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Cooke fined $332,000, loses lease after Puget Sound salmon escape

CCNB Blog, Marine Conservation / Olivia DeYoung

Washington State officials have terminated a lease with Cooke Aquaculture Pacific and fined the company $332,000 after a state investigation conducted last month revealed it had not adequately maintained the net pen that failed last summer and released hundreds of thousands of Atlantic salmon into Pacific Waters near Cypress Island in Washington. The investigation also […]

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Good news for the Bay of Fundy: statement on new Fisheries Act

Feature, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

Attention New Editors: Lois Corbett, Executive Director, and Matt Abbott, the Fundy Baykeeper. issued the following statement with respect to the introduction of the new national Fisheries Act. “The new law that protects Canada’s fisheries and their upstream and downstream habitat is good news for New Brunswick coastal communities and the thousands of jobs that

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EcoNews — Smart stewardship, help for whales, and a big ‘thank you!’

EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this edition of EcoNews, we bring you a great story about conservation in action from the Gulf of Maine and Bay of Fundy; we give you our reaction to and analysis of the long-awaited New Brunswick water protection strategy, and then our less enthusiastic response to a largely flat-footed climate change bill in N.B.; we

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Baykeeper watching as world’s largest salmon farming company moves into Bay of Fundy

CCNB in the News, Fundy Baykeeper / Jon MacNeill

Our Fundy Baykeeper says he will be watching to see how the arrival of the world’s largest salmon farming company in the Bay of Fundy impacts the already stressed waters of New Brunswick’s iconic bay. Norway’s Marine Harvest, the world’s biggest player in salmon aquaculture, recently took over the operation of nine farm sites in

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Environment and Climate Change Canada Reluctant to Enforce Regulations against Aquaculture Operators

Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation, Media Releases / Jon MacNeill

For Immediate Release – Sept. 26, 2017 Environment and Climate Change Canada Reluctant to Enforce Regulations against Aquaculture Operators K’JIPUKTUK/HALIFAX — A retired Environment Canada employee and conservation and environmental law groups are calling for action from the federal government after Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) confirmed certain aquaculture activities result in a disposal at

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Moncton restaurant cuts out plastic straws entirely

CCNB Blog, Freshwater Protection / Leah Meyer

Congratulations to St. James Gate for making efforts to reduce its ecological footprint! The local company’s restaurants in Moncton, Dieppe and Shediac are no longer offering plastic straws to their customers. According to the owner, Kolin Barely, his is the first establishment in Moncton to cut out plastic straw use entirely, after he found that

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September EcoNews: All about spray, schools and salmon

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Jon MacNeill

In this edition of EcoNews, we show you which communities’ drinking water supply zones are being sprayed with glyphosate-based herbicides; bring you an update on Petitcodiac residents’ quest to end the controversial spraying in their region; give you a rundown of Cooke Aquaculture’s recent massive salmon farm failure; bring you our reaction to the latest

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Puget Sound on alert after Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm fails, releasing thousands

CCNB Blog / Olivia DeYoung

Puget Sound and its wild pacific salmon were put at risk last week when a net pen operated by Cooke Aquaculture that held more than 305,000 Atlantic salmon broke open near Cypress Island in Washington state. The company, like other salmon aquaculture operations on the pacific coast of the Americas, farms Atlantic salmon in Puget

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Happy World Oceans Day

CCNB Blog, Fundy Baykeeper, Marine Conservation / Jon MacNeill

On this World Oceans Day, millions of people from across our blue planet will join together to celebrate our oceans, including New Brunswickers’ beloved Atlantic Ocean. World Oceans Day has been celebrated every year on June 8 after thousands of organizations signed a global petition in 2008 to secure the official recognition from the United Nations.

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EcoNews — Trump or Turnip?

CCNB Blog, EcoNews / Corey Robichaud

In this week’s edition of EcoNews we invite you to learn more about how Marine Protected Areas can promote sustainable coastal economies and thriving habitats for wildlife, bring you our initial reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s Paris Accord announcement today, an update on the largest solar array in New Brunswick, an opportunity for you

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