National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C.’s critical kelp forests withered as climate change has triggered marine heat waves along the entire West Coast in recent years.
But exceptions to the rule may provide insights helpful to saving and restoring our underwater forests, said Samuel Starko, a University of Victoria researcher.
Continue reading West Coast kelp is in hot water, but scientific insights may help save our underwater rainforests
Unlike their Mainland cousins, Vancouver Island’s Black Bears make their dens almost exclusively in large-diameter old trees, stumps, logs, or root wads. Dens are normally left dormant for a while after use, due to parasite infestation and the need to escape predators. However a study in the Nimpkish Valley, south of Port McNeill, found that 72% of the dens were reused over a 15 year period. In one case, the den was occupied during four winters.
Continue reading The need to protect Black Bear dens on Vancouver Island
By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Esperanza Inlet, BC – Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. is introducing a new semi-closed containment system to all three of its fish farms in Esperanza Inlet, off the west coast of Vancouver Island.
Continue reading Grieg Seafood installs semi-closed containment fish farms in Esperanza InletNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A multinational scientific expedition is set to launch to solve the mystery of what happens when salmon head into the Pacific Ocean and how climate change is impacting both the iconic fish and their marine environment.
Four vessels and more than 60 international scientists from Canada, Japan, the U.S., Russia and Korea are taking part in one of the largest-ever surveys of salmon in the North Pacific from February to March, said Brian Riddell, science adviser for the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
Continue reading International science expedition sets out to investigate secrets of Pacific salmonMOWI Canada West is closing down its processing plant in Surrey and another fish farm has left the Broughton Archipelago.
Continue reading MOWI: Closing down a processing plant and removing another fish farm
