“The best overview of the FOCI’s Marine Stewardship Initiative (MSI), the absolute best overview in a nutshell, is an Arthur C Clarke’s quote. It’s the mantra of the MSI. Arthur C. Clarke wrote ‘How inappropriate to call this Planet Earth when it is quite clearly Ocean.’ That is, in a nutshell, the Marine Stewardship Initiative,” explained Sabina Leader Mense, Program coordinator.
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Carol Tidler served on the Friends of Cortes Island Board (FOCI) during some of the society’s formative years. She was not one of the founding members, but joined FOCI when it was still meeting in people’s homes and hauling its records around in boxes.
“Then Hubert Havelaar built an office space and it was moved to downtown Manson’s Landing where it put us right there in the public eye. People began to really want to see what we were up to,” she explained.
Continue reading Carol Tidler: When FOCI moved into MansonsNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Should you find yourself walking any West Coast beaches this winter, take a moment to send loving vibes to the tiny — but mighty important — little fishes that may be underfoot, a Cortes Island marine biologist recommends.
It’s peak spawning season for the Pacific sand lance, one of the crucial forage fish species being mapped as part of an extensive citizen science project along the east coast of Vancouver Island, says Sabina Leader Mense, the marine stewardship co-ordinator for the Friends of Cortes Island Society (FOCI).
Continue reading Mapping forage fish on Cortes IslandThe Friends of Cortes Island Society held their annual general meeting this past Wednesday evening, November 18th.
Continue reading Friends of Cortes Island AGMBy Roy L Hales
Max Thaysen described FOCI as a support group for local inhabitants confronting the environmental challenges in the Cortes Island area. Helen Hall described the society’s role of both monitoring and protecting, as well as educating the public. They are the President and Executive Director of the Friends of Cortes Island (FOCI), respectively.
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