Government stuff I should know
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Pacific, Arctic, Ontario and Prairie, Quebec, Gulf, Maritimes, NFLD and Labrador.
Some Canadian Coast Guard MSPVs were named after military and police members. What are the three military and police ranks of the the namesakes
Private
Corporal
Captain
Les joined the MPP in what year?
2018
other than Amago and Masu, how many species of pacific salmon are there?
Seven
Chinook, Chum, Pink, Sockeye, Coho, Rainbow, Cutthroat
ship crews received a variety of signals from the boatswain’s pipe. One signal which instructed the crew to go below decks and prepare for sleep.
Pipe Down
On March 14 2025 Joanne Thompson joined the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. What is Joanne's role in DFO.
Minister.
Which of the two Pacific Regions MSPVs arrived first?
Captain Goddard.
In this year, after wearing out his welcome with the RCMP, Les returned to green and gold
2008
5 Pacific salmon are semelparous which means?
meaning that adults die after reproduction and become nutrients and food in the freshwater systems. They are the nutrient backbone to B.C.’s coastal ecosystems.
This refers to the belt around the Earth near the equator. Because there is often little surface wind for ships' sails to use in this geographic location, sailing ships got stuck on its windless waters. Over time, people equated the calmness, with being listless or depressed.
Doldrums
the acronym FFHPP means?
Fish and Fish Habitat Protection Program
this vessel was the first of the MSPVs launched from Irving Shipyards
Private Robertson
This Canadian Province grows 80% of Canada's mussels, is Canada's number one golfing destination, but is most noted for being the birthplace of Les
PEI
How long can an adult salmon go with out eating once they return to freshwater?
adults can go six months without food while transferring body fats into their gametes for reproduction.
If a captain or officer of a ship died while at sea, the crew would fly flags and paint a band along the ship’s hull. Over time, this symbol of grieving was equated with feeling sad or melancholy. what is this called?
Feeling Blue
In what year was the Fisheries Act enacted
1868
On November 17 2018, vandals released this vessel from it s cradle submerging it
Corporal McLaren
Les' s favorite TV show
Meat Eater
These two salmon species have the exact same number of scales
Pink and Chinook
This describes items that weren't deliberately thrown overboard
Flotsum
In 1990 the SCC decision R vs Sparrow determined the hierarchy of fishing rights in order of priority. They were 1) Conservation--- 2) FSC--- 3)Sport/ Commercial--- 4) sport/ commercial.
More recently this has changed to? in order of priority?
1-Convservation
2-FSC
3- EO and moderate livelihood
4- Sport/ Recreational
What are given names of Captain Goddard?
Nicola Kathleen Sarah
Salmon hear using low frequency sound waves which vibrate through the water to sensory pores called?
lateral lines on the sides of the salmon.
Members of the British Royal Navy were required to stand barefoot and at attention for inspection. While at attention they lined up along the seams of the planks of the deck with their toes touching the seam. What was this called
Toeing the line