Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Nova Scotia, Canada

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Place Name	Bedford Institute of Oceanography
Place Status (Type)	institution
Location	Nova Scotia, Canada, North America
Latitude	unknown
Longitude	unknown

Bedford Institute of Oceanography , Dartmouth, N.S., Canada, opposite Halifax, on N side of E end of MacKay Bridge. Situated on Bedford Basin at entrance to The Narrows. The facility was greatly expanded during the 1970s. It has been the base for oceanographic research in the Can. waters of the Atlantic Ocean, Hudson Bay, and waters surrounding the Arctic isls., with special emphasis during 1980s and 1990s on development of Grand and George's Banks oil and natural gas fields, oil exploration along Lab. coast and fluctuations in fish catches, esp. the cod industry collapse in mid-1990s.