People & Culture
Safety first, service always: The Canadian Coast Guard turns 60
A celebration of the Canadian Coast Guard’s renowned search-and-rescue capabilities — and more — as the special operating agency turns 60
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Daniel Pauly on preventing the end of fish
Episode 29
The marine biologist on why we’re asking too much of the ocean — and how to protect the future of fish
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Environment
Where have all the fish gone?
In his new book, Vanishing Fish: Shifting Baselines and the Future of Global Fisheries, marine biologist Daniel Pauly examines the perilous state of the world's fisheries
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Environment
Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on the future of Canada’s oceans
The new Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard sits down with Canadian Geographic for an exclusive interview on a range of topics, from salmon to whales to ‘last ice’
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Places
Gwaii Haanas set to expand protected waters
Lengthy education campaign achieved compromise between fishing industry, environmental advocates
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New fishing rules aim to protect Gulf of St. Lawrence right whales
The death and entanglement of 17 of the endangered mammals last summer spurred an unprecedented effort to make the Gulf of St. Lawrence safer — but will it be enough?
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Wildlife
Federal government announces new measures to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales
Following a deadly summer for the endangered whales, Fisheries and Oceans Canada is tightening regulations for crab fishers in the Gulf of St. Lawrence
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Wildlife
Bluefin tuna in Atlantic Canada are no longer afraid of humans — and that’s a bad sign
A new documentary portrays the remarkable species as a symbol of a “precariously broken” ocean ecosystem
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Wildlife
Dozens of Canadian fish stocks in critical condition: report
Advocacy group says action plans are urgently needed for the recovery of 26 dangerously depleted fish populations
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Ocean Wise works to save commercial fishing and ocean species with sustainable seafood
The program’s seafood database features hundreds of types of fish and shellfish from the world’s oceans, and each variety is rated based on how sustainably it was fished
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Wildlife
The great green shark hunt
Can British Columbia’s spiny dogfish make the grade as the world’s first “sustainable” shark fishery?
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