Community-Oriented Coastal Observatory brings ocean monitoring to Canso

By Chloe Hannan, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter Guysborough Journal CANSO: The Community-Oriented Coastal Observatory (COCO) is a citizen science network that collects environmental DNA, or eDNA, from Nova Scotia’s coastal waters. The samples are analyzed by researchers at Dalhousie to identify traces of fish, shellfish, seabirds and other animals. It offers a non-invasive way to track…