A leaked copy of a government report on climate change says that since 1948, Canada's annual average temperature over land has warmed 1.7 C, with higher rates seen in the North, the Prairies and northern British Columbia.
In a YouTube film commissioned by Salmon and Trout Conservation Scotland, Sir David Attenborough warns: ‘The survival of these astonishing fish is at risk.'
Environment Canada has approved the commercial production of genetically-modified salmon produced in a facility in eastern P.E.I., says the company that owns the facility in a news release.
The Georgia Strait is home to one of the few remaining industrial herring fisheries on the Pacific coast of North America and is now the frontline in a battle to protect this oft-overlooked but keystone species.
The following are comments and analysis by The Citizens Outdoor Rights Alliance (CORA) on the technical briefing represented March 12 by DFO Stock Assessment Biologist Nick Kelly in accordance with the advice from the Canadian Science Advisory.
The Cowichan Stewardship Roundtable has reported that Cowichan Lake is at 40 percent capacity, a level that’s usually witnessed in August, in the peak of the summer heat.
More than 10 years ago, Taseko Mines proposed an open-pit mining project in an area of immeasurable cultural and spiritual importance for our Tŝilhqot’in people.
On the surface, Prince William Sound appears to have recovered. But you don’t have to dig too deep—into the soil or into memories—to find the spill’s lingering effects.
With the help of the Comox Valley Land Trust and Comox Valley Regional District (along with support from multiple organizations) the new CVRD Park (Morrison Headwaters Nature Preserve) is now a protected piece of land.
An international biologist, photographer and storyteller is coming to New West this weekend to share the results of a three-year effort to determine where the salmon are hiding in Metro Vancouver.
The B.C. government is asking for the public's assistance in reporting any erosion concerns or potential flooding risks associated with recent wildfires in the Bulkley-Nechako Region.
The brand new Canadian Coast Guard vessel Sir John Franklin crashed into Victoria’s breakwater Friday, crumpling a side of its back end and surprising pedestrians wandering out to the lighthouse.
The CRD has purchased more than 150 hectares of parkland at a cost of roughly $6.5-million. The area encompasses portions of salmon-bearing streams and patches of old-growth and fully grown second-growth forests.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans says it is "actively working" with the city to bring a crossing over Haggith Creek up to a fish-bearing standard but has not imposed a deadline to get the work completed.
The Haisla Fisheries Commission released its 2018/19 annual report detailing the wide range of activities its crew conducts over the course of a year. From stock assessments to food fish distribution, it's all in a year's work.
Health and fisheries officials are warning about 3 probable cases of paralytic poisoning after people ate shellfish harvested from a closed area off B.C.'s North Coast. Experts say the butter clams had neurotoxins from a red tide.
Scientific panel outlines just how much we know — about what we don’t know — when it comes to regulatory oversight, water usage, earthquakes and radioactive waste.
An international team of researchers collected thousands of samples and pioneered a new DNA testing method to learn more about salmon survival in the North Pacific in the first comprehensive study in the region in decades.
Fisheries scientists have estimated for the first time that 54.5 million Pacific salmon are living in the Gulf of Alaska — providing a valuable new tool to predict how many fish will be returning.
If the Atlantic salmon angling management plan for this coming season remains the same as it was for last year, the Citizens Outdoor Rights Alliance (CORA) says it won’t be sitting by idly.
A 160-acre of land located near Lenore, Man. is considered a “gem” by its new owners after it was donated by a retired farmer for conservation purposes.
Ottawa is keeping appropriate track of how Canada's mining industry releases effluent into the country's waterways, says the federal environment commissioner.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government has been considering an “emergency” warning from scientists about an endangered species for more than a year in a case that could have serious implications for the proposed construction of the Trans Mountain oil pipeline expansion project.
An Alberta oilpatch company met with federal officials 22 times last year to lobby them about major fossil fuel projects. Ottawa is now drafting rules to specifically allow the company, AltaGas, to dump saltwater into a major Nova Scotia river.
The newly established Kitaskino Nuwenëné Wildland Provincial Park will help buffer Canada’s endangered Wood Buffalo National Park from industrial encroachment but more protected areas are necessary to offset decades of major hydro and oilsands operations,
All crab fisheries in California will close about three months earlier than usual this year in an effort to keep fishery gear from killing protected whales.
The U.S. Department of Commerce allocated $20 million to help tribes, communities, fishermen, and businesses affected by commercial fishery failures that occurred in Georgia, California, Oregon, and Washington between 2013 and 2017.
A bill that passed through a Washington state Senate committee would toughen rules for transporting oil through certain parts of the Salish Sea. But the bill is not just about oil — it's also focused on orcas.
After more than 42 years, steelhead will once again have access to a 7-mile stretch of Big Meadow Creek near Troy thanks to Idaho Department of Fish and Game.
Outdoor recreationists who hunt, shoot, fish and boat are providing more than $1 billion this year to support increased outdoor access and wildlife habitat.
For several years, wildlife biologist and Beaver State Wildlife Solutions owner Jakob Shockey has developed and implemented anti-lethal solutions to help property owners deal with beavers.
Good news for our endangered southern resident orcas! L124, or "Lucky," the calf born in late December, was captured on video swimming with the L pod off the coast of California.
Glacier National Park released an environmental assessment Friday for a proposal to kill off non-native fish in a remote area. Biologists say that could
The Center for Biological Diversity and Wild Fish Conservancy have sued the Trump administration today for mismanaging West Coast salmon fisheries and harming critically endangered Southern Resident killer whales, a violation of the Endangered Species Act.
Just 10 years ago, the term “sustainable seafood” was pretty esoteric, and even if a consumer cared about the health of our oceans and seafood populations, it was difficult to determine best consumer choices.
A Trump administration proposal to vastly expand federal conservation land along the East Coast is facing protests from states and communities that say the plan will damage tourism industries that are still recovering from Superstorm Sandy in 2012.
Thousands of people in the Pacific Northwest — commercial fishermen, their crews, sport fishermen, seafood processors, even many boat builders — depend on.
Pacific Catalyst, a partnership of fishery management executives in collaboration with Fiji's University of the South Pacific (USP), announced their launch on March 25.
A new vision for the future of the Irish inshore fisheries sector up to 2023 is outlined in a new strategy following an inclusive process that included both industry-focused and wider public consultation.
Scientists know surprisingly little about a salmon’s life outside of their freshwater and nearshore habitats, but an ambitious study is attempting to change that.
In January, the Atlantic Salmon Federation was celebrating when Greenland's catch numbers came in under quota at 18 tonnes. Now, due to late reporting and miscounts, that number has more than doubled to more than 40 tonnes.
As you’re chomping down on that delicious prawn laksa, that beautiful ginger-infused grouper, that mackerel curry, do you ever give a thought to where that seafood has come from?
