Sea lice from fish farms threaten Fraser River sockeye: biologist
Pieta Woolley Georgia Strait March 23, 2009 Sea lice from fish farms may be a greater threat to Fraser River sockeye salmon stocks that conservationists previously thought.
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GROWLS event packs Phoenix Auditorium
By Janina Stajic Gabriola Sounder March 24 2009 On Thursday, March 19th Gabriolan’s packed the Haven’s Phoenix auditorium to hear Dr. Chris Darimont of the Raincoast Conservation Foundation, speak about B.C’s Great Bear Rainforest.
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Seafood-loving wolves may need protection
Dustin Walker Nanaimo Daily News March 21, 2009 Coastal B.C.’s fish-munching, island-hopping wolves will need to be better managed if the species is to thrive for future generations, says an expert on the unique animals.
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Winter Ruminations in the Great Bear
by Doug Brown Raincoast Field Station Co-Coordinator Denny Island, March 2009 The sun is once again shining on the field station bunkhouse after three months of sitting low on the horizon.
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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.
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Lone wolf: Canada’s newest marine mammal
Globe and Mail Chris Darimont, Chris Genovali and Paul Paquet March 13, 2009 Where does biodiversity come from and how can we preserve it? These are fundamental questions the answers to which conservation scientists now seek at a frenetic pace.
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God save thee, albatross
Chris Genovali | Monday Magazine | March 11, 2009 I’m on my back on the aft deck of Raincoast’s research vessel. My repose is involuntary as we ply the lumpy waters of Haida Gwaii’s west coast. Not one prone to sea-sickness, I nevertheless feel like my head is virtually nailed down, a result of the…
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Unique coastal wolves merit protection, study concludes
Species has evolved to take advantage of marine environment March 11, 2009 Judith Lavoie, Canwest News Service Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Province, Edmonton Journal, Times Colonist They have red-tinted hair instead of grey, eat fish along with meat and love to island-hop.
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Order protects habitat of West Coast whales
Globe and Mail February 26, 2009 Mark Hume VANCOUVER — Nine environmental groups that were taking the federal government to court for allegedly failing to protect endangered killer whale populations off the West Coast
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Grizzlies’ fate decided by anecdotes?
The Edmonton Journal February 26, 2009 by Chris Genovali Re: “Anecdotes about grizzlies not on par with science, groups say; Minister Ted Morton to weigh both sides in decision on hunt,” The Journal, Feb. 22.
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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.
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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…