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. 

The Haida Nation is on the cusp of making a monumental leap forward on securing title to Haida Gwaii. Will it be enough to save their home from mounting threats?

A booming liquefied natural gas industry on the British Columbian coast promises more skyscraper-sized ships crossing through the waters of Haida Gwaii, representing yet another threat to the Haida Nation's way of life.

Haida guardians are on a mission to protect their homeland, but new threats are emerging as the nation asserts its right to steward the land, air and sea of Haida Gwaii.

Canada and the International Maritime Organization (IMO) need to ban scrubber systems churning out most of the cruise industry's contaminated wastewater and allowing the continued use of dirty heavy oil fuel, despite a huge emissions footprint, say critics.