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Over the past year, as part of an ongoing effort to restore Guichon Creek, the B.C Institute of Technology uncovered part of the waterway in the hope that salmon would return. Read the full CBC article. 

“The corresponding photosynthetic habitat in the global ocean could therefore be significantly larger than previously assumed.” Read the full article.

"The ultimate goal is to create a portable and accessible testing kit that can be widely distributed to remote communities to accurately test for biotoxins that can be lethal when consumed but have no taste or smell and can’t be cooked off, Green said." Read the full article.

It's everywhere! “There’s nowhere left untouched from the deep sea to the atmosphere to the human brain,” Almroth said. Read the full article.

A recent study found that, Whale sharks (the largest fish in the sea) are facing the terror of shipping vessels, which can strike and kill whale sharks traveling along the same path. Read the full blog post.

Looks like the 2029 deadline for open-net pen salmon farming has made some waves. Best wishes to Mowi as it undertakes its strategic review of BC operations! Read the full article.

“Many animals use tools to help them find food,” explains Professor Lars Bejder, co-lead author of the study and Director of MMRP, “but very few actually create or modify these tools themselves.  Read the full article.

Sometimes there is good news. "A broad coalition of natural trusts, farmers and businessmen, and conservationists are looking to turn the southern English coastline and the lands beyond into a biodiversity hotspot." Read the article now.

A new report is providing some early insight on how last month's landslide into the Chilcotin River affected the run of salmon that swims up the Chilcotin and Fraser rivers every year to reproduce.

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Today, Traditional foods are found at a fraction of their former abundance, and many are no longer considered safe to eat due to contamination. What could restoration mean for the polluted Burrard Inlet? Read the story here.