30 Years working together for fish and fish habitat, pollution prevention and sustainable fisheries.
Celebrating 30 years of working together!
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Vessel Fuel Efficiency Survey 2011
If you operate a vessel on the BC Coast please take our BC Vessel Fuel Efficiency survey.
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World Oceans Day message
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, in his World Oceans Day message, said “All activities and policies related to oceans and the marine environment need to acknowledge and incorporate the three pillars of sustainable development: environmental, social and economic. Only then can we achieve the development objectives set by the international community.” more>
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Challenging the rhetoric: world’s fisheries aren’t collapsing
Dr. Ray Hilborn challenges the rhetoric about collapsing global fisheries. In a recent article he corrects alarmists that have stated overfishing is prevelent in over 70% of fisheries; it is closer to 30%. He argues that we should "Stop the alarmism and build off what’s working" more>
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Province refuses to release salmon farm sea lice and disease data
The provincial government has again blocked access to salmon farm sea lice and disease data requested by T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation. < see news release
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Cohen Commission
VANCOUVER — As the Cohen Commission rolls across the province the following graphic illustrates the impact of tripling and quadrupling the number of spawners into the river.
(This has been a very expensive exercise for fishermen and coastal communities, much pain and $100's of millions in lost revenue over the last 3 cycles. Hopefully the Cohen Commission can capture this lesson. More>
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Hundreds gather in Kitimat & Vancouver to protest Enbridge at first BC Joint Review Panel meetings.
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B.C. salmon farms evade government
monitoring
Industry’s refusal to co-operate with disease audit kills program
VANCOUVER — The B.C salmon farm industry’s decision to not cooperate with provincial monitoring programs has rendered government officials impotent and incapable of regulating the notoriously secretive industry, environmental groups Ecojustice and T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation said Aug 4.
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Joint Review Panel for Enbridge Northern Gateway Project Requests Comments from the Public
The Procedural Direction asks people to comment on:
- a draft List of Issues (included in the Procedural Direction);
- additional information which Northern Gateway should be required to file; and
- location(s) for the oral hearing.s
The Panel would like to hear comments on these topics prior to the issuance of a Hearing Order, which would outline the participation options and the procedural process for this Panel review.
CALGARY, July 5, 2010 -News release
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Province refuses new FOI request
The B.C. government has officially denied a T. Buck Suzuki Foundation Freedom of Information request for salmon farm sea lice and disease data collected by the provincial vet's office. This follows a victory in March when the Information and Privacy Commissioner ruled that sea lice and disease data from prior to 2004 must be released. A request for the same data for 2004-2009 has now been refused by the province.
June 29, 2010 - News Release - TBS takes action
See news release on March FOI victory
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Rally to stop open-net salmon farms
Over 4,000 people gathered in front of the Legislature in Victoria on May 8, sending a loud message to the provincial and federal governments that salmon farms must be removed from B.C. coastal waters where they are spreading sea lice and disease and threatening juvenile salmon. more>
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Coastal waters are no place for oil tankers
Federal studies have repeatedly concluded that oil tankers must be prohibited in some sensitive marine areas because of the severe risks. more>
We're expanding
We recently expanded in Prince Rupert and have opened a new office jointly shared with Ecotrust Canada. more>
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Green Boating Guides
Our new Green Boating Guides, covering good practices for mariners, are available in French and English.
CE GUIDE EN FRANÇAIS (1.3MB, PDF)
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Gunner Point salmon farm zoning denied
The Strathcona Regional District (SRD) has denied zoning to Grieg Seafood for a massive new open net-cage salmon farm at Gunner Point in the northern Georgia Strait area. more>
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Sea Lice and Disease Records Now Public
The public will finally get to see to the scale of sea lice and disease infestation on BC fish farms thanks to a successful six-year Freedom of Information battle led by T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation with the help of Ecojustice lawyers. more>
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PNCIMA Engagement Strategy
On March 16, 2010 DFO released the long awaited Stakeholder Engagement Strategy. A series of Public Meetings (details under upcoming events) to discuss the strategy were also announced. more>
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Perspectives Tour
In early October fishermen toured four coastal communities, Prince Rupert, Skidigate Campbell River and Steveston, to talk about fishing and marine planning. more>
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Emergency closure of five open-net salmon farms required to protect migrating salmon
June 16, 2009 - Five open net-cage salmon farms must be permanently removed from a wild salmon migration route in the northern Georgia Strait in order to protect thousands of juvenile salmon from sea lice, says the T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation and the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform. more>
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DFO First Nations Co-hosts
PNCIMA Forum
March 2009, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and Coastal First Nations cohost the PNCIMA(pronounced pin-SEE-ma) forum. more>
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CRD Candidates show Overwelming Support for Treatment
Nov 11, 2008, Capital Regional District (CRD) municipal candidates surveyed over the last week show overwelming support for timely sewage treatment using resource recovery technologies. The election will be held Nov 15th. Details of the survey can be found at the Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) website.
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Resources from Waste
May 21, 2008, The Province finally releases the integrated resource management study that examines approaches for local governments to integrate solid and liquid waste to create energy, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve water, and recover nutrients.
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North Coast Fish Farm Free
March 27, 2008, BC Minister of Agriculture & Lands Pat Bell announced that there would be no fish farms allowed on the North Coast (north of the existing Kitisoo farms). See campaign updates for more info.
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Pesticide-Free CRD
TBSEF joins the fight for a Pesticide-Free CRD. For information on Victoria's progress towards a pesticide free community visit the PFCRD website.
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Calling from the Coast
Filmmaker Twyla Roscovich documents research by Alex Morton on impacts from sea lice from salmon farms on juvenile wild salmon.
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Treating Waste as a Resource
Stephen Salter discusses recovering energy and resources from our communities' liquid and solid waste streams. To view Download video and Google video player.
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Victoria Sewage Alliance
For information on Victoria's progress towards sewage treatment and why treatment is needed visit the VSA website.
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