Living Oceans Society

Finding Coral Expedition
The Finding Coral Expedition returned to Vancouver on June 22 after a successful two week mission to study deep sea corals off the coast of British Columbia. The expedition’s science team found at least 12 different kinds of coral, ranging from small orange cup corals to red tree corals one meter high.

Follow the expedition at www.findingcoral.com where you can see videos and photos, and read dispatches from the science team.

Globe and Mail video and story CLICK HERE.

Oceans Update - Summer 2009
Check out the summer edition of Oceans Update to find out about the Finding Coral Expedition, how you can help stop the proposed Gunner Point salmon farm, why the new groundfish advisory process looks like a winner, opposition to Enbridge's Gateway project, and more>>

Emergency closure of five open net-cage salmon farms required to protect migrating salmon
Five open net-cage salmon farms must be permanently removed from a salmon migration route in the northern Georgia Strait in order to protect thousands of juvenile salmon from sea lice and other potentially fatal diseases, the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform said Tuesday. CLICK HERE to read more>>

SeaChoice

The movement towards sustainable seafood is about solutions for our oceans. Choosing sustainable seafood is a simple and effective action that you can take every time you eat at a restaurant or buy seafood.

Choose Sustainable Seafood using Canada's Seafood Guide and the Seafood Card.

How We Fish Matters: Addressing the Ecological Impacts of Canadian Fishing Gear
How We Fish, a new report by Living Oceans Society, Ecology Action Centre, and Marine Conservation Biology Institute, ranks the ecological impacts of fishing gears used in Canada, from bottom trawls to lobster traps. How We Fish recommends that Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) immediately implement policies that prioritize the protection of habitat and marine life as well as provide incentives to fishermen to switch to less harmful fishing gear.

How We Fish also recommends that fishing gear impacts should be adequately researched and monitored, and calls for marine protected areas and fisheries closures to protect ecosystems from the impacts of fishing. More>>

CLICK HERE to visit the How We Fish site.

"Go Wild" for Wild Salmon

Apryle Craig and Phil Magistro are launching a sea kayak expedition along B.C.’s Inside Passage on May 5. The "Go Wild" Expedition will act as part of Living Ocean Society's Eyes and Ears of the Coast project that gathers public reports of suspected unethical or illegal salmon farming behaviour.

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CLICK HERE - Help stop another massive salmon farm! A huge new salmon farm may soon be coming to Gunner Point in Johnstone Strait unless we make our voices heard. Re-zoning has been approved that may see 4,400 tonnes of Atlantic salmon raised at the proposed Gunner Point farm, making it one of the largest on the B.C. coast.