“Very low levels” of crude oil from the 1989 Exxon Valdez spill in Prince William Sound, Alaska, are a threat to the survival of herring and pink salmon that spawn in the region, according to a study released today by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The study shows that embryonic salmon and herring […]
The United States says acidification of the oceans means there is an already growing risk to the northwest coast fishery, including crab and salmon, according to studies released by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. As more carbon dioxide is released into the atmosphere and absorbed by the oceans, the water is becoming more acidic […]
The response to the Joint Review Panel decision on the Northern Gateway, beginning in December and continuing until this Canada Day, both in the public and in the media is sharply divided by the Rocky Mountains. A lof of Albertans, most of the energy companies and many in the media, especially the Toronto-based business […]
The herring, now dwindling on on the Pacific Coast, was once “superabundant” from Washington State through British Columbia to Alaska and that is a warning for the future, a new study says. A team of scientists lead by Simon Fraser University argue that the archaeological record on the Pacific Coast offers a “deep time perspective” […]
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 […]
Scientists from the University of California at Davis and NOAA studying herring spawning beds in San Francisco Bay after the Costco Busan oil spill. (UC Davis) A 53,569 gallon (202,780 litre) spill of bunker oil in San Francisco Bay in 2007 had an "unexpected lethal impact on embryonic fish," according to scientists from the […]