Pacific Biological Station

George William Taylor as its first director and sole employee,[2] it is the oldest fisheries research centre on the Pacific coast.

[6] Since 1984, station researchers store their findings in the GFCATCH database, which holds a record of all specimens removed from fisheries for study.

This data is gathered from both official ship's logs and first-hand accounts from the crews and fishery scientists that attended those voyages.

Reed, Ocean Traveller, Gambler 1, Star Wars II, and Rupert Brand V.[9] Scientists and researchers from many backgrounds worked at the station during its long tenure.

The centennial celebration included guest lecturers Mark Angelo and Rick Troll and attracted 20,000 visitors from multiple research fields.

[13] A report from the Canadian Chemistry and Metallurgy journal found early studies from the station neglected to account for chemical factors in the fisheries they were observing.

The study included the oxygen content of a specimen's habitat and the materials that make up the ocean sediment where many roundworms live.