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Alaskan Salmon Fishery Drops Eco-Certification, BC Groups Take Credit

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By Joan Delaney
Epoch Times

Last week, Watershed Watch along with Raincoast Conservation and SkeenaWild announced they would challenge the recertification of Alaskan salmon fisheries, which was already in process…

B.C.’s wild salmon threatened by Alaskan practices – conservation groups

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By Randy Shore, Vancouver Sun

Raincoast Conservation, SkeenaWild and Watershed Watch said Wednesday they plan to challenge the eco-certification awarded to the Alaskan salmon fishery by the MSC…

Canadian NGOs challenge unsustainable Alaskan salmon fisheries

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Media Release

Vancouver, BC – Three BC conservation groups are taking aim at Alaskan salmon fisheries that are damaging BC fish stocks and violating conditions of the MSC’s eco-certification…

A Family Affair

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Seaside Times

January 2012

By Chris Genovali

The Raincoast staff is a tightly-knit group of people. But for Raincoast biologists Andy Rosenberger and Adrianne Jarvela Rosenberger it’s literally a family affair…

We did it again! the Spirit of Christmas

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In July of 2011 we raised the $370,000 in acquisition costs needed to purchase the tenure. Since raising the funds, we have been waiting for the BC Ministry of Environment to transfer the new territory to Raincoast

Spirit bear hunting territory: January update

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Frustrating and unnecessary government delays have prevented us from being able to announce this purchase. However, in December 2011 we received assurances from the BC provincial government that the territory will be transferred to us in early 2012.

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