This week, the Cohen Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon uncovered a note, a smoking gun of sorts. Jason Hwang, a Department and Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) manager, identified key issues with his workplace, the Oceans...

Written by Jason Town..... Most have undoubtedly heard by now of the recent Fraser River Sockeye Salmon catastrophe, and its effect on the local economy of the First Nations and other commercial fishermen, as well as the sport and...

We’re back in court this morning along with eight other environmental groups and our awesome lawyers at Ecojustice to continue our fight for the protection of British Columbia’s killer whales. Contrary to what the Department of...

Yet another aquaculture development project was announced this week and this time, for a change of taste, it was for cod. As I read the announcement on the DFO website that the the gov of Canada and the Newfoundland dept. of...

Slogging through my post-holiday emails I came across an article about the fate of an Atlantic cod stock off Newfoundland. It doesn’t look good. In fact, according to model predictions performed by biologists at DFO, it’s down right...

The countless hours spent scouring legal documents, appearing in court and enduring what must have been trying exchanges with the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) by our awesome lawyers at Ecojustice has all paid off.