@Duffling

Most days I am a conservation biologist with Raincoast that focuses on salmon ecology. Other days are different.

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Support what you love:  Charitable tax receipts for 2024 extended until end of February. Make a donation to @Raincoast until February 28 and receive a tax receipt for 2024. #conservation #donate raincoast.org/2025/01/suppor…

Support what you love: Charitable tax receipts for 2024 extended until end of February

Make a donation until February 28 and receive a tax receipt for 2024.

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.@Duffling said the 370 conditions the federal government imposed on the port expansion are filled with “soft language,” versus concrete mitigations. #salmon #orcas #RBT2 thenarwhal.ca/bc-roberts-ban…

Court dismisses challenge to Roberts Bank Terminal 2 expansion | The Narwhal

The Metro Vancouver megaport is expected to damage orca habitat. A legal challenge to block it has been quashed

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Comment: Life for Southern Resident killer whales not getting better. @Raincoast op-ed re: #SRKW in the @timescolonist today. #endangered #orcas @Duffling timescolonist.com/opinion/co…

Comment: Life for southern resident killer whales not getting better

Southern resident killer whales face continuing degradation of their habitat by noise, contaminants, and declining quality and quantity of their prey.

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Small-scale marsh creation: Right now, members of @TaraGMartin Conservation Decisions Lab, @Raincoast, and @ducanada, will be installing small-scale #marsh creation experiments at Tilbury Island. #habitat #restoration raincoast.org/2024/10/small-…

Small-scale marsh creation

Daniel Stewart, Conservation Decisions Lab, Ducks Unlimited Canada, and Raincoast are all working in the Fraser River Estuary.

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We would argue that a fish-trading agreement in an era of biodiversity crisis, a #salmon crisis and a climate crisis is not what we need between nations," @Duffling told Undercurrent News. "We need a conservation agreement between nations..." bit.ly/4drDKrE
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.@Duffling says it’s not solely about declining Chinook, but how those stocks are being harvested. “What if we changed the way we fish Chinook #salmon? What if we stop fishing them in the marine environment and only fish them once they reach the rivers?” dailyguardian.ca/new-census-…
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The paper @Duffling co-authored says the whales' survival is contingent on conditions improving in the Salish Sea, not staying the same or getting worse. #orcas #endangeredspecies timescolonist.com/islander/h… via @timescolonist
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We ❤️ this new animation from @Raincoast on the ecosystem benefits of switching (back) from open-ocean, mixed-stock #salmon fisheries to highly selective terminal fisheries
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A better, older way to fish for salmon. The last video in our new animation series, Ripple Effect highlights solutions to the problems in conventional fisheries.
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We’re calling for an emergency protection order to save the remaining 74 Southern Resident Killer Whales. Increased traffic and noise pollution from TMX oil tankers will have detrimental impacts on the health of the Salish Sea.

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For immediate release: B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull its recommendation of sustainability for southeast Alaska salmon fisheries #SalmonFishery #Salmon @SkeenaWild @WatershedWatch_ @Duffling raincoast.org/press/ocean-wi…

B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull its recommendation of sustain...

We are hopeful that this clear-eyed leadership from Ocean Wise will be the first in a series of re-assessments by eco-labels that ends greenwashing and leads to new regulations, responsible managem...

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Backgrounder: Last week, @OceanWise made the decision to remove its recommendation to list salmon from southeast Alaska as sustainable. This removal will be in place until the sustainability of these fisheries is no longer in question. #BCSalmon @duffling raincoast.org/2024/07/summar…

Summary of key facts about southeast Alaska interception fisheries

Last week, Ocean Wise made the decision to remove its recommendation to list salmon from southeast Alaska as sustainable. This removal will be in place until the sustainability of these fisheries is…

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SkeenaWild@SkeenaWild11 Jul 2024
Replying to @OceanWise
@OceanWise has removed salmon harvested in southeast Alaska from its recommended sustainable seafood products list.‼️🚫 SkeenaWild, @WatershedWatch_ and @Raincoast commend Ocean Wise for their groundbreaking decision 👏 #alaskasdirtysecret
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Buying out Abbotsford lands devastated by the November 2021 floods and returning them to a historic lake could cost nearly $1 billion. That's less than half of the costliest plan to buttress existing flood defences, a new report has found. nsnews.com/highlights/cost-t…

Cost to return flooded B.C. community to nature nears $1 billion

Buying out Abbotsford lands devastated by 2021 floods could cost nearly $1 billion — less than half of the costliest plan to buttress existing flood defences.

