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A man watches a helicopter fly low above an icy ocean from his ship.

People & Culture

Safety first, service always: The Canadian Coast Guard turns 60

Environment

Daniel Pauly on preventing the end of fish

Episode 29

Environment

Where have all the fish gone?

Environment

Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson on the future of Canada’s oceans

Places

Gwaii Haanas set to expand protected waters

Scientists from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration approach a young North Atlantic right whale entangled in fishing gear near Cape Canaveral. (NOAA Photo Library/flickr), CC BY-SA

Wildlife

New fishing rules aim to protect Gulf of St. Lawrence right whales

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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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2 minutes

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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3 minutes

Wildlife

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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The spiny dogfish made history when it was certified as the world’s first sustainable shark fishery in 2011

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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14 minutes