Published on May 03 2018 Recent, past and anticipated announcements If you have been reading the news related to oil and gas recently, you are probably feeling the same way as I imagine the rock crab featured in this blog post is. Discussion of oil and gas within protected areas resurfaced on April 5th, when the Canada [Learn more]

Published on Apr 17 2018   In my previous blog post, I discussed a proposed marine protected area (MPA) for a unique archipelago along the Eastern Shore. At the same time that Eastern Shore Islands was announced, Fisheries and Oceans Canada also announced Fundian Channel- Browns Bank as an “Area of Interest” (AOI) for a future MPA. One of [Learn more]

Published on Apr 03 2018 (Photo: Alisha Postma, divebuddies4life.com) As you’ve probably heard by now, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has just announced two areas of interest (AOI) for marine protected areas (MPAs) in the waters surrounding Nova Scotia. These include, Eastern Shore Islands and Fundian Channel- Browns Bank. Creating these MPAs is a crucial step for Canada to fulfill its [Learn more]

Published on Mar 22 2018 (Photo: Alisha Postma; divebuddies4life.com) Today is an exciting day for marine conservation! Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has just announced two “Areas of Interest” (AOIs) for future marine protected areas off the coast of Nova Scotia. The AOIs include the waters surrounding a unique archipelago of coastal islands, the Eastern Shore Islands and [Learn more]

Published on Mar 09 2018  If your twitter feed is anything like mine, it is populated by ocean news and stories; some good and some bad. Media such as the video of a diver swimming through a cloud of plastic and debris in Bali or the heartbreaking news of the North Atlantic right whale being on the brink of extinction, [Learn more]

Published on Feb 26 2018  Just How Big is our Global Fishing Footprint? Before you read this blog post, close your eyes and try to imagine an ocean teeming with life. Picture a diversity of marine fish, big and small, swimming through healthy ocean habitat. Unfortunately, there are very few places remaining on Earth where the [Learn more]

Published on Jan 18 2018 Photo: Alisha Postma (divebuddies4life.com) There has been a lot of talk recently about marine protected areas (MPAs), as Canada strives to achieve its international commitment to protect at least 10% of our ocean. The importance of MPAs is much more than just reaching a percent target, so, I thought this would [Learn more]