Tag: Oceans

Posts count: 295

Fish Friday: “Our Fisheries, Our Future”

The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an ecolabel for wild-caught seafood that WWF enthusiastically endorses, recently released a short film explaining how the standard works and the role we all play in keeping the world’s... Read More
The Marine Stewardship Council (MSC), an ecolabel for wild-caught seafood that WWF enthusiastically endorses, recently released a short film...
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Canada’s Tourism Industry Needs Marine Management and Protection

The stability and long term growth of BC’s marine tourism economy directly depends on protecting marine environments and ensuring they stay healthy into the future. Jobs and coastal economies stand to benefit when we... Read More
The stability and long term growth of BC’s marine tourism economy directly depends on protecting marine environments and ensuring...
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Can BC Hold the Line on Protecting our Provincial Fish?

I recently learned that DFO and the Provincial government are currently in discussion about how to change things in BC so that the Fisheries Act will not apply to all of BC’s waters. Read More
I recently learned that DFO and the Provincial government are currently in discussion about how to change things in...
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Victory in Norway. Can we do it in Canada?

Norway’s government says “no” to oil drilling in a critical marine hot spot. This decision will help conserve important habitat for the world’s largest cod stock, the planet’s largest cold water coral reef, and... Read More
Norway’s government says “no” to oil drilling in a critical marine hot spot. This decision will help conserve important...
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Recent Humpback Whale Entanglement in the Bay of Fundy

Foggy is a humpback whale that frequents the waters of the Bay of Fundy. On Sunday, Foggy was found by the Marine Animal Response Society badly entangled in fishing gear. This form... Read More
Foggy is a humpback whale that frequents the waters of the Bay of Fundy. On Sunday, Foggy was...
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Taking the helm: climate change and Canada's oceans

Not long ago, a group of WWF staff and supporters were snug on a boat tucked into a safe harbour, while hurricane-force winds raged nearby on the northern BC coast. We were cozy but... Read More
Not long ago, a group of WWF staff and supporters were snug on a boat tucked into a safe...
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Countdown is ON…Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup

You see it along the shorelines of your local rivers, lakes, beaches…harmful, unseemly litter. Now is the perfect opportunity for you to do something about it, because the Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup begins this... Read More
You see it along the shorelines of your local rivers, lakes, beaches…harmful, unseemly litter. Now is the perfect opportunity...
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Team NAFO 2013: Exploring all courses to Sustainable Fisheries

As the start of the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) 2013 Annual Meeting in Halifax draws near, my fellow Pandas and I are working diligently to finalise our recommendations for the year ahead. ... Read More
As the start of the NAFO (Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organisation) 2013 Annual Meeting in Halifax draws near, my fellow...
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Team NAFO 2013: Accountability Doesn’t Come Cheap

This past summer I had the opportunity to become a member of a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) here in Halifax. What was I paying for, besides freshly caught fish? Accountability. Read More
This past summer I had the opportunity to become a member of a Community Supported Fishery (CSF) here in...
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