Coasts & Oceans
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Is this Transport Canada policy too slow for at-risk whales?
2025-12-05
Protecting the North Atlantic right whale population requires a mandatory slowdown for vessels in the Cabot Strait, says Oceana Canada. In early 2020, Transport Canada introduced a voluntary slowdown to protect the critically endangered species, but the majority of vessels are not complying, Oceana Canada found.
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Ottawa Lifts Speed Limits For Gulf Of St. Lawrence After No Whales Spotted
2025-12-05
The federal government has lifted speed restrictions meant to protect North Atlantic right whales in the Gulf of St. Lawrence after finding that the policy may have been pushing ships closer to the endangered mammals.
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Local organization set to help fish harvesters switch to whalesafe gear
2025-12-05
Only three months old, the CanFISH gear lending program has "already replaced over 800 buoylines that could have entangled whales," says CWF's Sean Brillant
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Lack of fishing prohibitions in 'grey zone' could pose risk for right whales, expert says
2025-12-05
One marine conservation expert has questions about the efforts on the part of Fisheries and Oceans after North Atlantic right whales were detected in the Bay of Fundy in recent weeks, including in an area where both Canadian and American fishermen catch lobster.
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More ropeless fishing happening on Eastern seaboard as industry leaders meet
2025-12-05
Sean Brillant, who works for the Canadian Wildlife Federation and is chair of the Ropeless Consortium, said they are approaching roughly 1,000 trials across the Eastern Seaboard, the bulk of which has been done in the last 12 months.
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Top 10 Species Finds on iNaturalist.ca
2025-12-05
iNaturalist Canada (also known as iNaturalist.ca) has hit a major milestone – more than 1 million verifiable observations in Canada. These confirmed sightings span from Canada’s East Coast to the western edges of British Columbia, and from Southern Saskatchewan all the way up to the most northern reaches of the country.
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Modernizing the Fisheries Act
2025-12-05
Canada’s Fisheries Act has now been re-jigged and cast to the Senate for final review before becoming law
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Hope vs. rope: Can technology save the whales, and Maine's lobster industry, too?
2025-12-05
The technology is currently being tested in Narragansett Bay, more than 120 miles from Maine. Capotosto and Vincent are building pre-production units for NOAA and the Canadian Wildlife Federation to test this summer. The business partners believe they'll be ready for high-speed, high-volume manufacturing next year.
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Help Save Our Birds From Plastic Pollution
2025-12-05
It is no secret that plastic pollution is a massive threat to our wildlife.
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Ghost Gear: The Phantom Threat Beneath the Waves
2025-12-05
If there’s something strange haunting the ocean deep, who you gonna call? Ghost Gearbusters!
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