We hired divers to make underwater videos so everyone could see what happens when clam-farming nets are abandoned and mismanaged. Stay connected to support our campaign to remove nets from intertidal zones in Baynes Sound.
We hired divers to make underwater videos so everyone could see what happens when clam-farming nets are abandoned and mismanaged. Stay connected to support our campaign to remove nets from intertidal zones in Baynes Sound.
We hired divers to make underwater videos so everyone could see what happens when clam-farming nets are abandoned and mismanaged. Stay connected to support our campaign to remove nets from intertidal zones in Baynes Sound.
It’s time for a moratorium on commercial herring fisheries in the Strait of Georgia. Please help support the W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation in their legal challenge to DFO’s mismanagement of this vital fish stock. (2 min 20 sec)
Hereditary Chief of the Tsawout First Nation, W̱ićkinem, Eric Pelkey, is interviewed during Herring Fest on Hornby Island in March 2026. He describes the importance of herring, why herring are at risk, and what you can do to support herring recovery. (6 min)
A century of industrial overharvesting has left Pacific herring populations up and down the B.C. coast in a perilous state. This has profoundly impacted First Nations culture and coastal economies, and has left whole ecosystems without their critical, foundational food supply. (3 min 44 sec)
Carol Hunter captures the excitement and wonder of the annual herring spawn around Denman Island, in the Strait of Georgia. This is the largest remaining herring spawn on the west coast of Canada. (8 min)
Sussan Thomson documents Denman Islanders collecting, sorting, and recycling the 4.5 metric tons of debris, mostly from the aquaculture industry, that washes up on their beaches every year. (8 min)
Scientists take us on a tour of Baynes Sound, showing us it’s precious ecological features and sharing their concern about the growing threats of industry and development. (9 min 30 sec)
MP Gord Johns presents parliamentary petition to Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to demand greater protections for herring rearing and spawning habitat in Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel. (1 min 20 sec)
A drone flies up the shoreline in Baynes Sound, between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. A description of the ecological effects of development in the Sound explains what the viewer is seeing. (3 min)
Scientist and forage fish expert Ramona de Graaf teaches us about the spawning habitat of Pacific sand lance and surf smelt and why protecting it is the key to sustaining salmon populations on the coast. For more go to Our Waters/Forage Fish. (10 min)
MP Gord Johns presents parliamentary petition to Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada to demand greater protections for herring rearing and spawning habitat in Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel. (1 min 20 sec)
A drone flies up the shoreline in Baynes Sound, between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, BC, Canada. A description of the ecological effects of development in the Sound explains what the viewer is seeing. (3 min)
Scientist and forage fish expert Ramona de Graaf teaches us about the spawning habitat of Pacific sand lance and surf smelt and why protecting it is the key to sustaining salmon populations on the coast. For more go to Our Waters/Forage Fish. (10 min)
