First Nations and community groups aiming to restore salt marshes in the Campbell River estuary, develop a modern fish trap based on ancient practices and rebuild a hatchery get $3.4 million in funding from the B.C. and federal governments.

The funding helps 15 coastal First Nations conserve B.C.'s ‘Galapagos of the North’ and move forward with a network of marine conservation areas that spans two-thirds of Canada's West Coast.

Vancouver Island whale researchers helped the world-famous nature series explore novel humpback behaviour and how these ocean giants help mitigate climate change.

Victoria and Prince Rupert harbours are the top toxic hot spots, with sediment research unearthing a mix of worrisome metals and chemical pollutants harmful to endangered chinook salmon and southern resident killer whales.

In September, more than 80 nations rushed to sign a watershed global agreement to protect marine life in the high seas. Canada was not one of them.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada hasn’t got the right tools or resources in place to monitor and protect vital commercial fisheries despite promising to rectify the problem seven years ago, a federal audit released Tuesday shows. 

Expanding Nanaimo’s Duke Point Terminal could strengthen Vancouver Island’s vulnerable supply chain and improve the flow of food, fuel and essential goods when climate disasters strike.

A new pilot project to help B.C. conservation groups and First Nations bring emergency aid to struggling salmon saw one team try to provide the breath of life to suffocating fish.

The pandemic fractured the global food chain, but Canadian consumers are still reliant on imported seafood while our high-quality products are exported overseas by the boatload, say experts at a UN Food Day event.

The lawsuit appears to be the first tied to the Discovery Islands closures intent on making the federal government and taxpayers pay for decisions by ministers with the authority to protect Canadian fisheries and oceans, says a B.C. salmon conservation group.

BC Ferries’ drive to reduce emissions appears to be at a standstill, but a lack of government funding has sunk the original plan to wean the Island Class fleet off diesel. 

A new integrated network of hydrophones along the B.C. coast will allow the public and researchers to listen underwater to the magic of whale sounds and how they can be used to protect marine mammals into the future.

A citizen science project documenting sightings of massive sunfish on the B.C. coast is helping puzzle together missing pieces of the marine creatures' mysterious life. 

Home to the longest coastline in the world, Canada is seeing a patchwork of superheating in all three oceans as global sea surface temperatures reached unprecedented heights in July.

In our newest podcast, Protecting Haida Gwaii, we take listeners on a journey through the rapid waters of Haida Gwaii's coast to meet its protectors, who are known as Haida guardians.