https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 https://thenarwhal.ca/feds-called-on-to-enforce-emergency-closure-of-b-c-s-last-herring-fishery/ Tue, 29 Oct 2019 23:45:50 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=14849 New data released from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans reveals another massive annual decline of herring — a primary food source for endangered Chinook salmon — in the Strait of Georgia Sarah Cox News Chinook salmon Department of Fisheries and Oceans herring salmon Strait of Georgia An aerial view of two herring fishing boats in dark water https://thenarwhal.ca/can-deep-sea-mining-be-sustainable/ Mon, 23 Sep 2019 17:47:28 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13953 Canada’s aspiring goals of global environmental leadership beyond our own continental shelf should provide the incentive to ensure if deep-sea mining proceeds, it is in an environmentally sustainable manner Anna Metaxas and Verena Tunnicliffe Opinion deep-sea mining deepwater Department of Fisheries and Oceans mining polluter pays deep-sea mussels https://thenarwhal.ca/the-demand-for-luxury-shellfish-is-polluting-the-ocean-with-plastic/ Mon, 19 Aug 2019 14:06:32 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=13434 The federal government has given the West Coast shellfish industry a green light to expand farming practices of the lucrative geoduck to meet demand from Hong Kong and the rest of China The Conversation Canada Opinion aquaculture Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO plastic pollution shellfish wildlife Geoduck Deep Bay Baynes Sound https://thenarwhal.ca/deepsea-oasis-slated-become-canadas-biggest-protected-area/ Thu, 27 Jun 2019 20:08:21 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=12407 An area four times the size of Vancouver Island is home to smoking vents, volcanic islands just under the water and a staggering abundance of life Jimmy Thomson In-Depth deepsea mining deepsea oasis Department of Fisheries and Oceans environmental law fishing hydrothermal vents Indigenous marine protected area mining ocean networks canada Oceans Offshore Drilling protected areas seamounts solutions water wildlife https://thenarwhal.ca/canada-s-upcoming-fish-farm-rules-likely-prop-industry-critics-warn-2/ Thu, 12 Apr 2018 15:58:38 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/canada-s-upcoming-fish-farm-rules-likely-prop-industry-critics-warn-2/ Judith Lavoie News 'Namgis B.C. Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Ernest Alfred News Oceans salmon farming wildlife close up photo shows gloved hands holding the net of a salmon farm https://thenarwhal.ca/how-oil-lobbyists-pressured-canada-allow-drilling-marine-park/ Mon, 22 Jan 2018 18:52:53 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2018/01/22/how-oil-lobbyists-pressured-canada-allow-drilling-marine-park/ James Wilt Investigation CAPP Corporate Influence Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO ExxonMobil Laurentian Channel lobbying marine protected area Nexen Offshore Drilling protected areas Shell Canada Statoil suncor https://thenarwhal.ca/dfo-slams-kinder-morgan-shoddy-analysis-oil-tanker-impact-whales/ Mon, 23 Feb 2015 22:57:03 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2015/02/23/dfo-slams-kinder-morgan-shoddy-analysis-oil-tanker-impact-whales/ Carol Linnitt bitumen critical habitat Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO humpback whales inaccuracies Kinder Morgan Nathan Cullen NEB oil tankers pipeline tanker traffic Trans-Mountain whale https://thenarwhal.ca/secret-lives-sea-otters-top-predators-not-so-cute-and-cuddly-after-all/ Mon, 03 Nov 2014 17:09:20 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/11/03/secret-lives-sea-otters-top-predators-not-so-cute-and-cuddly-after-all/ Judith Lavoie abalone Anne Salomon B.C. Calvert Island Central Coast Christina Munck clams crabs Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO Eric Peterson first nations great bear rainforest Hakai Institute Hakai Research Exchange Hakai-Raincoast Josh Silberg kelp beds Quadra Island Science sea otters sea urchins Sidney Simon Fraser University Tula Foundation https://thenarwhal.ca/explosion-discovery-remote-b-c-research-station-bucks-trend-cuts-science/ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 15:57:49 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/10/27/explosion-discovery-remote-b-c-research-station-bucks-trend-cuts-science/ Judith Lavoie News archaeology B.C. Calvert Island Central Coast Chris Darimon Christina Munck Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO Discovery Islands Environemntal Law Centre Eric Peterson first nations great bear rainforest grizzly bears Hakai Institute Hakai Research Exchange Hakai-Raincoast microbes Ministry of Environment Quadra Island Quentin Mackie Sam Harrison sand formations Sidney sockeye salmon Tula Foundation University of Victoria Will Atla https://thenarwhal.ca/dfo-library-closures-anger-scientific-community/ Thu, 09 Jan 2014 18:24:51 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2014/01/09/dfo-library-closures-anger-scientific-community/ Erika Thorkelson Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO Libraries Minister Gail Shea Science https://thenarwhal.ca/failure-monitor-ocean-pollution-risks-health-coastal-first-nations/ Thu, 17 Oct 2013 15:00:00 +0000 http://localhost.com/narwhal/2013/10/17/failure-monitor-ocean-pollution-risks-health-coastal-first-nations/ admin Canada Department of Fisheries and Oceans Peter Ross Science Snuneymuxw First Nation Vancouver Island Traditional Food Network