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Moving PST fisheries in AK & BC away from Chinook rearing grounds/migration routes & into terminal locations near their spawning rivers would lead to an immediate significant (25%) increase of Chinook #salmon in the Critical Habitat of Southern Residents. raincoast.org/2024/04/bright…

Bright extinction: Scientists have coined this term to describe the situation facing Southern...

Worrying signs of an accelerated decline in Southern Resident killer whales.

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Yes, the government announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage...but "the measures have stayed static, while the status of this population is declining" @Duffling @Raincoast cbc.ca/news/canada/british-c…

Speed restrictions, B.C. fishery closures aim to protect southern resident killer whales | CBC News

Transport Canada has announced salmon fishery closures and mandatory speed limits in areas where southern resident killer whales forage and travel in the ongoing effort to protect the endangered...

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Tara Martin@TaraGMartin4 Jun 2024
'Lakeback' Our collaborative research with @SumasFN @LFFAlliance @WCELaw @Jennifer_Grenz and @Raincoast just dropped. We show that allowing Sumas Lake to return is a cost-effective recovery option #Lakeback #FloodRecovery #BCpoli frontiersin.org/articles/10.…

Frontiers | Reclaiming the Xhotsa: climate adaptation and ecosystem restoration via the return of...

Sumas Lake (Xhotsa), located in the Fraser Valley, British Columbia, Canada, was the heart of Semá:th Nation Territory and the epicenter of a complex Indigen...

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We have filed a formal notice of objection with the Marine Stewardship Council in response to the proposed re-certification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as 'sustainable'. @SkeenaWild @WatershedWatch_ raincoast.org/press/conserva…

Canadian conservation groups file formal objection to Alaskan salmon fishery’s “sustainable”...

We have filed a formal notice of objection with the UK-based Marine Stewardship Council in response to the proposed re-certification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable.

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Certifying Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable is greenwashing. #wildsalmon #PacificSalmon #AlaskasDirtySecret #BCsalmon #salmon
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Organizations that include @SkeenaWild, @Raincoast Conservation Foundation and @WatershedWatch_ have filed a formal notice of objection to the recertification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. intrafish.com/legal/ngos-dem…

NGOs demanding the Marine Stewardship Council decertify Alaska salmon fisheries

'Alaska’s indiscriminate harvest is preventing the recovery of vulnerable chinook, chum, sockeye, coho and steelhead that are headed for Canada.'

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IntraFish Media@IntraFish22 Apr 2024
Organizations that include @SkeenaWild, @Raincoast Conservation Foundation and @WatershedWatch_ have filed a formal notice of objection to the recertification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard. intrafish.com/legal/ngos-dem…

NGOs demanding the Marine Stewardship Council decertify Alaska salmon fisheries

'Alaska’s indiscriminate harvest is preventing the recovery of vulnerable chinook, chum, sockeye, coho and steelhead that are headed for Canada.'

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Two B.C. conservation groups have filed a notice of objection to the the world’s premier sustainable #fisheries body calling on it to reject the re-certification of Alaska’s #salmon fisheries as "sustainable"...@Raincoast @SkeenaWild burnabynow.com/highlights/bc… via @BurnabyNOW_News

B.C. groups challenge Alaska's 'sustainable' fisheries status

Alaskan fisheries are selling fish as 'sustainable' while intercepting vulnerable populations of B.C.-bound salmon — actions that amount 'eco-fraud,' claims conservation group.

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