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Special report

Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines

90 Articles

Ucluelet Harbour Seafood fined $25,000 for polluting Barkley Sound

The BC processing plant belongs to US parent company Pacific Seafood that has a string of wastewater violations along the West Coast.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • New News
  • Island Insider
July 3rd 2025

Fraser River feels the burn: Wildfires spiking pollutants and altering ocean carbon

Growing wildfire activity is linked to rising freshwater contaminants and weakened ocean carbon storage, UBC research shows.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Island Insider
June 18th 2025

Canada steers global push to quell ocean noise pollution at UN summit

The federal government is heading an international coalition to protect marine life from rising underwater noise, but domestic action lags behind.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Politics
  • Island Insider
June 12th 2025

BC’s sunflower sea stars are now endangered, but rays of hope remain

Sunflower sea stars clinging to life in BC’s cold-water fjords are officially on the edge of extinction, a Canadian scientific advisory panel warns.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Island Insider
June 10th 2025

The West Coast's tidal swamps are supercharged carbon sinks

These pockets of woody wetlands can store about nine million tonnes of organic carbon per hectare — the equivalent amount of carbon burned by two million gas cars every year.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Island Insider
March 31st 2025

Conservative candidate targets Great Bear Sea marine parks plan

Despite becoming a 'political football' in the pending federal election, the Great Bear Sea MPA network is designed to balance ocean protection with sustainable fishing, says Dallas Smith, president of the Na̲nwak̲olas Council.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Politics
  • Island Insider
March 21st 2025

New Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Centre will be rooted in research and reconciliation

The $15-million facility will showcase collaboration between traditional knowledge and scientific research, ensuring that visitors and locals alike can understand and contribute to preserving the ecologically rich area while growing a sustainable economy in Clayoquot Sound region.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Island Insider
March 13th 2025

Vancouver Island community puts beavers to work on climate risks

Natural solutions, such as encouraging beaver activity and integrating rain gardens, will be paired with infrastructure improvements that balance ecological and community needs to protect the Xwémalhkwu from flooding.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Island Insider
February 27th 2025

Fisheries and Oceans Canada expects to flounder under mounting climate costs

Government documents obtained by Canada's National Observer show that Fisheries and Oceans Canada, already struggling to meet its core services with spiking climate change costs is forecasting at minimum a $100 million budget deficit annually.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Politics
  • Island Insider
February 24th 2025

B.C.'s smallest First Nation has big plans for a 'stewardship' economy

The tiny Kwiakah First Nation, with 19 members, has launched a “return home” by transforming a former open-net salmon farm into a floating, solar-powered scientific hub anchored in their traditional territory along B.C.’s wild central coast.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Climate Solutions Reporting
  • Island Insider
February 3rd 2025

Even federal government staff believe Canada’s ocean noise strategy lacks substance

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) staff were unimpressed with the proposed framework to address the surging problem of noise pollution, internal communications obtained by Canada’s National Observer suggest.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • Jimmy Thomson
  • News
  • Island Insider
January 10th 2025

Salmon isn’t good with salt

Salt levels in streams as a result of winter road clearing can be ten times higher than regulated limits at sensitive stages of coho salmon development, UBC researchers find.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Island Insider
January 3rd 2025

Vancouver Island community wants government held liable for ship-breaking pollution

Deep Water Recovery is facing another warning and threat of fines for its controversial Vancouver Island ship breaking operation on the shores of Baynes Sound.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Politics
  • Island Insider
December 12th 2024

New catch-and-release guidelines will up salmon survival

The estimated mortality rate for released chinook can reach up to 40 per cent depending on the fishing tactics, gear, and injuries from over-handling, the study found.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
December 5th 2024

Charting a path for boaters to clean up toxic ocean impacts

Boaters can use a innovative new online tool to choose eco-friendly products and clean up their act when it comes to washing toxic chemicals into waterways and oceans while maintaining their vessels.
Oceans, Waterways & Coastlines
By
  • Rochelle Baker
  • News
  • Island Insider
December 2nd 2024

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