The BC processing plant belongs to US parent company Pacific Seafood that has a string of wastewater violations along the West Coast.

Growing wildfire activity is linked to rising freshwater contaminants and weakened ocean carbon storage, UBC research shows.

The federal government is heading an international coalition to protect marine life from rising underwater noise, but domestic action lags behind.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.