Rochelle Baker
Journalist | Quadra Island |
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About Rochelle Baker
Rochelle Baker is the Quadra and Cortes Islands reporter for Canada's National Observer, thanks to a grant from the Local Journalism Initiative of the Government of Canada. Rochelle has worked as a newspaper reporter and photographer in BC's Lower Mainland for over 10 years.
Coastal First Nations ahead of the curve in cultivating seaweed industry
Shared goals of providing economic diversification, employment opportunities and skills training for coastal First Nations communities make for a good partnership between one coastal First Nation and a commercial kelp business in B.C.
Federal scientific expedition surveys impacts of massive Bute Inlet slide
Natural Resources Canada researcher Gwyn Lintern recently spent six days aboard the Coast Guard vessel Sir Wilfrid Laurier as part of the first federal marine investigation of the inlet following the slide on Nov. 28.
Can Canadian seaweed tame gassy cows and climate change?
Scientists are eager to find ways to reduce methane emissions through possible changes to cows' diets, and seaweed has great potential, said Spencer Serin, a researcher affiliated with North Island College and Cascadia Seaweed on Vancouver Island.
Should Canada be hungry to farm seaweed?
Many science, industry and investment stakeholders support seaweed aquaculture as a potential means to grow a sustainable super food that benefits the economy and environment.
Mowi, Cermaq head to court to quash Ottawa’s plan to phase out Discovery Islands fish farms
Two international aquaculture companies want the Federal Court to set aside federal Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan’s decision — in whole or in part — to phase out salmon farming operations in the region by the end of June 2022.
Sea charts and satellites: Mapping critical kelp beds along the Pacific coast
An ambitious project to map and monitor sea kelp forests along the entire B.C. coast is afoot, and scientists are using seemly disparate tools — both ancient and modern — to do it.
Octopus Islands Marine Park extends its reach
BC Parks has acquired a 20-hectare, privately owned island in Okisollo Channel for $1.5 million that will expand the Octopus Island Marine Park on Quadra Island.
West Coast First Nations strike agreement to protect sacred cultural cedars
More than a century of industrial old-growth logging has mowed down these forest giants that can live for thousands of years, putting the shared spiritual and cultural well-being of First Nations at risk.
Coastal MP wants transition plan for fish farm closures 'sooner rather than later'
A West Coast MP is urging Ottawa to craft a transition plan with those affected by the potential employment and economic impacts of a recent decision to phase out fish farms in the Discovery Islands.
B.C. citizen science project maps the scale and importance of forage fish
Few people know much about forage fish or why they are so important, but they are a fundamental cornerstone for the marine food web.