Adapting to climate change on the Central Coast
It’s not difficult to see impacts from climate change throughout the Pacific Coast. Warming ocean temperatures, winter storms of greater…
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Tracking salmon abundance in the Pacific Ocean
Salmon are a “keystone species” within BC’s coastal ecosystems—a critical food source for many land and marine species, and vital…
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Issue # 11, March 2020
Inside this issue: You can download a PDF of this issue and all the previous issues as well. More about…
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Five things you should know about rockfish and marine protection
Since 2013, CCIRA has been using science and traditional knowledge to build the most extensive database for rockfish ever compiled…
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MPA Network and Fisheries Reconciliation Agreement create hope for new opportunities
25 years from now things could look very different on the Central Coast. Ocean ecosystems could be healthier and fish…
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CCIRA joins international research expedition
2019 was a bad year for salmon returns coast-wide in British Columbia, and an international team of scientists has been…
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Nuxalk Atnarko sockeye study an example of collaborative research done right
Throughout the 1970’s and 80’s, 30,000 sockeye bound to spawn in the Atnarko river in Nuxalk territory were caught each…
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Alejandro Frid publishes new book
As CCIRA’s Science Coordinator, Alejandro Frid has established an impressive record of publishing research papers in esteemed journals. Much of…
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New fishing closures proposed for crab
Over the past five years, CCIRA has completed the most extensive Dungeness crab studies ever conducted on the Central Coast….
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Living ancestors’ dreams in Bella Bella with new Big House
In October of 2019 the Heiltsuk Nation officially opened the first new Big House in their territory in 120 years….
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Guardians engage in oil spill response work
On September 17, 2019, the Kitasoo/Xai’xais Guardian Watchmen were on the water conducting oil-spill response fieldwork, when they heard a…
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Issue # 10, April 2019
Inside this issue: MPA network updateCCIRA hires new staff Oceans RFA formalizes collaborative marine management process Groundfish chasing the light…
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MPA network update
Work continues on the Canada-British Columbia Marine Protected Area Network Strategy—a government-to-government-to-government effort to create a marine protected area network…
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CCIRA hires new staff
See all of our team members. Jean has a passion for resource management and the marine environment. After graduating from…
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Oceans RFA formalizes collaborative marine management process
In June 2018, on National Indigenous People’s Day, representatives from 14 First Nations gathered near Prince Rupert, along with officials…
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Groundfish chasing the light for science
Counting fish isn’t easy – especially when counting live fish that are swimming around in the depths of the ocean….
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Crab pilot project a positive step towards collaborative fisheries management
In the 1990’s people from our Nations could go crab fishing on the Central Coast and with just four traps…
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Incorporating Indigenous perspectives in research
Under the direction of our Science Coordinator, Alejandro Frid, CCIRA has established a record of publishing in top scientific journals….
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Great Bear Rainforest IMAX features our Nations
In February of this year a really big film hit theatres around the world. Three years in the making, the…
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Rebuilding depleted fisheries: why it matters to coastal communities
Our Nations have a deep connection with the ocean. For millennia, the ocean has provided for our people, sustaining us…
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New CCIRA study identifies key habitats for rockfish conservation
What’s at stake when it comes to conservation of fish populations on the Central Coast? Frank Johnson of the Wuikinuxv…
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**NEW** CCIRA Job Posting
CCIRA is offering a new position for Indigenous youth from one of the CCIRA member communities. The successful candidate will…
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Deep sea expedition highlights value of partnerships for marine conservation
On a March morning this spring, a group of scientists, educators, traditional knowledge holders, and resource managers gathered around a…
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Issue #9, April 2018
Inside this issue: Doug Neasloss and trophy hunting featured in National Geographic Science update: CCIRA’s published papers Shrinking giant: rockfish research…
