Tsimshian and Haida musician Ezra Beaton from Kitwanga, BC, reflects on art, purpose, and growing into himself.
Marilyn Slett, president of Coastal First Nations – Great Bear Initiative and chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Nation, opposes Alberta’s proposed pipeline, citing risks to coastal waters and the ...
The marine refuges give the Haida Nation the ability to monitor and protect key coastal areas, strengthening stewardship across Haida Gwaii’s waters. Photo credit: Graham Richard, CC BY-SA 4.0 via ...
Most industrial fish farms on the BC coast raise Atlantic salmon, a species not native to the west coast. Photo Credit: Tavish Campbell Joyce Murray, Federal Fisheries Minister. Image Source: ...
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Increase in marine traffic could cause more collisions between large whales and even larger ships. This puts humpback whales at risk. Photo credit: BC Whales The peer-reviewed study, authored by ...
Stan is one of the last remaining contracted creekwalkers in BC – he estimates from north Vancouver Island to Prince Rupert, there are only five left. Photo Credit: Roland Gockel. Stan Hutchings is ...
Prince Rupert crab fisher Chelsey Ellis working on a boat. Photo Credit: Chelsey Ellis Photography If you’ve ever wondered how, where, and when that Dungeness crab on your plate was caught, Prince ...
A dead herring with a louse attached to it. Juvenile herring caught in salmon hydrolicing are killed, and experience injuries such as having their eyes blown out. Photo credit: Clayoquot Action An ...
Just six corporations controlled 26 percent of all B.C. fishing licences in 2019, according to research presented at last week’s Fisheries for Communities Conference. “The value of fish caught should ...