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Stranded B.C. Porpoise Defies The Odds

The Huffington Post B.C. | Posted 03.27.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Video, Porpoise Vancouver, Porpoise, Vancouver, Cetus Research, Vancouver Porpoise, Vancouver Aquarium, Saanich Inlet Porpoise, Stranded Porpoise, Porpoise Saanich, Dfo, Canada British Columbia News

Against all odds, a porpoise that was stranded on a rock near Saanich Inlet is recovering at the Vancouver Aquarium Marine Mammal Rescue Centre. A ...

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The Results Are In: Wild Salmon Need Action Now

Gwen Barlee | Posted 01.01.2013 | Canada British Columbia
Read More: Salmon, Bill C-38, Fraser River, Salmon Farms, Climate Change, Dfo, Cohen Commission, Bc Business, Bruce Cohen, Fraser River Salmon, Sockeye Salmon, BC Salmon, Fish, Fraser River Salmon Inquiry, Canada British Columbia News
Gwen Barlee

The Cohen report is a gift; a well-researched and valuable tool by which to recover wild salmon, not only the Fraser River sockeye runs, but salmon populations across B.C. But its recommendations must be implemented, funded and enforced. The ball is now in the court of the federal government.

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Canada's Enviro Policy is Sleeping With the Fishes

Gerald McEachern | Posted 08.07.2012 | Canada Politics
Read More: Marine Research, A.G Huntsman, St. Andrews Biological Station, Science Library Closure, Dfo, DFO Cutbacks, Keith Ashfield, Canada's Fish Strategy, Canada Politics News
Gerald McEachern

The government is actively gutting both the Fisheries Act and environmental protection legislation. One has to wonder what is happening to our democratic governments. Are they working for us, or for the anti-environmental corporations? The question is rhetorical, of course. We already know the answer.

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Cutting Deep At Fisheries And Oceans

CBC | Posted 12.13.2011 | Canada
Read More: DFO Cuts, Fisheries and Oceans Cuts, Department of Fisheries and Oceans, Canadian Coast Guard Budget, Maritime Rescue Sub Centre, Budget Cuts Fisheries and Oceans, DFO, Fisheries and Oceans, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Canada Budget Cuts, Claire Dansereau, Canadian-Coast-Guard, Canada News

Employees of the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans were told Wednesday their employer will soon be significantly smaller, and res...

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