brief overview of what occurs at the centre daily and what they contribute to the local fishing and aquaculture industries.
While it only aired and was uploaded to YouTube recently, episode 5 of Strait Talk has already garnered a healthy viewer and community response, due in part to the informal nature of the story and the wealth of important information provided.
The Marine Research Centre opened up their facility to us and provided a guided through the best areas for filming as well as providing us with the best topics to discuss, and what their hopes are for the future.
We are hoping to return in the fall when they start their sugar kelp monitoring and testing to do another episode of Strait Talk, in pretty much the same informal format, with the Marine Research Centre heavily involved.
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