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The meeting is on Sunday (May 29) at 1-3 p.m. The location is the Union Bay Hall - 5401 Island Highway South.
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
The Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound have scheduled a town hall meeting to diuscuss the contentious shipbreaking business conducting its operations in Union Bay.
Here is a link to Sheryl MacKay's interview with Alexandra Morton on May 14. The CBC page link at the bottom is finicky and doesn't work consistently, so here is another option for the segment: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-43-north-by-northwest![]()
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The interview covers a range of topics including developments in salmon science, killer whale communication, freeing Corky (the longest held captive killer whale), how Alex became interested in killer whales and wild salmon, and more. It's well worth a listen!
Alexandra Morton | North by Northwest with Sheryl MacKay | Live Radio | CBC Listen
www.cbc.ca
Alexandra Morton is a biologist and an activist. For decades she has studied Orca communication and fought for the health of Wild Salmon on the west coast.
This is great to see.
Tofino first in province to ban plastic utensils, Ucluelet to follow
www.timescolonist.com
All Tofino restaurants are onboard and most have already eliminated plastic utensils.
Lovely photos by Gerry Ambury.
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Interesting!
Decommissioned Queen of Burnaby being towed from Union Bay to Richmond: BC Ferries
www.cheknews.ca
A decommissioned ferry that has been moored in a Vancouver Island bay for several months is heading to a refit facility in Richmond.
An interesting article on seagrass. It mentions that temperate waterโdwelling Zostera marina helps reduce pathogens in the Vibrio genus.
The Surprising Scale of the Seagrass Sanitation Service | Hakai Magazine
hakaimagazine.com
Millions of cases of potentially deadly gastroenteritis are prevented each year because of the pathogen-reducing powers of seagrasses.
Update on our e-petition: petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3965![]()
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Thanks to everyone who signed and shared our parliamentary e-petition asking 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 are grateful for your support!![]()
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After one week, we currently have 167 signatures toward the requirement of at least 500 signatures. If you have not already signed the petition, please consider doing so! For those who have already liked and shared, if you can think of other individuals or groups that may support this cause, please share with them! petitions.ourcommons.ca/en/Petition/Details?Petition=e-3965![]()
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Gord Johns for Courtenay-Alberni
Here is an update on shipbreaking activities in Baynes Sound. ![]()
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Concerned Citizens of Baynes Sound - CCOBS is hosting a town hall at the Union Bay Community Centre on May 29, 2022 from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on the hazards of shipbreaking both to the environment and public health and safety.
This is a great opportunity for those living in the Comox Valley or nearby communities/islands to work on eelgrass restoration with Project Watershed . Volunteers are needed, but there are also some paid positions.
Eelgrass Workers Needed! May 17-19 and June 14-16
madmimi.com
Eelgrass Restoration Help Needed! Dear Friend, Eelgrass (Zostera marina) is a marine flowering plant and eelgrass beds fringe or extend off the shor
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. ![]()
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We need at least 500 signatures to have the petition presented to the House of Commons by MP Gord Johns. After a petition is presented, the government must respond within 45 days. We hope to have many petition signatures to show support for our concerns about the long-term impacts of this industry on herring. ![]()
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Here is a link to the e-petition:![]()
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Locky MacLean
adims.ca
We advocate for the protection of Baynes Sound and Lambert Channel and surrounding watersADIMS pursues positive actions that show respect for and commitment to our marine ecosystem. We want to ensure ...
You can help researchers by reporting any sightings of tagged Glaucous-winged gulls. More info is provided in the article. To be clear, they are tracking Glaucous-winged gulls and not Glaucous gulls.
Help wanted for 2 bird conservation projects in B.C. | CBC News
www.cbc.ca
Spring is in the air and so are the birds. Now, the Canadian government is hoping British Columbians can pitch in tracking gulls and counting curlews.
DFO's announcement is encouraging and, hopefully, they effectively follow through with this.Great news from Fisheries and Oceans Canada!![]()
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Under the Fish Stocks provisions, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is required to develop and implement rebuilding plans for the following depleted stocks within the next 24-36 months: Atlantic cod (3 stocks), Atlantic herring, Chinook salmon (2 stocks), Coho salmon, Pacific Herring, American Plaice, Winter flounder, and White hake.![]()
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Today, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, the Honourable Joyce Murray announced the coming into force of additional regulatory changes that aim to rebuild vulnerable fish stocks.![]()
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The Fish Stocks provisions are now in force under the Fisheries Act. This places binding obligations on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to manage certain fish stocks sustainably, and to put rebuilding plans in place when stocks become depleted; requirements are also now in place to ensure that rebuilding plans are developed in a timely and consistent manner.![]()
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Read more here: www.newswire.ca/news-releases/government-of-canada-takes-critical-step-to-rebuilding-fish-stocks-...![]()
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๐ธ: Luke Barber
A wonderful photo of Bonaparte's Gull by Gerry Ambury.
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All of Bob Turner's videos are wonderful and this one is no exception.
The Salish Sea - A Single Body of Life
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The way that the Salish Sea functions as a single ecosystem has similarities to a single living organism, a tree. This idea builds on the scientific understa...
They will also have to adapt to even more acidic waters in the years to come.
