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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.

Ecojustice heads back to court as fish farm giant appeals wild salmon win

VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH), AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES — Today, Ecojustice will return to court to defend a major victory for wild salmon. 

The case goes before the Federal Court of Appeal after salmon farming company Mowi Canada West Inc. launched an appeal of a June 2024 Federal Court ruling that upheld the Minister of Fisheries’ decision not to renew licenses for open-net pen fish farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands. 

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