By Louis Belcourt, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
= Cortes Island was included in the third annual Oceanwise Conservation Association’s 2024 Whale Blitz, which included events all over the Vancouver coast, educating people on whale information and how to spot whales and report on their sightings.
A booth hosted by the coordinator of the Oceanwise Conservation Association provided information on whales in our area and encouraged people to report their whale sightings to the Whale Report App.
Your Nation’s Table TV series on BC’s sustainable seafood industry premiers this fall on Nov. 15.
Producer/host Carmen Ruiz y Laza says shooting has finished on five of the six episodes. She adds that the series highlights families involved in sustainable fisheries harvesting salmon, albacore tuna, spot prawns, geoduck, sable fish (also known as black cod), and dungeness crab. Salmon, spot prawns and geoduck are all harvested in the waters off Cortes Island.
