We found a solution to our greatest fear and now we can’t be stopped. Our brains, hard-wired to live with scarcity allowed us to discover tools and through their use we discovered scarcity’s opposite– abundance. The…
Coastal Communities
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Everyone knows what the third wish is for. A magical apparition appears from a bottle and grants you three wishes. An exciting opportunity, but daunting at the same time. The thrill of having wishes fulfilled…
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A grey whale is charismatic even when it’s dead. The eighth grey to be stranded on BC’s coast this year, and the 4th to be found on the coast of Haida Gwaii according to Fisheries…
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Recently, the Columbia University Journalism faculty hosted a one day conference focusing on the problems of and potential solutions for reporting on ecological issues. In it, author and commentator Naomi Klein said that the reason…
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There’s an abiding truth about conservation–no matter how much we may want it to be about the living world beyond humankind, inevitably it gets down to the things that people do and don’t do. Staggering…
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Cross the border at Tijuana and Mexico hits you like a burst of distilled chaos. Ensenada has all the features of a lively fishing port anywhere, with a big dash of Mexican fun thrown-in. Head…
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Half Bold New Vision, Half Not So Much–New Government Report on the Future of BC’s Fisheries. By Jason Murphy
by Jason MurphyIf you’re a fan of clarity of vision and decisive action, the government report published on Wednesday entitled West Coast Fisheries: Sharing the Risks and Benefits is something of a disappointment. Make no mistake–there are…
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Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) comes in for a boatload of criticism. Its job is to conduct science to predict the potential impacts of possible management strategies in Canadian waters, and then, in…
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Dark Forces and Bright Horizons – The Realpolitik of Ocean Conservation at a Macro Level
by Jason MurphyThe Good Ship UBC The University of British Columbia (UBC) could almost be a ship, poised as it is on the promontory forming the southern shore of Burrard Inlet, the expanse of water where the…
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Brenna is part Haida and a Haida Gwaii resident. She spoke with Sealives about her views on conservation issues and her dreams of becoming a professional marine biologist.