Misty MacDuffee

Misty MacDuffee is a biologist with Raincoast's wild salmon program. She has spent over 20 years working in watersheds on BC’s coast advocating for the protection of salmon-based ecosystems. Misty’s work focuses on salmon management and the need to consider whales, bears and other wildlife within fisheries management. More about Misty.

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News

Raincoast updates
Defending our killer whale legal victory
2011 January 312024 July 8
FISHERIES MINISTER APPEALING FEDERAL COURT’S KILLER WHALE RULING
by Misty MacDuffee
Wild Salmon Program biologist and killer whale advocate…
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Raincoast updates
Salmon management should include bears, whales, and other wildlife
2011 January 62024 October 8
As last year’s returning wild Pacific salmon headed upstream, scientists spawned a thought-provoking proposal about how taking less salmon might bring more benefits to both ecosystems and economies…
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Raincoast updates
Just do it: turf the Nikes and find our ancestral ‘soles’
2010 October 282025 December 4
When I first signed up to run the Victoria Marathon as part of Raincoast’s “salmon run” team, I just had two tasks: get fit and raise 1,000 dollars. Yeah, just two tasks…
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Raincoast updates
Marathon Training: The ‘Fin’al Run
2010 October 62024 July 8
For several months now, members of the Raincoast ‘Salmon Run’ team have been scattered in various places running the trails and roads of Calgary, California, Vancouver and Victoria as they train for the upcoming Victoria Marathon. For me, I’ve been hitting the logging roads of the Broughton Archipelago on the BC coast. Despite some drawbacks…
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Notes from the field
Raincoast’s Salmon Run
2010 October 52024 July 8
While sockeye are now entering some of the Fraser River watersheds in the millions, delivering nutrients and food to forests and wildlife, other runs of BC salmon -like chum and pink runs from the Broughton Archipelago up through the central and north coasts – are returning in extremely low numbers.
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Raincoast updates
Would a Grizzly Bear Certify this Fishery?
2010 July 82024 July 8
Island Tides July 8, 2010 By Misty MacDuffee, Corey Peet and Chris Genovali As the Canadian federal inquiry examining the 2009 Fraser River sockeye salmon collapse in British Columbia kicks into full gear, one might be surprised to learn that at the same time, the Marine Stewardship Council wants to designate this fishery as “eco-certified.”
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Raincoast updates
The Halls of Justice: Day 1
2010 June 162024 July 8
The ancient Goddess of Justice, Themis, stands with her scales; an avenger in her earliest portrayals, but evolved to wear a blindfold in more recent times to represent the principles of modern law. For me, today’s goddess of justice is standing in the middle of a federal courtroom in downtown Vancouver, conveying the facts and…
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In the media | Investigate and inform
BC’s killer whales get their day in court
2010 June 152024 July 8
The Georgia Straight – Commentary By Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali As British Columbia’s southern resident killer whales return to local waters, many scientists and citizens are growing increasingly concerned for their future. Even with new arrivals in local pods, the population still needs to show clear signs of recovery.
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In the media | Investigate and inform
Canada’s killer whales get their day in court
2010 June 152024 July 8
Guest Commentary Misty MacDuffee and Chris Genovali for BUZZFLASH As British Columbia’s southern-resident killer whales are welcomed back to local waters, many scientists and citizens are growing increasing concerned for their future. Even with new arrivals to our local pods, the population still needs to show clear signs of recovery. One action we hope will…
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In the media
Environmentalists in court to extend protection for killer whales‎
2010 June 132024 July 8
By Judith Lavoie, Victoria Times Colonist VICTORIA — Environmental groups will be in court this week arguing the federal government is failing to adequately protect critical habitat for endangered and threatened pods of killer whales. Ecojustice lawyer Margot Venton is asking the Federal Court of Canada for a judicial review, claiming the government is acting…
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In the media
Climategate’ a convenient sideshow to real issue
2009 December 202024 July 8
Victoria News, December 18, 2009 Re: Information confirms ‘climategate’ scandal (Letters, Dec. 4) Conspiracy theory prone climate change deniers have seized upon the alleged climategate controversy to demand a “cautious approach” at Copenhagen or even an abandonment of mitigation measures.
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Scientific literature
Applications of Paleolimnology to Sockeye Lakes
2009 September 142024 July 8
MacDuffee, M and E. MacIssac. 2009. Applications of paleolimnology to sockeye salmon nursery lakes and ecosystems in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska: Proceedings of a workshop at the Institute of Ocean Sciences. Canadian Technical Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2847. Fisheries and Oceans Canada Applications of Paleolimnology to Sockeye Salmon Nursery Lakes and Ecosystems…
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