Tag: CFAX 1070 | Raincoast Conservation Foundation

Cabinet rejects request for an emergency order for endangered killer whales

Published on 2018 11 09 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Southern Resident killer whale, J50, looking emaciated in the Salish Sea.

Last week the Canadian federal government announced its refusal to issue an emergency order to protect endangered Southern Resident killer whales under the Species at Risk Act, despite the Minister of Environment and Climate Change and the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans’ recommendation to do so. Misty MacDuffee joined Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070 on Monday, November 5th to discuss these measures…

Chris Genovali and Terry Moore on trophy hunting and the changing paradigm of “wildlife as commodity”

Published on 2018 10 01 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

A black bear sits down in the river bank and sticks out it's tongue: Terry Moore and Chris Genovali.

This summer Raincoast executive director Chris Genovali spoke with Terry Moore to discuss the problems with trophy hunting in BC and globally. We learned last week that Terry Moore passed away. Our sincere condolences to Terry’s family and to his colleagues at CFAX. We have deep respect for his body of work as a journalist […]

Interview: Southern Resident killer whales, fisheries, whale watching and the need for enforcement

Published on 2018 08 20 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Last week, Raincoast Conservation Foundation and the David Suzuki Foundation made a joint call for action to save the Southern Resident killer whales. This call for action was made to the new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Jonathan Wilkinson to immediately close recreational and commercial marine Chinook fisheries, to suspend all commercial and recreational whale […]

Misty MacDuffee speaks with Adam Stirling about the death of L92

Published on 2018 06 29 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

The federal government has made several announcements designed to reduce threats to Southern Resident killer whales. With the death of another killer whale (L92) last week, are we doing enough? Misty MacDuffee speaks with CFAX’s Adam Stirling about these issues…

Southern Resident killer whales need action, not delay

Published on 2018 03 21 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

Will Southern Resident killer whales survive the next one hundred years? Is the Federal government willing to finally implement the measures needed to protect and recover killer whales in the Salish Sea? How do Chinook salmon populations, shipping, fishing, whale watching, vessel noise and disturbance in the Salish Sea impact killer whales? Mark Bennae and Adam Stirling asked these questions and more…

Chris Darimont interviewed on CFAX 1070 about political populations

Published on 2018 03 20 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

What is a political population? Did governments around the world try to exaggerate the size or resilience of carnivore populations? Have estimates of populations been skewed by systemic selection of data to suit political interests? Adam Stirling and Chris Darimont take on these questions and more…

Brian Falconer on CFAX 1070 speaks to importance of securing commercial hunting tenures

Published on 2017 11 29 | by Brian Falconer, Guide Outfitter Coordinator | in Interviews

Brian Falconer sits in the Great Bear Rainforest to speak to key elements of securing commercial hunting tenures in the GBR.

Brian Falconer joined Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070 to discuss our new campaign, announced yesterday, to purchase a fourth commercial hunting tenure on the coast of BC. This tenure is 2350 km2 and represents an area in the heart of the Great Bear Rainforest…

Chris Darimont explains “achievement” and hunter satisfactions in carnivore hunting

Published on 2017 09 06 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

A black bear stares out from the intertidal zone on the BC coast.

On August 29, Dr. Chris Darimont joined Pamela McCall on CFAX 1070. They discussed new research that can help shed light on what satisfies hunters and some of the implications for carnivore hunting in BC…

Misty MacDuffee explains why Southern Resident killer whales are threatened by industrialization of the Salish Sea

Published on 2017 08 17 | by Raincoast | in Interviews

MacDuffee laughs aboard a small boat on the Fraser River.

Misty MacDuffee joined Adam Stirling on CFAX 1070 to discuss the plight of the Southern Resident killer whales. Adam Stirling raises questions regarding the growing threat of oil tankers and shipping traffic…