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  • An oil tanker at rest off the BC coast.
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    Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled

    2024 July 152024 July 15

    Southern Resident killer whales need protective orders to facilitate recovery.

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  • Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheries
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    Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheries

    2024 July 112024 December 13

    Last week, Ocean Wise made the decision to remove its recommendation to list salmon from southeast Alaska as sustainable. This removal will be in place until the sustainability of these fisheries is no longer in question.

    Read More Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheriesContinue

  • Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon
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    Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon

    2024 April 102024 December 13

    Eight policy solutions to benefit wild salmon in an age of water scarcity.

    Read More Drought resilience for Nicola River salmonContinue

  • A salmon rests under some reeds in the Fraser River.

    Drought resilience for Nicola River salmon

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  • Chinook salmon next to each other in a river.
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    Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmon

    2024 February 152024 July 8

    In 2020, the non-profit Wild Fish Conservancy (WFC) filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court that challenged the 2019 Biological Opinion developed by the NOAA fisheries.

    Read More Backgrounder: The court case over the Southeast Alaskan Troll fishery on Chinook salmonContinue

  • Multiple Chinook salmon underwater.
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    Mark-Selective Fishery: a backgrounder

    2023 March 22024 July 8

    Fisheries and Oceans Canada has proposed opening five new Chinook fisheries in April 2023.

    Read More Mark-Selective Fishery: a backgrounderContinue

  • Aerial view of the Barrowtown pump station.
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    A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounder

    2022 November 172024 July 8

    The catastrophic floods of late 2021 in southern British Columbia (Canada) and neighbouring Washington State (USA) destroyed homes, farms, and businesses, with excess water spilling debris, animal carcasses, and diesel fuel into historically productive fish habitat.

    Read More A former lake re-emerges: A backgrounderContinue

  • A large number of fishing boats squeeze into a small area off the coast of Alaska.
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    Impacts of Alaskan interception fisheries on Canadian and Southern U.S. salmon and steelhead

    2022 January 112026 August 13

    Alaskan Interceptions of BC Salmon: State of Knowledge Prepared by: Andrew Rosenberger, Victoria Chicatun, and Greg TaylorPrepared for: Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Skeena Wild Conservation Trust Read the report and summary: Southeastern Alaska catch of BC salmon. How many Canadian salmon and steelhead are killed in Southeast Alaskan interception fisheries? In 2021, nearly 800,0000 sockeye…

    Read More Impacts of Alaskan interception fisheries on Canadian and Southern U.S. salmon and steelheadContinue

  • Grizzly bear walking through an estuary.
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    Why we purchase commercial trophy hunting tenures

    2021 November 232024 October 8

    Working with our Coastal First Nations partners, our goal is to permanently end commercial trophy hunting of all large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.

    Read More Why we purchase commercial trophy hunting tenuresContinue

  • A Southern Resident killer whale swims by Saturna Island and exhales beside the shore and kelp, with logos from the Suzuki Foundation, WWF, and more.
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    2021 snapshot review of Southern Resident killer whale protection measures, what’s still needed, ongoing threats, population statistics

    2021 October 72024 July 8

    Read our backgrounder with information about orca protection measures, what’s still needed, ongoing threats, population statistics, and data.

    Read More 2021 snapshot review of Southern Resident killer whale protection measures, what’s still needed, ongoing threats, population statisticsContinue

  • Killer whales swim by Saturna island
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    Terminal 2 Backgrounder: Impacts on Southern Resident killer whales

    2020 July 202024 July 8

    The shipping expansion at the Deltaport terminal will place further stress on the Fraser estuary that has already lost more than 70% of its natural habitat. Raincoast is particularly concerned about the impacts from the terminal on Fraser Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales…

    Read More Terminal 2 Backgrounder: Impacts on Southern Resident killer whalesContinue

  • A large salmon swimming under the water.
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    Terminal 2 Backgrounder: Impacts to Fraser Chinook salmon

    2020 July 152026 August 13

    The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its shipping terminal at Roberts Bank beside the Tsawwassen Ferry Terminal. The existing terminal is already a significant presence in the Fraser estuary. Its 210-acre container terminal connects to the largest coal terminal in North America. A four-kilometre long causeway across the Fraser estuary facilitates truck and rail transit between the terminal and the shore…

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