BC Parks and the Gitga’at First Nation are calling for public input as they development a management plan for the K’nabiyaaxl/Ashdown Island Conservancy at the mouth of Douglas Channel. BC Parks describes the area as: K’nabiyaaxl/Ashdown Conservancy covers 727 hectares of marine and uplands ecosystem on the northwest coast of British Columbia, south of Gil Island. […]
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JRP refuses to consider latest DFO findings on Humpback Whales
November 20, 2013
The Northern Gateway Joint Review Panel has refused to consider the latest findings from the Department of Fisheries and Ocean on humpback whale critical habitat on the coast of British Columbia, including areas of ocean that could be on the route of tankers carrying diluted bitumen from Kitimat. On October 21, 2013, Fisheries and Oceans […]
Whales are coming back to Douglas Channel. In 2013, many Kitimat residents with long experience on the water have reported and are still reporting more sightings of both orcas and humpback whales. Add to this a recently published scientific study that shows the number of humpbacks at the mouth of the channel near Gil […]
Updated with comments from Gitga’at First Nation, Nathan Cullen and Shell Canada. Gil Island is a “critical habitat” for the world’s humpback whales, whose numbers are increasing in Douglas Channel, Wright Sound, Estevan Sound and Camano Sound and nearby waters, according to a study released Wednesday, September 11, 2013. The study also goes on […]