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BC Government “Muk Muks” up
Confidential government document reveals BC ignoring science, failing to protect Muk Muk’s home February 11, 2010 Vancouver, BC -Environmental groups today issued a letter that puts the governments of British Columbia and Canada on legal notice that recovery strategies for 43 endangered and threatened species in BC must immediately be rewritten. The recovery strategies failed to identify known critical habitat–the…
Read more »GSA Objects to Sinking of HMCS Annapolis in Halkett Bay
Ocean Disposal – Environment Canada Disposal at Sea Program Mr. Barry Jeffrey Manager of Environmental Assessment Marine Programs 201 – 401 Burrard Street Vancouver, British Columbia V6C 3S5 October 1, 2009 Objection to proposal to sink ex-navy warship HMCS Annapolis in Halkett Bay Marine Park, Gambier Island Dear Mr. Jeffrey: Georgia Strait Alliance would like to register our opposition…
Read more »Media Backgrounder: Nooksack Dace Lawsuit has Widespread Implications for Endangered Species
September 10, 2009 Canada’s Species at Risk Act (SARA) The federal Species at Risk Act (SARA), which came fully into force in 2004, is Canada’s national law to protect endangered species. One of the main tools used in SARA to help an endangered or threatened species survive and recover is the recovery strategy. A recovery strategy is a scientific document…
Read more »Legal Victory for Endangered Species Across Canada
Court ruling means Department of Fisheries and Oceans must overhaul recovery plans September 10, 2009 Vancouver, BC – A precedent-setting legal victory for endangered species may put an end to years of unlawful action by the Government of Canada. In a September 9 ruling, the Federal Court admonished the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) for failing to identify the habitat…
Read more »Failure to Invest in New Economy Worsens Ecological Deficit
Green stimulus would create jobs and protect BC’s valuable environment, say conservation groups September 1, 2009 Victoria, BC – BC environmental groups warn that the 2009 budget update released today will result in not just a financial deficit but also an increasing ecological deficit that will weigh heavily on future generations. In the face of challenging economic circumstances, the groups…
Read more »Wild salmon the losers as zoning for massive new salmon farm approved
June 25, 2009 Vancouver, Courtenay, Sointula, BC – The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) today voiced their disappointment at the decision of the Strathcona Regional District to approve re-zoning that may allow a massive new salmon farm to operate in the wild salmon migratory bottleneck of Johnstone Strait. At 4,400 metric tonnes, the Gunner Point farm given the go-ahead by…
Read more »Backgrounder: Salmon Farms Out of the Wild Salmon Narrows
BACKGROUNDER Salmon Farms Out of the Wild Salmon Narrows June 16, 2009 Years of scientific research has built a global body of evidence that clearly shows open net-cage salmon farms cause ecosystem harm everywhere they are located. CAAR is demanding the removal of the five active open net-cage salmon farms located in the Wild Salmon Narrows to the east and…
Read more »Reference Panel: Response to Board’s Delay Approving Metro’s Sewage Plan
Update: On November 27th, the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors failed to approve the region’s Liquid Waste Management Plan. This after the Waste Management Committee had shown great leadership by approving the plan, with the amendment that both primary treatment plants (Iona and Lions Gate) should be upgraded to a minimum of secondary by 2020. In response to the Board’s delay,…
Read more »Emergency closure of five open-net cage salmon farms required to protect migrating salmon
June 16, 2009 Vancouver, BC – Five open net-cage salmon farms must be permanently removed from a salmon migration route in the northern Georgia Strait in order to protect thousands of juvenile salmon from sea lice and other potentially fatal diseases, the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform said Tuesday. “The Wild Salmon Narrows, along the east and north side of…
Read more »Fight to protect endangered killer whales far from over
‘Trial and error’ approach leaves whales vulnerable claim environmental groups April 20, 2009 VANCOUVER, BC – A lawsuit to protect Canada’s two populations of resident fisheating killer whales is back in court today as environmental groups fight for legal protection of their critical habitat. The Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) is seeking to have the case thrown out of…
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