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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.
B.C. researchers discover deadly bacterial disease in wild chinook
“This is important because the disease itself is not a new disease. The disease is pretty well known in farmed fish, and it’s a pretty severe disease where it can kill fish in a matter of days. So if they develop the disease and then they die in the wild, you never find it. That’s why this study was so unique.” Read the full Vancouver Sun article.
B.C. restricts water usage on Salmon River watershed amid 'severe' drought
“The ministry says the order will help protect endangered chinook salmon by temporarily restricting water use for forage crops and certain industrial purposes.” Read the full story at CBC.
The Hidden Synthetic Cloud Altering Antarctica’s Untouched Valleys
"The pathways bringing these synthetic pollutants to the Antarctic interior are twofold, involving both localized human activity and long-range atmospheric transport." Read the full article at The Daily Scrum News.
Abandoned boats left high and dry on west coast as funding cuts deepen
Chief Lenora Joe of shíshálh (Sechelt) First Nation stated, “food security is huge in our community. The fact that we are unable to collect food in the way our ancestors did is very concerning and serious.”
Mining Firms May Soon Bypass UN Rules and Mine the Deep Sea
"Representatives from the U.S. argue that their country neither signed nor ratified the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and therefore has no obligation to adhere to the International Seabed Authority permitting process, stating “the United States is not bound by the Convention rules dealing with seabed mining through the International Seabed Authority.”"