News Releases 2001-2007

2007

Wild salmon ghosts haunt Safeway, demand halt to farmed salmon sales
November 1, 2007

Environmentalists and whale organizations launch underwater investigation of Robson Bight
October 19, 2007

Tankers full of trouble coming to the North Coast?
October 19, 2007

Oil spill model shows risks to B.C. coast.
September 27, 2007
Oil spill model backgrounder

Environmental groups and local businesses demand investigation into diesel spill near orca habitat
August 28, 2007

Despite 34-year Old Tanker Moratorium, Tankers Dock in Kitimat after Passing Through BC's Inside Passage.
July 5, 2007

NY Times Ad Calls on Safeway to Stop Selling Farmed Salmon, Demand More Sustainable Product
June 22, 2007

Governor Schwarzenegger’s visit offers opportunity to protect North American coastline from new oil drilling
May 30, 2007

Groups call for government action on aquaculture committee's key recommendations -- New poll shows British Columbians' support closed, contained salmon farms.
May 16, 2007

Arctic Corals and Sponges Need Widescale Protection From Trawl Impacts
May 10, 2007

Salmon farm predator nets continue to take heavy toll on marine mammals
April 23, 2007

Federal agency rejects funding for controversial seismic testing
March 9, 2007

Conservation groups demand withdrawal of Bill C-45 (proposed new Fisheries Act)
February 13, 2007

2006

Seismic blasting threatens B.C. marine life
December 14, 2006

Enbridge delays Gateway pipeline and tanker project.
December 4, 2006

UN Fails to Agree on High Seas Bottom-Trawling Moratorium.
November 23, 2006

Canada Weighs Down Global Momentum at UN Negotiations.
October 6, 2006

B.C.'s Sponge Reef Closures Expanded!
April 1, 2006

Seventy-eight percent of Canadians support moratorium on high seas bottom trawling.
January 12, 2006

2005

Coastal Groups 'Drag' Parliament Hill, Attempt to Catch Government Commitment to Action.
October 19, 2005

Canada Must Show Leadership by Restricting Bottom Trawling.
May 5, 2005

A Call For Action at the High Seas Government Conference.
May 2, 2005

Canadian Government Deaf to Seismic Science.
April 18, 2005

Poll Indicates 9 out of 10 Atlantic Canadians Want Restrictions on Dragging.
April 5, 2005

2004

Regulations can’t protect B.C. coast from oil industry damage, says new report.
Nov. 23, 2004

Offshore Oil and Gas too Risky: British Columbians Send a Clear Message (Priddle Report).
Nov. 19, 2004

British Columbians Strongly Oppose Offshore Oil and Gas Development.
June 24, 2004

Demonstrators Target Safeway Annual Shareholders Meeting.
May 20, 2004

Major Risks in Offshore Oil and Gas Development Concludes New Study - Moratorium should stay.
May 14, 2004

Farmed salmon – finger lickin’ good? Fish farm feed contains chicken parts.
May 13 2004

New national poll reveals declining consumer confidence in farmed salmon.
March 15, 2004

New Study Links Sea Lice to Wild Salmon Decline.
March 2, 2004

Farmed salmon contains significantly higher levels of contaminants like PCBs and dioxins, according to a global scientific study published in Science magazine today.
January 8, 2004

2003

Broughton Archipelago Pink Salmon Are Missing Again.
September 24, 2003

Fish Farming Expansion in B.C. for Halibut and Sablefish Approved Behind Closed Doors.
September 15, 2003

DFO Fails to Prosecute Illegal Fish Farm.
August 20, 2003

Fate of B.C.'s Ocean in the Hands of Oil and Gas Proponents.
July 31, 2003

Offshore oil and gas expert visits B.C.
July 9, 2003

Head of Offshore Review Panel in Potential Conflict of Interest.
May 16, 2003

Minority Report Applauded.
April 9, 2003

Offshore Oil Plan Not Supported by Majority of British Columbians.
March 28, 2003

Governments Sea Lice Plan Fails - Broughton Archipelago Pink Salmon Infected.
March 3, 2003

B.C. Salmon Farmers Hire Notorious Multinational PR Firm Hill and Knowlton.
February 21, 2003

Hagen Must Be Replaced as Fisheries Minister.
January 29, 2003

2002

Ecological Disaster Pending in the Broughton Archipelago.
January 28, 2002

Salmon Farming in Sharp Contrast to Proposed Sturgeon Regulations.
December 12, 2002

Stolt Sea Farms Ignores Scientific Experts Puts Pink Salmon at Risk of Extinction.
November 27, 2002

Pink Salmon Collapse Unprecedented, Say Fisheries Department Scientists.
November 14, 2002

Farmed and Dangerous in the Pacific Northwest.
October 29, 2002

Farmed and Dangerous in California.
October 29, 2002

Canadian Conservation Groups Launch US Markets Campaign Targeting BC Farmed Salmon.
October 29, 2002

Environmentalists and First Nations Demand Federal Government Keep the BC Coast Oil-Free.
April 16, 2002