Chris Genovali has served as Executive Director for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation for twenty years. When he’s not on a hiking trail with Atticus, the Raincoast dog, you can find him at his desk. Read more about Chris.
Island Tides, November 11, 2010
As part of an effort to understand ocean currents, and how they would influence the movement of a potential oil spill, scientists from IOS recently teamed up with the Gitga’at and Raincoast to drop ‘drift’ bottles…
Raincoast biologist Michael Price responds to criticism from the fish farm industry leveled against his peer-reviewed paper recently published in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences…
Seaside Times
November 2010
By Chris Genovali
As Raincoast Conservation Foundation’s senior scientist, Dr. Paul Paquet plays a crucial role in our research and conservation efforts…
Chris Genovali, Letter to the Windsor Star
The Canadian Mint is printing coins depicting our wildlife heritage, but unfortunately these iconic presentations don’t translate into respect and protection for wolves.
Spills from Enbridge operations in the United States illustrate the risks of oil pipelines and tanker traffic to British Columbia’s marine and terrestrial environments, as well as First Nations and rural communities.
By Chris Genovali, Special to the Vancouver Province
The Enbridge Pipeline company’s operations in the U.S. should be of particular interest to BC as they relate to the Northern Gateway project.
While British Columbia (BC) farmed salmon could carry a certified organic label if the proposal by the Canadian General Standards Board and organic aquaculture working group at Fisheries and Oceans Canada gives the stamp of approval, the practices involved in raising salmon in open net-pens is antithetical to the spirit and intent of certification.
SPECIAL TO THE VANCOUVER SUN August 12, 2010 British Columbia farmed salmon could carry a “certified organic” label if federal aquaculture boosters have their way. The proposal by the Canadian General Standards Board and organic aquaculture working group at Fisheries and Oceans Canada to give the organic stamp of approval to B.C.-farmed salmon raised in…
Battle Creek Enquirer August 10, 2010 Re: “Canadians protest Enbridge expansion plans” (Enquirer, Aug. 2), British Columbians should be paying close attention to the Kalamazoo River spill and its aftermath.
Vancouver Sun, August 3, 2010 Re: U.S. spill turns up heat on proposed B.C.-Alberta pipeline, July 29 With his “we’ll do whatever it takes to make things right” rhetoric, Enbridge Inc. CEO Patrick Daniel sounds remarkably like BP’s Tony Hayward. Oil-industry disaster-response talking points aside, British Columbians should be paying close attention to the Kalamazoo…
At Raincoast Conservation Foundation, biologist Misty MacDuffee is known as The Salmon Goddess. Misty has gained this appellation not only for the expertise she has developed in salmonid ecology, but also for her passion and dedication as an advocate for these amazing fish.
Victoria Times Colonist, July 25, 2010 Re: “Farmed B.C. salmon could carry organic label under federal plan,” July 15. The proposal by the Canadian General Standards Board and the organic aquaculture working group at Fisheries and Oceans Canada to give the “organic stamp of approval” to B.C. farmed salmon raised in open-net pens is nothing…