In Data We trust

Pew Environment, the environmentally focused wing of Pew Charitable Trusts, is a leading proponent and participant in the process towards the new forthcoming UN Treaty for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Marine Biodiversity Beyond…

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…

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…

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…

For a man who begins a conversation by saying pessimistic things, Professor Daniel Pauly is remarkably good company. Not all of the interviews we do for Sealives are prearranged, many are serendipitous. An arrangement is…

The 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…

Jessica Torode-Scott fell in love with marine biology in general, and killer whales in particular, at an early age. When she was small, her parents would take her to visit Vancouver Aquarium and she would…

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.

California is a state of mind, so the saying goes. Diving in California certainly is. In California, the suburbs reach right down past the Pacific Coast Highway to the ocean’s edge, where sand drifts onto…

Bill Carroll is on a mission. It includes the ocean and getting you into it. Because, in his words, “If you’re not in the ocean, you’re less likely to protect it.” Bill is a diving…