Canada’s Species at Risk Act is, itself, at risk
Action alert: It’s not just endangered species being undermined by federal fast tracking of major projects, it’s also the SARA legislation that protects them.
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Study: Toxic hydrocarbon hotspots in BC coastal sediments, threatening Southern Resident killer whales and Chinook salmon
Burgeoning marine traffic to bring more toxic hydrocarbons to killer whale habitats.
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Give your input to DFO on vessel management to protect Southern Residents
Input on recovery of Southern Resident killer whales and potential general vessel management measures for 2025 and 2026.
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Submit feedback to the Proposed Marine Mammal Regulations
Take action! Your feedback can make a difference.
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Backgrounder on Canada’s Pacific salmon fishery losing its Marine Stewardship Council certification
What is the Marine Stewardship Council? The Marine Stewardship Council, or “MSC”, is an international, independent non-profit organization which sets a standard for sustainable fishing. Fisheries that wish to demonstrate they are well-managed and sustainable compared to the science-based MSC standards are assessed by a team of experts who are independent of both the fishery…
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In search of the Lower Fraser’s lost streams
There is currently renewed interest in locating historical streams that have long been paved over and lost in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland. Mapping these historical landscape features offers a connection to the land that has been lost through urbanization and highlights opportunities for restoration…
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Chinook salmon, 74 killer whales, and the future of the Salish Sea
2018 closes with just 74 Southern Resident killer whales remaining in the world. You’ve been with us through a year of huge wins and some heartbreaking losses and it’s worth a recap as we close the year and prepare for 2019. January – With 76 Southern Residents remaining, Raincoast and partners petition the government to…
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Endangered species, decline of biodiversity, and more on Quirks and Quarks
This episode of Quirks & Quarks explores pressing conservation issues facing endangered species…
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Misty MacDuffee on CFAX 1070 on fishery closures, Chinook salmon and Southern Resident killer whales
Southern Resident killer whales need systemic solutions that reverse the increase in noise and interference with feeding, and that protect Chinook salmon populations. Listen to two prescient interviews that Misty MacDuffee, Wild Salmon Program Director with Raincoast Conservation Foundation, has given with CFAX 1070…
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Endangered killer whales still await real action
The imminent threats to the survival of these whales require the federal government to take immediate action to reduce those threats, not ramp them up. The federal government already faces one killer-whale lawsuit for approving the Trans Mountain project and violating the Species at Risk Act…
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Trans Mountain is now Taxpayer Mountain
The Canadian federal government’s purchase of the Trans Mountain project from Kinder Morgan is financially and environmentally dubious. With this decision, Trans Mountain should now be renamed Taxpayer Mountain…
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Protecting (marine) subsidies – nutrient flows from ocean to land
Researchers at Raincoast aimed to determine if the nutrients that herring contribute to intertidal and subtidal ecosystems during spawning events are cycling through coastal food webs. To determine this, our scientists adopted techniques used in salmon research ….
