(February 12, 2010 – Vancouver) The Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC) announced today that the Harrison River has officially been identified as the first Salmon Stronghold in Canada under the North American Salmon Stronghold Partnership. Under this initiative, the healthiest and most productive salmon rivers receive special attention up-front to conserve and strengthen them, while efforts to restore other damaged streams where salmon are declining in number would continue.
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — Two Vancouver Island eagles that died last spring were killed by ingesting lead — possibly from eating fishing jigs or discarded lead shot, toxicology reports show.
The North Island Wildlife Recovery Centre recently received toxicology reports on two eagles submitted for testing in March 2009. The two eagles from the Parksville and Qualicum Beach were severely emaciated and had no fractures or visible hemorrhaging.
By Allison Jones, The Canadian Press
WIARTON, Ont. - A mix of cheers and groans arose from a crowd gathered in Wiarton, Ont., as Canada's best-known weather prognosticating groundhog solidified a unanimous prediction among three famous furry forecasters - six more weeks of winter.
Source: Science Daily
ScienceDaily (Jan. 23, 2010) — Recent observations show that Beaufort Sea ice was not as it appeared in the summer of 2009. Sea ice cover serves as an indication of climate and has implications for marine and terrestrial ecosystems.
In early September 2009, satellite measurements implied that most of the ice in the Beaufort Sea either was thick ice that had been there for multiple years or was thick, first-year ice.
However, in situ observations made in September 2009 by Barber et al. show that much of the ice was in fact "rotten" ice -- ice that is thinner, heavily decayed, and structurally weak due to a uniform temperature throughout.
Today BC Supreme Court ruled in our favor once again. Justice Hinkson granted the federal government a suspension order until December 18, 2010 so that Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) can further prepare to assume control of regulating salmon farms.
