ADIMS 2023 Annual General Meeting
Notice of Annual General Meeting Tuesday, Nov 28, 2023, 4 pm ADIMS members, donors, and the general public are welcome to join us via Zoom on your computer or smart phone: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/5099811640?pwd=RnhmY0RydVgvOE91V3hkbWVzUUlOUT09&omn=82815079244 Meeting ID: 509 981 1640 |…
Voice your concern about Intertidal Geoduck in Baynes Sound!
To provide feedback on the intertidal geoduck application put forth by Mac’s Oysters Ltd. (Crown Land File # 0278767), please click the following link and voice your concerns before February 18th:
Applications, Comments & Reasons for Decision (gov.bc.ca)
Sign our Parliamentary Petition!
ADIMS has started an e-petition, which asks the government to postpone any further shellfish aquaculture expansion into herring spawning and rearing habitat and to develop a co-management plan with First Nations in Baynes Sound/Lambert Channel. We need at least 500 signatures to have the…
Call for a Moratorium on the Herring Fishery, Dorrie Woodward
Dorrie Woodward for Assn for Denman Island Marine Stewards
Thank you Denise McKean for organizing this letter writing effort!
Zooplankton and Microplastics: a research project begins
Research Scientists meet with ADIMS and KFN Guardian Watchmen on Denman Island by Barbara Mills Governments change, and government bureaucracies often evolve too slowly to address even the most urgent needs of a community and the environmental ecosystems that sustain them. Often…
Parliament passes Gord John's Bill M151 on plastic pollution
Congratulations to our MP Gord Johns and his team of Ocean Defenders With all the full and busy times of the December holiday season, we neglected to officially mark and celebrate one of the most important initiatives of 2018. Our MP Gord Johns’ Parliamentary Motion M151 was passed unanimously in…
Please Don't Wreck the Wrack
Please don't wreck the wrack by Edina Johnston Seaweeds are crucial for a healthy environment and even when washed up on the shore, the “wrack” provides an important ecological link between the land and sea. Wrack provides food and shelter for a variety of beach inhabitants and even protects forage…
Petition Against Geoduck Aquaculture Goes to Parliament
When DFO released its Integrated Geoduck Management Framework (IGMF) in March of 2017, we at ADIMS responded with a petition calling for a moratorium on geoduck aquaculture until it was proven safe within the marine environment. We gathered several hundred signatures on a paper version of the…
A Small Island Awash in Plastic Debris
After 14 years of Community Beach Cleanups, Denman Island continues to be burdened with an unending flood of industrial plastic debris washing up on its beaches. Each year over 150 volunteers from Denman Island take part in the ADIMS event to tackle this ongoing pollution of their beautiful…
Beach Cleanup - September 15 to 22, 2018
14th Annual Denman Island Community Beach CleanupSeptember 15 to 22, 2018Denman Island Debris Drop Off Event:Saturday, September 22, 2018, 9.30 am to 1 pm.Debris Drop Off Location:Marcus Isbister Old School Centre - recycling areaWe will be working again this year with our neighbouring communities…