'You name it, it's out there': 250 tonnes of flood debris pulled from B.C. rivers
Four broken bridges, 11 battered buildings and 72 vehicles. These are just some of the items among the debris pulled from B.C. rivers and waterways since the devastating floods last November.
B.C. restoring flood-damaged waterways with local partners
Local communities, First Nations and specially trained teams have removed significant amounts of large- and small-scale debris from B.C. rivers affected by November 2021 flooding.
Think 85,000 invasive crabs is a lot? Wait 'til you see Vancouver Island
While 85,000 invasive green crabs—a record number—were captured near Bellingham last year, even more of the voracious crustaceans have turned up just across Washington’s watery border with Canada.
Debris from fishing and oyster farms lurks underwater, endangering sea life
Abandoned oyster and other aquaculture farms of the west coast of Vancouver Island are death traps to salmon, herring, marine mammals and myriad sea life — and nobody really knows how many are out there.
$700,000 federal grant helping clean ‘ghost gear’ from west coast waters
The pristine-looking waters on the west coast of Vancouver Island are hiding a major problem, decades worth of old gear related to commercial fishing and aquaculture.
Up to 1,200 kilometres of B.C.’s coastlines and more than 100 derelict vessels are the targets of new marine debris clean-up projects, in partnership with coastal Indigenous Nations.
Invasion of the green crab: Intruder gobbles key species in Island waters
The invasive European green crab is proliferating at an alarming rate on the west and southern coasts of Vancouver Island, devouring smaller Dungeness crab and bivalves as well as the eelgrass that is critical to young salmon.
Plastic plan lacks targets and funding, critics say
A federal plan to eliminate plastic waste by 2030 lacks the urgency and dollars to protect marine ecosystems on the receiving end of an ocean current conveyer belt along the Island’s west coast, critics say.
Critics sound off on Ottawa policy on plastics in oceans
The discovery of a Stellar Sea Lion with a rope around its neck has focused new attention on plastics in our oceans, and has critics sounding off about what they say is federal government hypocrisy. Nadia Stewart reports.
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