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Nuchatlaht Nation Grieves the Damages to the Territory in the Wake of Grieg Seafood Fish Farm Oil Spill
Gumboots in the Straights
We’re so thankful to the “Gumboots in the Straits” team for supporting LOS with royalties from their book. Packed with stories of personal transformation and adapting to the changing tides of life, Gumboots in the Straits captures the dynamic momentum of the decade and the enduring allure of the sea. Learn more about purchasing the book. www.cohobooks.com/item/r5ypYwSBQz-qDBcgvEwSxQ
Southern Resident Killer Whales
Finding Coral Expedition
In June 2009, Living Oceans Society led the Finding Coral Expedition, a journey to the bottom of the sea on Canada’s Pacific coast in search of deep sea corals. Using one person submarines, a team of international scientists made 30 dives to depths of over 500 metres and saw giant coral forests, darting schools of fish, and a seafloor carpeted in brittle stars.
The dirty secret behind the farmed salmon you eat
In an article published in the New York Times October 8, investigative journalist Ian Urbina unveils the crime and abuse plaguing the aquaculture industry from feed production to processing and distribution. In the most extensive audit ever conducted on fish meal, one Canadian company, Cooke Aquaculture, is implicated in a supply chain riddled with crimes against humanity and the planet.
Calls to evict some West Coast salmon farms takes centre stage in Ottawa
“We can’t leave these efforts unfinished.” – Robert Chamberlin, Chair of the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance. See the full story at CTV NEWS.
Pacific Link Pipeline
Read the CBC's coverage of today's announcement, designating the Pacific Link Pipeline a "project of national interest".
Oceans Update - September 2026
It’s tempting to trust Prime Minister Carney to bring us through the existential crisis created by the current US administration. He’s presented a reasonable, if painful plan for dealing with tariffs. But now, he’s putting Canadian democracy and endangered species at risk in pursuit of ‘building Canada strong’.