June 28: launching of the "St. Lawrence Observation Network"

June 20: launching of the "Commercial Marine Species Sampling Protocols"

March 10: launching of the "Publication Directory"

January 25: launching of the "CHS Photo Collections"

October 4: launching of the "The St. Lawrence Monitored" Web site

June 23: new version of the "Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence"

June 17: launching of the "Marine Mammal Research" national Web site

June 8-9: mooring of two new oceanographic buoys, ISMER-1 and ISMER-2, jointly operated by ISMER (Institut des sciences de la mer, Université du Québec à Rimouski) and the Maurice Lamontagne Institute (MLI)

March 14: "Experimental biology" now includes a section about dissolved oxygen

February 8: launching of the "Experimental oceanography" site

January 6: launching of the American Lobster site accessible on the OSL home page under "Ecosystems & Biodiversity", also from the left menu bar under LEARN MORE and from the top menu under LEARN / To learn more about

September 15: reorganization of the OSL portal home page

September 9: Sentinel Fisheries Program Web site reorganization completed

June 30: Atlas of tidal currents in the Mingan Archipelago, Gulf of St. Lawrence, 2003-2007 available on the OSL portal under "Scientific Services" or "Navigate"

May 13: launching of the Experimental Biology site accessible on the OSL home page under a new theme, "Technology", also from the left menu bar under LEARN MORE and from the top menu under LEARN / To learn more about

May 12: beginning of the transmission of environmental data by two real-time buoys, IML-4 (Rimouski, QC) and IML-6 (Shediac, NB)

May 12: Marine Species Identification Guide for the St. Lawrence now available on the OSL portal under the main theme "Ecosystems and biodiversity"

May 11: new Remote Sensing Web site accessible under "Information Products" or "Observe"

March 18: Presentation of the OSL (Flash format) available under "On the Lookout"

January 12: on-line mapping tool providing access to the Atlas of Coastal Habitats and Fishery Resources data as compiled from the Fish Habitat Management Information System (FHAMIS) now available on the OSL portal under "Learn" or "Information products"

October 9: Launching of the new and improved ODMS web site

September 15: Launching of the "Georeferenced Images" a new OSL Web appplication now available

August 13: new side menu theme "Learn More About..." now available

July 17: Animation of the 2003 sea ice concentration now available on the Ocean Forecast Web site

April 30: The new "Tides, Currents and Water Levels" Web site is opened

January 8: Launching of the new OSL portal

November 15: Launching of the "Mobile Gear Surveys" section of the Sentinel Fisheries Program for the Northern Gulf of St. Lawrence.

May 24: Launching of the Ecosystem Modelling web site featuring the CDEENA (Comparatice Dynamics of Exploited Ecosystems in the Nortwest Atlantic) program results.

April 15: A revamped version of the "Real-Time Buoy" site is available

March 11: OSL search engine now available

February 12: Launching of the Ocean Forecast web site

September 7: New improved version of the ODMS (Java Web Start) now available

September 7: The online publication Carbon cycle in the St. Lawrence now includes seasonal budgets from carbon flow models

June 15: The most recent weekly catch rates (fixed gear Cod sentinel fishery) are now available on line from the Sentinel fisheries Web site

June 1^st: Tide prediction calculations are extended to a 30-day period

April 17: A new on-line product: The Glossary of the St. Lawrence

March 27: 2000 toxic phytoplankton data are available on-line (in French)

March 6: The Sentinel Fisheries Web site is opened

March 1^st: The electronic publication on the Carbon flow models in the Gulf of St. Lawrence is now available

February 2: a section accessible to OSL partners is opened

December 8: The Shipboard Thermosalinographs display temperature and salinity data from commercial ships (pages are available in French)

November 23: The Temperature and salinity report from the Needler's survey (summer 2000) is published on line

September 15: The Oceanographic Data Management System (ODMS) is opened on the OSL portal

July: Monthly highlights and Web Statistics are now available under "What's New?"

June: First 2000 satellite images showing the sea surface temperatures in the Gulf of St. Lawrence are available on the Internet. Satellite images will be released as soon as they are produced by the MLI's Remote Sensing Laboratory

June: 1996 to 1999 toxic phytoplankton data available on-line (in French)

June 8: The first "real-time" oceanographic data coming from the Buoy-IML are accessible on the OSL portal

May 6: The "Buoy-IML" is moored and it is transmitting oceanographic data in real-time

April 20: The official Canadian Tide Tables Web site is opened and accessible via the St. Lawrence Tides on the OSL portal

April 7: A new "Publications" section is opened featuring on-line scientific reports

March 1^st: The new site of the MLI's Remote Sensing Laboratory is opened

February 21: Satellite images showing the sea surface temperatures during 1999 are released
 

May 26: The OSL portal is opened on the DFO's Intranet (Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canada)

February:  OSL Web portal "prototype" opened with limited access