qathet Living, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Sitting outside Powell River Outdoors, owner Sam Sansalone fiddles with a fish hook on the picnic table.
“Look out on the water, and tell me how many boats you see,” Sam says.
On a bright sunny day with calm water, there was a single sailboat that could be seen on the Salish Sea.
Continue reading Powell River’s Big 3 fish debates
On Friday, May 27, a group of pro-fish farm scientists responded to recent testimonies before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans through an opinion article in the Globe and Mail.
Four of the authors are from British Columbia.
Continue reading Pro Fish farm scientists respond through Globe and Mail
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on the West Coast, two new scientific studies indicate.
Continue reading B.C. fish farms cultivate increased risks for wild salmon, new studies showBy Greg Osoba, CKTZ News, through an LJI grant from Canada-info.ca
A series is featuring the south coast of BC’s sustainable seafood industry.
The series is called Your Nation’s Table and launches Nov. 14 on JoyTV, a division of Zoomer Media. Program host Carmen Ruiz y Laza is based in Vancouver. She was inspired to do a TV series on sustainable seafood after reading novels by Cortes Island part-time resident Ruth Ozeki.
Continue reading Upcoming TV series features the sustainable seafood industry off BC’s south coast
When a large volume of logs were dumped in Gorge Harbour, during the 1970s and 80s, they caused extensive damage to the underwater environment.
One of the questions raised at Mosaic’s Cortes Island ZOOM meeting, last January, revolved around the possibility that reactivating the log dump could also have negative impacts. Mike Moore dove beneath the log dump about fifteen years ago. At that time, he observed a thick layer of wood debris and sediments, covered by ‘bacterial mats.’ Moore was concerned about the possibility a new disturbance of the sediments could pollute nearby shellfish operations.
Continue reading Environmental concerns about the Gorge Harbour log dump
