Salmon stocks: Fisheries ignored 500 names. Can it ignore 5,000?
The Globe & Mail March 23,2009 MARK HUME VANCOUVER — The form letter that Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea keep ignoring is just getting longer.
Inaccuracies used to criticize editorial
February 20, 2009 Courier Islander Mike Price and Craig Orr In response to Kelly Osborn’s recent critique of Neil Cameron’s original editorial (Courier- Islander, Feb. 6, Revealing Report), several selectively reported and simply inaccurate statements deserve comment.
Catch them if you can
Salmon runs on Canada’s west coast are declining year by year, putting other wildlife such as grizzly bears at risk James Fair BBC Wildlife February 2009 It may have been voted one of the world’s top 10 wildlife spectacles by BBC Wildlife experts (January), but the sight of the grizzly bears gathering to feed on…
Raincoast calls on eBay to stop auctioning trophy hunts
CFAX 1070 Feb 11, 2009 Adam Stirling Raincoast says the lives of BC’s majestic predators such as grizzly bears, black bears and cougars, should not be sold online. But, Raincoast executive director Chris Genovali says that’s exactly what’s happening with trophy hunts being auctioned off on eBay.
Raincoast scientists contribute to paper on impacts of commercial harvesting
Raincoast scientists Dr. Chris Darimont and Dr. Paul Paquet are authors on an important paper published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.\’a0 The paper examines the impacts of commercial harvesting on plants and animals.
Pipeline Peril
Calgary Herald\ January 4, 2009\ \ by Chris Genovali\ \ Re: “Syncrude duck deaths cap oilpatch’s ‘dirty’ year,” Dec. 29. The oilsands could impact avian life beyond the waterfowl migrating through and nesting in Alberta’s boreal forest.
In and out of Africa
By Chris Darimont Research Scientist, Rainforest Wolf Program Tanzania, December 2008 Guttural roars and the cracking of bone drown out any sound of the river, which by this time of year has slowed to a mere trickle. On its banks, blood-soaked muzzles plunge into fallen prey as if it were their final meal.
SALMON POPULATIONS: Watch more streams
GLOBE AND MAIL\ Editorial\ December 8, 2008\ \ The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is not monitoring enough rivers to be able to accurately assess the state of the Pacific salmon fishery, according to a new study. Since the preservation of salmon stocks depends on knowing how few are left, it appears the…
Monitoring gaps endanger salmon runs: study
Lack of accurate stock information leads to overfishing, scientists say\ \ BY JUDITH LAVOIE\ Times Colonist\ DECEMBER 4, 2008\ \ Salmon runs are collapsing because inadequate and inaccurate monitoring by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is leading to overfishing, says a study published yesterday in the National Research Council’s Canadian Journal of Fisheries and…
Pumping offshore oil and gas
BC Business Examiner – Vancouver Island Edition\ Letters\ December 01, 2008\ \ Re: “Pumping offshore oil and gas” (Business Examiner, Nov 3), it is unfortunate that former, interim premier-turned-industry-consultant Dan Miller is once again advocating for industry to open up British Columbia’s coast to oil rigs, tankers, pipelines and the risk of an Exxon Valdez-style…
Keep coast free of oil rigs
Winnipeg Free Press Oct. 22, 2008 by Chris Genovali Re: Ex-premiers sing praises of BC offshore oil development; Campbell nixes notion, (Free Press, Oct. 21). It is unfortunate that former interim premier turned industry consultant Dan Miller is once again advocating for industry to open up British Columbia’s coast to oil rigs,
Write letters
Contacting provincial and federal elected officials, as well as members of the opposition and newspapers, is an effective and important way to communicate your thoughts on an issue. Here are some key contacts. Provincial BC Premier Hon. Gordon Campbell (and MLA Vancouver-Point Grey)Mailing address: PO Box 9041 Stn Prov Govt Victoria, BC V8W 9E2Email: …