The effect of climate crisis on Canadian coastal communities is an all-hands-on deck situation, but the Liberals aren’t acting
If the Liberals keep delaying on disaster mitigation and prevention, our coastal environment will become more hostile.
Ocean-based carbon removal offers path to deliver COP15 promises
Restorative ocean-based carbon removal offers immense opportunity to tackle twin biodiversity-climate crises and should be a Canadian comparative advantage.
‘There’s no more time’: green light needed for swift movement on blue economy, says Sen. Galvez
While some experts say the government is doing a good job harnessing the economic potential of the so-called blue economy, there’s also room to grow in an important file that impacts diverse and marginalized communities. The “blue economy” is an “economy driven by sustainable, ocean resources, and accounts,” according to the federal government, and refers the […]
New Fisheries Minister Murray has list of ‘urgent’ priorities to grapple with
New Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray has a difficult file ahead of her with competing priorities, many of which fall under the umbrella of climate change and the environment, experts say, but observers say she appears up to the job. Crystallizing into focus one of the major issues facing fisheries in Canada, Oceana’s Nov. […]
Canadian fisheries: access and benefits at risk of slipping away?
International demand for seafood is hitting heights while global yield from wild capture fisheries has plateaued. Seafood-importing countries and firms that supply them are looking for ways to secure long-term access to catch. This may attract investment, merger opportunities, and other types of private finance into Canadian fisheries. An urgent question remains under-discussed: what are […]
Provinces to blame for Canada’s broken international conservation promise
This week, ministers from the federal, provincial, and territorial governments responsible for protecting nature will meet to address the nation’s urgent need for a new conservation plan. Canada has promised to protect one-quarter of its land and ocean within four years, and at least 30 per cent by the end of the decade. To get […]
‘They have a tipping point’: Alexandra Morton on her unrelenting fight to save B.C.’s wild salmon
Alexandra Morton isn’t your average scientist. She says she’s been tailed, surveilled, and taken to court for trespassing, all in an effort to dissuade her from waging a fight against the aquaculture industry. In Not on My Watch, the field biologist chronicles her accidental fight to reverse the decline of the B.C. wild salmon and […]
Taloyoak working to create Aviqtuuq Inuit protected and conserved area
TALOYOAK, NUNAVUT—Taloyoak is the most northerly community on the mainland in Canada, and the friendliest in Nunavut. From here on the southwestern coast of Aviqtuuq, there are only islands, so all wildlife has to pass through Taloyoak, by water or land, during their migration. Despite this abundant wildlife, we face food insecurity because store food […]
Mi’kmaq fishery decision an ‘opportunity’ and ‘interim measure,’ says Liberal MP Battiste
The Liberal government’s “new path” that has been broadly rejected by Atlantic First Nations is an “interim measure,” says Liberal MP Jaime Battiste, to address moderate livelihood fishing, and it will mean “hundreds” can get on the water this season without signing their rights away. Mr. Battiste (Sydney-Victoria, N.S.) is one of three Mi’kmaw Parliamentarians, […]
Federal Aquaculture Act headed nowhere good
In fits and starts, the federal government has been working for nearly three years on a single law to govern aquaculture, with the current round of consultations scheduled to close on Feb. 12. At the moment, all indications are that the draft Aquaculture Act is headed nowhere that actually protects our marine ecosystems or safeguards […]
