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In the United States, the legacy of a discriminatory housing policy banned over 50 years ago still lingers. According to a new report by Redfin, a real estate brokerage firm, people who live in formerly redlined neighborhoods face a 25 percent greater risk of flooding than those who don’t. Black Americans and other people of color make up the majority of these communities, which were denied mortgage lending under the racist and federally sponsored policy. (CNN)
The Tla’amin Nation is closely monitoring returning herring after Fisheries and Oceans Canada opened a herring roe fishery just south of its territory, which extends along British Columbia’s Sunshine Coast. The past few decades have seen a drop in herring numbers—an alarming trend given the fish’s cultural importance to Tla’amin people and enormous contribution to the diet of the chinook salmon, which is also in decline. (APTN)
A dispute between Libya and Sicily over fishing waters has entangled more than the prized red prawn; for several decades, it has left fishers vulnerable to harassment, violence, and imprisonment. (Al Jazeera)
Whale culture, as scientists have dubbed it, is millions of years older than human culture. So it may come as no surprise that sperm whales changed their behavior, en masse, as 19th century American whalers tried to harpoon them—and they did so in just a few years. (The Guardian)
In 2016, a tugboat ran aground near Bella Bella, British Columbia, spilling over 100,000 liters of diesel into the sea. The oil spill has since galvanized the Heiltsuk Nation to work toward forming the Indigenous Marine Response Centre, an emergency hub that would be well positioned to protect its territory and the waters beyond. (The Narwhal)
In British Columbia, breeding a hardier oyster that’s resistant to warming and acidifying seawater may offer hope to an imperiled shellfish industry. “Sixty percent of our industry is Pacific oysters. If we lose that, we’ll be scrambling,” says Jim Russell, executive director of the BC Shellfish Growers Association. But can scientists future-proof the oysters? (Capital Daily) |
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