Category: Marine Conservation

Federal Budget 2024: Generational fairness means protecting the environment

Climate and Energy, Climate and Jobs, Forest Conservation, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Corey Robichaud

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to see the federal government taking measures to address the affordability crisis in the 2024 budget but is disappointed to see a dramatic drop in new climate-related spending. Additionally, critical issues like biodiversity, forest management, and freshwater protection were not given enough attention.

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Send a Letter to Reverse Nature Loss by 2050!

Campaigns, CCNB Blog, Forest Conservation, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

I’m calling on Canada to make halting and reversing nature loss and climate extinction a priority now! Will you join me?

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A Baykeeper’s view of Oceans Day

CCNB Blog, Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Matthew Abbott

World Oceans Day means a lot to us here at Fundy Baykeeper. While the ocean, and its health, impacts those who live and work on the coast, it also matters a great deal to all of us, regardless of where we live. For as long as humans have existed, the oceans, especially the millions of

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Alewife are running up the Milltown Dam fishway for the last time!

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Vincent Scully

In the past week (May 10-16), more than 83,736 alewife (also known as gaspereu) moved up the Milltown fishway located at the head-of-tide on the Skutik (St. Croix River) between New Brunswick and Maine. The Skutik and its watershed are at the heart of Peskotomuhkati Territory. Seeing the spawning run off to such a strong start is

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Celebrating the Alewife’s journey: The Schoodic River Alewife Run

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Corey Robichaud

On May 27, an extraordinary event will take place in Maine, hosted by the Schoodic Riverkeepers: the Schoodic River Alewife Run. This family-friendly relay run is open to all ages and starts from the Sipayik Passamaquoddy Community and ends in Forest City, tracing the very path that alewife take upriver.

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‘High Seas Treaty’ advances protection for largest habitat on Earth

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

This weekend, 20 years of work from scientists, environmentalists, and champion countries culminated in a United Nations agreement on a treaty to protect the high seas.

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Billionaire Irvings get help from feds to make good on promised pollution fix

CCNB Blog, CCNB in the News, Feature, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper is questioning why the billionaire James Irving’s pulp and paper company needs a $100 million loan from the federal government to build a waste treatment facility it promised to build as part of its punishment for illegally polluting the St. John River for years.

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Baykeeper submits recommendations on tool to protect ocean habitat, wildlife

CCNB Blog, Feature, Freshwater Protection, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick recently submitted recommendations to help ensure the federal government’s proposed ecologically significant areas (ESA) framework becomes an effective tool for protecting the sensitive marine habitats that fisheries, wildlife and coastal communities depend upon.

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LNG export, shale gas, not worth risk posed to water, air and climate

Feature, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is disappointed to see continued efforts to export LNG from Saint John.

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One fish, two fish, maybe that’s too few fish?

CCNB Blog, Feature, Marine Conservation / Matthew Abbott

The Conservation Council is disappointed that the U.S. did not follow Canada’s responsible lead and stop fishing mackerel to take pressure off this important species.

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