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Clear the Coast 2019
As you might guess from the photo, we faced unusual challenges this year from the weather! A southeast, winter-pattern storm closed in on us just after we arrived in Sea Otter Cove with half the crew on board our sailboat, Viajador. We feared that the balance of the crew, arriving by kayak the next day, would be unable to paddle; but they are a highly skilled and hardy lot and found enough of a break in the weather to round the point separating Sea Otter Cove from San Josef Bay and join us.
Living Oceans joins World’s Leading Aquatic Scientific Societies Urgently Calling for Cuts to Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Friday, September 11, 2020
Vancouver: In an unprecedented statement released today, Living Oceans joins the American Fisheries Society (AFS) and 110 aquatic scientific societies representing more than 80,000 scientists across the world to sound a climate change alarm. The societies call for drastically curtailed global greenhouse gas emissions to avoid the worst impacts of man-made climate change to fish and aquatic ecosystems.
Discovery Islands Salmon Farms Must Go
Thursday, August 6, 2020
The effort to rid this coast of salmon farms is mounting as wild salmon runs collapse. An open letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier Horgan, released today, is signed by 37 commercial and sport fishing organizations, religious and environmental organizations, marine tourism operators and unions. They demand that both leaders deliver their on promises to remove salmon farms from B.C.
Building and Activating Wild Salmon Defenders
Education and outreach have been central to our salmon farming work over the years. We have built a diverse alliance composed of environmentalists, First Nations, fishermen (both commercial and sport), labour and faith groups, tourism operators and more, all of whom are dedicated to the removal of salmon farms. In 2020, we sent his Open Letter to the Prime Minister and Premier of British Columbia, in which the sectors came together in support of the
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Lousy Choices II: Pricey De-lousing Equipment gets Failing Grades
Tuesday, July 7, 2020
VANCOUVER: Expensive new vessels are failing to control the parasites that are decimating wild salmon stocks, according to a report released today by Living Oceans Society. The report analyses the treatments given on the farms over the past two years and assigns a failing grade to the Hydrolicers and wellboats purchased by salmon farming companies at reported costs of $12 to $30 million.
Discovery Island Salmon Farm Ordered off Territories
Friday, June 19, 2020
Vancouver: Living Oceans Society supports the call by First Nations to remove Shaw Point salmon farm immediately, for failure to control sea lice during the wild salmon outmigration. The We Wai Kum and We Wai Kai Nations near Campbell River demanded closure of the farm this week, citing an escape of about 1000 Atlantic salmon into their territory.
Starving Grizzlies: Death of an Ecosystem and an Economy
Monday, October 7, 2019
The Glendale River in Knight Inlet used to have a massive run of pink salmon. It supported gillnet and seine fisheries and still returned a million fish to the spawning grounds. Today, no-one can find fish in the river. The grizzlies are starving and the eagles are absent. Read our latest blog here.
Trans Mountain Can't Put Shovels in the Ground this Summer
Thursday, July 11, 2019
VANCOUVER:Living Oceans has stated in a submission to the National Energy Board (NEB) that Trans Mountain cannot commence construction until it fulfills a condition set by the NEB to show commercial support.
“The NEB’s conditions require Trans Mountain to prove commercial support exists for the project,” said Karen Wristen, Executive Director for Living Oceans. “But that was done under the old certificate that was set aside by the Courts and is no longer valid. This condition must be met again under the new certificate issued by NEB.”