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Canada’s draft Priorities Plan is open for public comment until midnight tonight. Take action now. For years it was a mystery – why were coho salmon dying in large numbers as they returned through urban areas on their way to spawn? The phenomenon, observed for decades, became known as “urban run-off mortality syndrome”. Painstaking research…
Why Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy misses the mark.
Alaska’s fisheries should not be accredited with Marine Stewardship Council’s checkmark of sustainability when these fisheries harm BC’s wild salmon and endangered killer whales.
Raincoast uses drones to study killer whale health…and we always put photography ethics, including the well-being of the whales, first.
Bill C-73 is a much-needed piece of legislation that would give the National Biodiversity Strategy legal teeth, and make it enforceable by the courts.
With intensifying threats, emergency protections for endangered killer whales are necessary.
Master’s research is looking into different life histories of sockeye salmon to better understand the impact of Raincoast’s breaches project.
In May of 2024, Raincoast, along with five other conservation groups (David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, Living Oceans, Natural Resources Defense Council, and World Wildlife Fund Canada) filed a petition with the federal government to implement an emergency order.
Raincoast scientists comment on the opening of the Trans Mountain pipeline.
Our new report highlights global case studies for the development of a comprehensive, place-based conservation strategy in the Lower Fraser.
In celebration of Wild Salmon Day, we identify some of the threats facing these fish in BC.
The petition seeks this buffer to match protections provided by Washington State that are coming into effect in January, 2025.