Our report highlights the risks posed to wild salmon in the Lower Fraser River from a Trans Mountain pipeline or tanker spill.

Published on 2018 · 08 · 08

'We’re finding that these blooms happen sporadically year-round,' says environmental specialist

 

Researchers collecting shellfish samples from Point Louisa, Juneau. (Lindsey Pierce)

Waters staying above 20 C for days, which causes high stress and 'pre-spawn mortality' in fish, DFO says

June 29, 2018, Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Effects 
Eight years after the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, scientists uncover an ugly truth: it's having long-lasting effects on even the smallest organisms in the Gulf of Mexico. 

Listen here at 41:00 http://www.cbc.ca/radio/asithappens/as-it-happens-friday-full-episode-1.4728246

The B.C. government is poised to give an effective veto to First Nations over fish farm tenures in their territories, a historic concession that reaches beyond the traditional court-ordered requirement that Indigenous groups be consulted and accommodated on resource decisions on their lands.

Federal government officials spent two days denying the findings of a scientific paper exploring research into the effects of oilsands pollution in the ocean, a week before the Trudeau Liberals gave the green light to the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion to the west coast.