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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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Wildlife
Can British Columbia’s spiny dogfish make the grade as the world’s first “sustainable” shark fishery?
Wildlife
Advocacy group says action plans are urgently needed for the recovery of 26 dangerously depleted fish populations
Environment
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’
Environment
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
Wildlife
Threatened and endangered marine fishes, which are in the most need of conservation measures, fare the worst under the Species at Risk Act and the Fisheries Act
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Part one of Canada’s Ocean Supercluster: A six-part series
Wildlife
Illegal fishing is one of the greatest challenges to ensuring the sustainability of ocean resources, says Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Wildlife
Ten caracasses of the critically endangered whale have been found in the past two months.
Environment
The ban is one of several significant and long-awaited changes to the federal Fisheries Act that passed Tuesday, including new provisions to rebuild depleted fish stocks
Environment
After a total collapse of Grand Banks fisheries in the 1990s, the cod are coming back. This time, the Canadian government and Newfoundland fish harvesters are ready to manage the stocks sustainably.
Environment
David Grémillet explores the remarkable life and work of fisheries scientist Daniel Pauly
Wildlife
World Wildlife Fund cautions that fishery management must take entire local ecosystem into account
Environment
Oil and gas extraction, mining, dumping among prohibited activities in ecologically sensitive areas set aside for conservation
Wildlife
New technology is helping researchers understand how birds time their migrations when the seasons send mixed signals
Wildlife
The award-winning marine conservationist shares her passion for seahorses and marine life by encouraging young minds to save tomorrow’s oceans
Wildlife
International grassroots organizations unite over turtle conservation
Wildlife
Understanding the effects of disturbances on killer whales
Wildlife
A project to bring more sockeye salmon back to Osoyoos Lake, B.C. is showing encouraging results
Wildlife
When one of the few remaining females of reproductive age in the southern resident population of North Pacific killer whales was found dead near Comox B.C. in 2014, an investigation was launched. The results highlight the challenges of protecting our most iconic marine mammals.
Environment
Less than 25 per cent of Canada’s marine fish are considered healthy, and the status of 45 per cent of stocks couldn’t be determined because data didn’t exist or was outdated
Environment
Canada missed a chance to rebuild northern cod stocks in the 1980s, highlighting the importance of taking a long view of fisheries management, researchers say
Environment
The animated short film called Last Fish, First Boat recounts the 1992 cod moratorium
Environment
New Brunswick-bred sea cucumbers and urchins could soon be used to help clean up fish farms
Environment
Ghost gear — lost or abandoned fishing gear — is a major problem in our oceans, but renewed efforts are underway to clean it up
Wildlife
Plus: the albatross that loved Vancouver Island, a rare butterfly comeback, PEI lobsters to take a new kind of bait and the migratory birds on a potentially fatal collision course.
Wildlife
After more than a million years on Earth, the caribou is under threat of global extinction. The precipitous decline of the once mighty herds is a tragedy that is hard to watch — and even harder to reverse.
Wildlife
An estimated annual $175-billion business, the illegal trade in wildlife is the world’s fourth-largest criminal enterprise. It stands to radically alter the animal kingdom.
Science & Tech
Population of the endangered whale estimated at 525
Science & Tech
In the Bay of Fundy, technicians are putting a groundbreaking new tidal technology through its paces
Science & Tech
How a Université Laval scientist, DFO researchers and locals in Cambridge Bay, Nunavut, are working together to keep these staple fish populations healthy
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Canada is taking to space in the fight against illegal fishing
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Science & Tech
Mapping
Groups protecting Atlantic salmon spawning grounds on Canada’s East Coast have a new view of the problems facing the prized species
Environment
How a cocktail of invasive species and global change is altering the Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River ecosystem
Environment
As the federal government considers the fate of proposed pipelines, a unique science experiment aims to understand the consequences of an oil spill in a freshwater lake
Wildlife
Plus: Marathon hare migrations, increasingly efficient wolves, wandering basking sharks and homemaking bees
Wildlife
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have found evidence that bowhead whales exfoliate their skin by rubbing against large rocks
People & Culture
#MuseumSelfie trended on Twitter January 20th as people the world over shared their snaps.
Environment
An exclusive excerpt from the new book Cod Collapse: The Rise and Fall of Newfoundland's Saltwater Cowboys
Wildlife
The deaths are a major blow to the vulnerable population, which is estimated at around 500 individuals
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The goal is to help rejuvenate and restore the habitats of salmon across B.C.
Wildlife
“We just knew no fish would get by. Not without our help.” Behind the scenes of the epic campaign to save a Fraser River salmon run.
Wildlife
Wildlife
Expedition team calls for permanent protection of undersea mountain range
Wildlife
Shutting off the high seas to commercial fishing might be an economically and environmentally sound option for the world’s fisheries and maritime nations: UBC research
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Population of the endangered whale estimated at 525
Travel
Engage your curiosity and fuel your imagination with a visit to one of these top Canadian treasure troves
Environment
Two marine biologists offer a glimpse of life at the bottom of the ocean during 2018, 2019 and 2020 seamount expeditions
Wildlife
Lead author Aaron MacNeil discusses what this means for coral ecosystems and what Canadians can do to help
Environment
What can we learn when western science and traditional knowledge intersect?
Wildlife
One thing researchers weren't expecting to find: yellow perch cannabalism
Wildlife
Satellite images used to calculate catches
Wildlife
The world’s largest sea turtle faces dangers as it travels through the Atlantic Ocean
Wildlife
The resurgence of the humpback whale means its status could be downgraded
Wildlife
The sea otter, once hunted for its fur, is making a comeback
Wildlife
Environment
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Government is committed to using science to determine what areas of Canada’s oceans will be selected for protection, says Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo
Wildlife
The Great Lakes Fisheries Commission and the U.S Fish and Wildlife Service are working hard to reduce the number of invasive sea lampreys in Lake Superior
Wildlife
Key facts and figures about this remote patch of the Beaufort Sea
Wildlife
Results of necropsies on six whales that died this summer in the Gulf of St. Lawrence reveal blunt force trauma and chronic entanglement as cause of death
Environment
The change is to transform the way decisions about fishing, shipping, resource development and more are made across the enormous northern region defined by the traditional Inuit homelands
Environment
Acidification, disruptions to food webs among the biggest concerns for ocean scientists
Wildlife
Only about 400 North Atlantic right whales remain in the wild
Wildlife
Writer Stephen Smith takes to Newfoundland’s shores in his quest to see the ‘capelin roll’ — the spawning spectacle of a tiny fish with a massive ecological, historical and cultural impact
Environment
The planet is in the midst of drastic biodiversity loss that some experts think may be the next great species die-off. How did we get here and what can be done about it?
History
In honour of the National Bird Project, here's a selection of Canadian Geographic bird covers from the magazine's 86 years of print
Wildlife
Plus: Racing to find a vaccine for chronic wasting disease, narwhal “flukeprints” and tool-using polar bears
Wildlife
Your weekly CanGeo round-up of wildlife news
Environment
Five eco-friendly products used around the world to create paper
Travel
An insider’s account of the modern-day gold rush
History
Wildlife
Travel
Bring it … and leave it all on the mountain
Wildlife
Mapping
This online map platform displays hundreds of stories on ecological farming issues from around the world
Wildlife