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Kitimat Council urges heavy turnout for North Coast Draft Marine Plan meeting
Zone maps for the North Coast marine draft plan. (MAPP) District of Kitimat Council has urged residents to turn out in large numbers for consideration of the North Coast Draft Marine Plan at the...
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Tropical fish, climate change migration growing threat to seagrass, kelp...
Tropical fish are migrating into what were once temperate water as a result of ocean warming and that poses a serious threat to the areas they invade, because they overgraze on kelp forests and...
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Ocean acidification growing risk to west coast fishery, including crab and...
The United States says acidification of the oceans means there is an already growing risk to the northwest coast fishery, including crab and salmon, according to studies released by the National...
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Photo op or engagement? How the Harper government failed in the northwest
The bear totem at the University of Northern British Columbia, one of the backdrops considered by Natural Resources for an announcement by Joe Oliver. (UNBC) If anyone wanted a snapshot (or for younger...
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Haisla chief counsellor Ellis Ross on the dilemma of climate change and...
Haisla Nation Chief Counsellor spoke at Mt. Elizabeth Theatre on June 9, 2015, introducing David Suzuki who was on a speaking tour. This is a lightly edited report on his remarks that outline some of...
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Dilbit dangerous to young fish, laboratory study shows
Diluted bitumen, also known as dilbit, a mixture of oil sands bitumen and natural gas dilutants can seriously harm fish populations, according to research study at Queen’s University and the Royal...
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“Very low levels” of Exxon Valdez oil threaten salmon and herring survival 25...
“Very low levels” of crude oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, are a threat to the survival of herring and pink salmon that spawn in the region, according to a study...
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Prepare now for drastic climate change, UBC study warns First Nations’...
Fewer salmon; many more sardines. That’s one of the predictions from a new study from the University of British Columbia, looking at the future of the fishery on the coast. The study concentrates on...
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Eel grass really a flower that stores more carbon than tropical forests,...
Eel grass is not a seaweed but a flowering plant that migrated to the sea, say scientists who have now mapped the eel grass genome. The study also shows that eel grass ( Zostera marina) is crucial in...
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Ocean acidification a threat to the Dungeness crab: NOAA study
With climate change, the oceans are becoming more acid and that is a threat to the dungeness crab, according to a study by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study says ocean...
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