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Thinking about Rural Coastal Communities with the Hakai Beach Institute
2-3 August 2012 Pruth Bay, Fitz Hugh Sound We met our friends, the young kayakers from Juneau again, on a rainy day in the laundromat in Shearwater. They too had stopped here to clean up and reprovision. Finally, clean sheets, … Continue reading
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Tagged archeology, Central Coast, climate monitoring, Coastal Guardian Watchmen Network. Rivers Inlet, depopulation, First Nations of the Central Coast, green technology, Hakai Beach Institute, Kwakshua Channel, natural history, North Pacific human cultures, Pruth Bay, rural coastal regions, salmon
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Halibut fishing and whales singing in Bolin Bay
28 July 2012 Where Sheep Passage bends north between Pooley Island and the mainland, steep mountains run down to the sea. We were aiming for Bolin Bay for the night, a narrow slit between mainland peaks, named, like many of … Continue reading
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Tagged BC mainland, bears, Bolin Bay, Bonaparte's gulls, Fiordland, fishing, fog, halibut fishing, loon, mountains, sailing, salmon, salmon farms, Sheep Passage, whale songs, whales
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Fast Track Back–Fishery Politics in Northern BC
27 July 2012 Klewnuggit Inlet; Butedale Homeward bound. The low clouds suited our grey mood: we didn’t want to turn back just yet, but the concerns of our land life were calling; we’d been conquered by the calendar. At least … Continue reading
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Tagged Butedale, DFO, fish farms, fishing, fog, Fraser Reach, Grenville Channel, Heikish Narrows, McKay Reach, Northern BC, salmon, Sheep Passage, Skeena River
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In Grenville Channel—and the salmon forest
24-25 July 2012 Grenville Channel: Lowe Inlet Marine Provincial Park and Klewnuggit Inlet Marine Provincial Park Grenville Channel is a straight narrow deep chasm that runs some 45 miles northwest from Wright Sound almost all the way to Prince Rupert, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alaska, BC Marine Park, bear, fishing regulations, Golden Eagle, Grenville Channel, Klewnuggit Inlet, Lowe Inlet, salmon
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Mysterious Music (Khutze Inlet)
21 July 2012 Klemtu to Khutze Inlet A pattering of rain all night, but come morning, there were glimmers of sun. The fog lifted, the wind rose; we could see and count the mountaintops. And then they disappeared: fog and … Continue reading
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Tagged BC Ferries, bears, Heikish Narrows, Khutze Inlet, Klemtu, Northern Adventure, Ocean Harvest, Ohio Rock, salmon, SS Ohio, sunset, whale music
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Echo Bay
When we first began sailing in British Columbia in 2011, we met many people who talked about how damaging and contentious salmon farming was in the province. They talked about how dangerous salmon farms are to the wild salmon fishery—one … Continue reading
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