Part one included the Torrey Canyon disaster, harmony with nature and protections for mako sharks, with hints that they are all connected by something specific, something important. Something to do with rights and liability… You…
Battlegrounds – Stories of Protected Areas
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This story is about everywhere and everything. But we’ll begin in 1967. And we’ll begin with a shipwreck. Picture a disaster at sea and its easy to imagine dramatic conditions playing a part. The loss…
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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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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…
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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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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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I’ve been suspended in open water that is crystal clear. The kind of ocean environment that pixelates the collective idea of the perfect underwater scene on Pinterest and Instagram. This was nearly it, but not…
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The processes involved in establishing a working conservation area anywhere are complex. This may be especially so in Canada, where there are often a multitude of players at the table. Since the Canadian Constitution Act…
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Haida Gwaii, an archipelago off the Northwest Coast of British Columbia (BC), has been continuously inhabited by the Haida people for over 12,000 years. The past two centuries have seen Haida Gwaii’s resources exploited, sometimes…
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After writing about this “Creeler Incident,” as it has become known, we decided to look a little further into it. We contacted Paul Chandler, who is the current Director of COAST, to get his take…