In February 2009 DFO at IOS hosted the tenth annual assessment of the “State of the Ocean: 2008”. Across the board, scientists were reporting that 2008 was a cool year, from Oregon to Alaska, through Strait of Georgia and into the interior. This is clearly visible in our 3 years of data from Saanich Inlet, that supports the trend of 2007 being quite typical, 2006 quite warm, and 2008 coming in as a relatively cool year. More details about the State of the Ocean initiative are available at http://www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/index-eng.htm.