Vancouver Island researchers look into oyster breeds as temperatures rise B.C.
vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca
B.C.'s coastline could look different in the next five to 15 years, especially after last year's heat dome.
A great article on the critically endangered sunflower star, which includes info from the recent Salish Sea Ecosystem Conference.
Scientists race to rescue worldโs fastest sea star from oblivion
www.kuow.org
Scientists are racing to revive a critically endangered species that has succumbed to a mysterious underwater pandemic up and down the West Coast.
If you have not already done so, please send a letter to Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray and sign the Change.org petition.The summer SPECIAL USE herring fishery has just been announced to open from 00:01 May 1st until 23:59 hours on November 6, 2022. ![]()
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After a disastrous spring herring ROE fishery in March where the commercial seine and roe fisheries were only able to catch half of their already reduced quota, the news of the Special Use fishery moving forward to extract what little herring may be left is harrowing. ![]()
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We invite you all to join us in calling on Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray to implement Ecosystem-based Fisheries Management (EBFM) as recommended by its own fisheries management policy. The current fishery is a travesty and does not consider the needs of other marine species or social and cultural values.![]()
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Here are some important points to include in your letter or email: ![]()
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๐ญ. ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐๐๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐น๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐น๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐ฐ๐น๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ผ ๐๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ - ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ (๐ข๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ฎ๐ต, ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ญ, ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ถ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฎ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ช๐ผ๐ฟ๐ธ๐๐ต๐ผ๐ฝ). ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ต๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐ฒ๐๐ ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐ถ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐๐๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ฎ๐๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐๐๐น๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ. ๐๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ผ๐ ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐บ๐ถ๐
๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ป๐ผ๐ผ๐ธ ๐๐ฎ๐น๐บ๐ผ๐ป ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐ป ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ถ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐๐ฟ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ด๐ถ๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ด๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐, ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฒ๐
๐ฝ๐น๐ฎ๐ถ๐ป๐ ๐๐ต๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ฟ๐ผ๐บ ๐ญ๐ฏ๐ด ๐๐ผ ๐ฎ๐ฝ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐
๐ถ๐บ๐ฎ๐๐ฒ๐น๐ ๐ฏ๐ฌ ๐๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐. (From the Association of Denman Island Marine Stewards) ![]()
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๐ฎ. ๐ง๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ป๐ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฎ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐' ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐๐ถ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฐ๐๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ณ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ฎ๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐น๐ถ๐๐ต ๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฎ ๐๐ผ๐ผ๐ฑ ๐ช๐ฒ๐ฏ.![]()
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๐ฏ. ๐๐๐ข'๐ ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป ๐๐ผ ๐ผ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐ป ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ป๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ผ ๐ถ๐ด๐ป๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฒ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ฎ๐น ๐ณ๐ถ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐ ๐บ๐ผ๐ฟ๐ฎ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐บ ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น๐น๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐ณ๐ผ๐ฟ ๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ชฬฑ๐ฆร๐ก๐ฤ ๐๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐๐ผ๐๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐น ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ผ๐๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ ๐น๐ผ๐ฐ๐ฎ๐น ๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐๐ ๐ก๐ฎ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป๐ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ถ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ป๐บ๐ฒ๐ป๐๐ฎ๐น ๐ด๐ฟ๐ผ๐๐ฝ๐. ![]()
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๐ฐ. ๐ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฐ๐ผ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ด๐ฟ๐ฎ๐บ ๐ถ๐ ๐๐ต๐ฎ๐ ๐ถ๐ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฑ ๐๐ผ ๐ต๐ฒ๐น๐ฝ ๐ต๐ฒ๐ฟ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐๐ถ๐น๐ฑ.![]()
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๐ฌ Send your letter to Minister Joyce Murray to:![]()
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The Honourable Joyce Murray![]()
Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard![]()
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Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0E6![]()
(Note postage is free to federal ministers)![]()
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OR ๐ง email: min@dfo-mpo.gc.ca![]()
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๐ฃTAKE ACTION NOW๐ฃ![]()
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๐ Sign our Petition at bit.ly/saynotoroe![]()
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#lettheherringlive #BIGlittlefish #sayNOtoROE #Protectpacificherring![]()
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Photo by: Sam Rose Phillips
Fingers crossed that we don't see a repeat this year. La Niรฑa is favored for the summer, so that may help reduce the risk.
www.cbc.ca
Ten months after the heat dome decimated the populations of marine life that dot B.C.'s shores, researchers have returned to comb the beaches in hopes of seeing signs of a resurgence.
It looks like this will take several months or more to resolve. Earlier in the month, the CVRD โfiled a notice of civil claim with the Supreme Court of British Columbia seeking assistance from the court to stop ship breaking operations at 5084 Island Highway.โ
Comox Valley Regional District sues to halt Union Bay shipbreaking operation - Comox Valley Record
www.comoxvalleyrecord.com
Regional officials say controversial Deep Water Recovery activities not permitted under bylaw
This is so awesome.
Unpaving paradise: Former Courtenay mill site becoming part of estuary
www.cheknews.ca
In Courtenay, a four-hectare property between Comox Road and the Courtenay River at 17th Street is undergoing a transformation from an industrial sawmill site back to nature.