The FishHeads are always ready to help a water pal - whether they have fins or not. So today they're working with the Toronto Zoo and Parks Canada to release some young Blanding's Turtles into the Rouge National Urban Park in an effort to restore the population of these smiling turtles.
The FishHeads are teaming up to help world renowned expert, Sebastian Kvist from the Royal Ontario Museum, to collect an unlikely subject for a museum exhibit: Leeches.
On the hunt for a creature that looks more like an alligator than a fish is all in a day's work for Christian and Sayat as they help the Department of Fisheries and Oceans check up on this endangered fish in Rondeau Bay Provincial Park.
Sayat and Christian are joining the SWAT team from Trout Unlimited to help restore the habitat and check in on the troubled Brook Trout as they hope to Bring Back the Brookies.
Sayat and Christian brave the snow and ice to help the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry release a hybrid Trout species known as Splake to its rightful home.
It's trapping time. Christian and Sayat are working with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to help remove some of these bloodsuckers from the system and make life a little less scary for the native fishes.
The FishHeads are helping out Jessica Fang from the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to help remove these lobster-like bullies from a local river because they are making life very hard for the local water community.
This giant fish can live up to 100 years old and were around at the time of the dinosaurs. Sayat and Christian are helping the team from Ontario Power Generation to net and tag the endangered Lake Sturgeon.
This giant fish can live up to 100 years old and were around at the time of the dinosaurs. Sayat and Christian are helping the team from Ontario Power Generation to net and tag the endangered Lake Sturgeon.
Leo has called in the FishHeads scuba team to dive and get a closer look at the Alewife in Lake Ontario. While Sayat and Christian will first learn more about this invasive but helpful fish at Ripley's Aquarium and then head out onto Lake Ontario with professional fisherman Greg from Fishing 4 Tales to see if they can catch a rainbow trout and better understand how they are keeping the Alewife population in check.
The FishHeads are out on a lake in Algonquin Provincial Park, trapping Snappers with the team from the Algonquin Wildlife Research Station to check up on these ancient and misunderstood creatures.
Leo's tummy is rumbling. Christian and Sayat are working with the Toronto and Region Conservation Authority to check up on the bug population in a local river. No bugs - no fish. Leo is hoping they find A LOT of bugs.
Leo is sending her team out with Jon and Phil from the Credit Valley Conservation to do some electro-fishing to check up on one of her favourite fishes - the often maligned White Sucker.
The FishHeads are off to the Toronto Zoo to learn more about one of the biggest threats to the Great Lakes - the Asian Carps. Then they're heading out onto the lake with the survey team from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to make sure there are no Asian Carps threatening the local fish community.
The FishHeads get mucky with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans in the Thames River to unearth a hidden species at risk, the Wavy-Rayed Lampmussel and learn about their very special relationship with the small-mouth bass.
Electro-fishing, radio transmitters and a dinosaur fish...?. The FishHeads can't wait to help out the team from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans as they learn how they keep track of the prehistoric Bowfin.
Right in Lake Ontario with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, the Fishheads discover the Bowfin: a prehistoric, bony fish that has been swimming around since the age of dinosaurs.
When the trout come out, so do the FishHeads. They're in Algonquin Provincial Park to help the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry tag and collect data on the important species.
Sayat and Christian venture out into the darkness with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, as it's the only way to find the tiny, invisible crustacean critter the Mysid.