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Published Scientific Papers
Our 2012 paper (above) uses grizzlies to assess harvest impacts of sockeye fisheries. It’s an example of how to consider ecosystem objectives in salmon management.
Raincoast is a team of scientists and conservationists that undertakes primary research to inform our conservation objectives. We work with First Nations, academic institutions, government scientists and other NGOs to gather information and build support for decisions that protect marine and terrestrial ecosystems, their components and processes.
Raincoast’s in-house scientists, collaborating graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and professors make us unique among NGOs. We conduct applied, process-oriented, and hypothesis-driven research that has immediate and relevant utility for the conservation debate and the collective body of scientific knowledge.
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Recent Posts
Animal welfare papers presented at conference: Abstracts
Raincoast has been pushing the idea of animal welfare considerations in wildlife management. The topic was addressed at the Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference where Raincoast presented two papers.
Pipeline spill impacts to BC parks published in scientific journal
Raincoast’s paper evaluating the impacts to parks from a Northern Gateway pipeline spill was published this month in the Natural Areas Journal…
Salmon farms as a source of sea lice: Raincoast responds
Raincoast responds to DFO on the impact of salmon farms. Published in Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences
Using grizzlies to assess harvest-ecosystem trade-offs in salmon fisheries
Researchers at Raincoast and UC-Santa Cruz investigate how letting more salmon reach spawning streams can benefit bears, the ecosystem and even long‐term fishery catches…
Disease transmission (TB) in elk
This paper, published in Molecular Ecology, examines the role of social behavior in transmitting bovine tuberculosis (TB) in a Manitoba elk population.
Genetic differentiation in wolves
This paper examines genetic differentiation in a population of southwestern Manitoba wolves. Published in Conservation Genetics
