Future of rare coral garden on B.C. coast is on the line - Victoria Times Colonist
Hoeya Sound features unusually large red tree corals, or Primnoa pacifica, the biggest stretching two metres across and 1.5 metres high.
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Hoeya Sound features unusually large red tree corals, or Primnoa pacifica, the biggest stretching two metres across and 1.5 metres high.
A First Nation and conservationists striving to protect the trove of large orange coral fans are cautiously optimistic that Fisheries and Oceans Canada will put an interim fishing moratorium in place to protect the fragile ecosystem.
Persistent rain couldn’t dampen the high spirits of Mamalilikulla First Nation members and their guests on a dark day in May. As lowering clouds played hide-and-seek with soaring mountains, the Nation shared lunch and performed traditional songs and dances in their remote territory on British Columbia’s Central Coast, some 350 kilometers (220 miles) north of […]
A remarkable coral garden tucked away in a remote inlet on B.C.'s wild central coast is in danger unless the federal government takes immediate steps to save it from destruction before prawn fishing season gets underway, conservationists say.
Both marine conservationists and First Nations are calling on the DFO to issue an interim commercial fishing ban in a rare coral hot spot in Knight Inlet.