MNR's Aquatic Research and Development Section provides leading edge science that supports the management and protection of Ontario's fisheries and aquatic resources. Much of our research is done in partnership with educational institutions, government agencies, and non-government organizations.
Click on the links below to find out more about some of ARDS' research partners:
Educational Institutions:
- University of Guelph, Biodiversity Institute of Ontario
- University of Guelph, Environmental Sciences
- University of Guelph, Fish Nutrition Research Laboratory
- Laurentian University, Cooperative Freshwater Ecology Unit
- University of Michigan
- Michigan State University, Department of Fisheries and Wildlife
- Michigan State University, Quantitative Fisheries Center
- University of Toledo, Lake Erie Center
- University of Toronto, Aquatic Ecology Group
- Trent University, DNA Profiling and Forensics Centre
- Trent University, Institute for Watershed Science
- University of Windsor, Biological Sciences
- University of Windsor, Great Lakes Institute for Environmental Research
Government Agencies:
- Centre for Northern Forest Ecosystem Research
- Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
- Environment Canada
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Bayfield Institute
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Science
- Michigan Department of Natural Resources
- Ministere des Resources Naturelles et de la Faune du Quebec
- New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory
- Ohio State Department of Natural Resources
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife Branch
- Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Harkness Laboratory of Fisheries Research
- Pennsylvania Fish & Boat Commission
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
- U.S. Geological Survey, Great Lakes Science Center
Bi-national Organizations:
- Great Lakes Fishery Commission
- Council of Great Lakes Research Managers
- Great Lakes Science Advisory Board
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