MCC submits feedback on the 2026/2027 IFMP for salmon
In April 2026, the MCC salmon committee submitted its feed back to DFO on recovery and management issues for the…
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Clues to help you tell Southern Resident and Bigg’s (transient) killer whales apart
The summer boating season is right around the corner! Whether you’re heading out for a day on the water with…
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Sounding the alarm: The federal draft Ocean Noise Strategy falls short
A long-awaited federal strategy to address ocean noise has finally arrived. But it does not measure up to the urgent…
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Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled
Six conservation groups are urging the federal government to implement an Emergency Order — a mechanism that allows Ottawa to…
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Southern Resident killer whales not getting enough to eat since 2018
The endangered Southern Resident killer whale population isn’t getting enough to eat, and hasn’t been since 2018, a new study,…
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The federal government is taking feedback on its proposed 2022 recovery measures until March 2
To assist you with the survey, we have drafted suggested answers to the questions. Please add anything else you see…
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Rejecting the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion
As a nursery and feeding ground, the Fraser River Estuary connects a food web linking fish, birds, and marine mammals…
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Recovery progress for endangered whales
In 2018, Raincoast and our conservation partners initiated a lawsuit that challenged the federal government’s lack of action to protect…
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Information about killer whale protection measures, what’s still needed, ongoing threats, population statistics, and data
Whale watching operators and recreational fishers are routinely violating the 400-metre protection zone buffers around Southern Resident killer whales. Some…
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Roberts Bank Terminal 2 and the heart of the Fraser Estuary
In March of 2020, a federal review panel concluded that the Terminal 2 shipping expansion project would have significant adverse…
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Southern Residents and recovery
Reversing, or even slowing, our systemic unsustainable human footprint on a time scale relevant to dwindling wildlife populations is a…
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Safeguard the Southern Resident killer whales
There are currently just 74 members of the Southern Resident killer whales remaining. While two births in 2020 is positive…
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Research: Compliance of small vessels to minimum distance regulations for humpback and killer whales in the Salish Sea
With myriad stressors in the Salish Sea, the last thing killer whales and humpbacks need is to be approached too…
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Crucial time for wild salmon
This is a crucial time for wild salmon that depend on the Fraser River. Following years of decline in the…
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Federal Minister presses pause on Terminal 2
It’s been a while since I’ve had much cause for optimism about the Port of Vancouver’s plans for the Fraser…
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Support investments in nature and biodiversity
As we all work to emerge from the covid-19 pandemic, 235 organizations, including Raincoast and many of you signed a…
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Terminal 2 will increase chances of SRKW extinction
Raincoast has worked with partners to conduct a population viability analysis to help us understand the likelihood of extinction for…
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Win a copy of Spirits of the Coast
We hosted an inspiring online event last night focused on the Royal BC Museum book about killer whales, Spirits of…
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Terminal 2 Backgrounder: Impacts on Southern Resident killer whales
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its Deltaport shipping terminal at Roberts Bank next to…
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Upcoming online panel discussion Spirits of the Coast
On Wednesday July 22nd at 6pm, join us for an online panel discussion bringing together contributors from the book, Spirits…
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Raincoast explores killer whales in upcoming Coastal Insights program
Killer whales are icons of the Pacific Northwest and are deeply rooted as cultural and spiritual symbols for the Coast…
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Misty Macduffee contributes essay to new book Spirits of the Coast
Spirits of the Coast is our new favourite book. It brings together the work of marine biologists, Indigenous knowledge keepers,…
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A bond through salmon, language and grandmothers
About a year ago, I got a call from the Royal British Columbia Museum asking if I would like to…
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Terminal 2 expansion threatens the Fraser estuary
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to double the size of its shipping terminal at Roberts Bank, putting further stress…
