CCGS Kelso

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The CCGS Kelso is classed as a Specialty Vessel. This vessel supports federal science within the Great Lakes basin and carries out a multitude of fisheries science, including trawls, box core sampling, bottom sampling and water quality analysis to support the Aquatic Ecosystem Management Research Division, Water Quality Monitoring & Surveillance Fish Surveillance, Water Science & Technology, and Great Lakes Laboratory of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences.

The vessel is named after Dr. John R. M. Kelso, who passed away May 18, 2004 at the age of 59. Dr. Kelso’s career spanned more than 35 years, 25 years of which he spent leading the team at the Sault Ste. Marie satellite office of Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) Great Lakes Laboratory for Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. His career at DFO focused on studying the possible effects that issues such as acid rain, invasive species and habitat degradation had upon fish populations. Known for taking students and young scientists under his wing, he was extremely well published in numerous Canadian and International scientific journals.

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