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DFO has announced they will investigate fishermen shown in video taken by conservation groups, but the groups say the federal government and Jim Pattison Group are serving the fishermen up as scapegoats…
Conservation groups handing over video say DFO and Pattison Group are scapegoating fishermen instead of addressing real issue…
The three conservation groups that publicly revealed the blatant waste of valuable salmon expected some “push back” from DFO but did not expect them to purposefully mislead the public…
By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun
Environmental groups say tens of thousands of non-target salmon are being wasted in the pink fishery on BC’s north coast…
Video evidence released today shows that tens of thousands of wild salmon are being needlessly killed because the federal government is refusing to adequately monitor fisheries…
By Stephen Hume, Vancouver Sun
20 years after protesters against West Coast clearcutting endured mass arrests, the event continues to shape environmental movement…
Check out the CTV News coverage of the Victoria BC Day celebration event, including the screening of REFLECTIONS…
REFLECTIONS – a journey into the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest with fifty of BC’s most celebrated artists – will be screening as part of the BC Day celebration in Victoria…
Vancouver Sun
Commercial fisheries in Alaska have been intercepting Skeena sockeye just over the border, less than 100 kilometres from the mouth of the Skeena River…
Vancouver Province
Skeena River sockeye salmon are returning in desperately low numbers this summer, causing concern among conservationists…
Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont is featured in an essay by author and 350.org co-founder Bill McKibben in the Patagonia Early Fall 2013 catalog…
Happy Canada Day from Raincoast and a message from our executive director, Chris Genovali…