Marine Conservation – CCNB

Bay of Fundy Cruise with Conservation Experts

Corey Robichaud — Mon, 19 Aug 2024 17:51:30 +0000

Join us for a three-hour cruise through the Western Isles and Passages of the outer Bay of Fundy on Sept 22nd, hosted by the Conservation Council of New Brunswick and the Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society – New Brunswick Chapter. The area is home to an incredible variety of marine life, including whales, sharks, seals, groundfish, birds, and an array of fascinating bottom-dwelling creatures.

Source

Federal Budget 2024: Generational fairness means protecting the environment

Corey Robichaud — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 12:02:00 +0000

Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — Beverly (Bev) Gingras, Executive Director of the Conservation Council, today issued the following statement:“True fairness for every generation means we need a healthy environment.The Conservation Council of New Brunswick is pleased to see the federal government taking measures to address the affordability crisis in the 2024 budget but is…

Source

Send a Letter to Reverse Nature Loss by 2050!

Corey Robichaud — Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:06:45 +0000

We made history at COP15 in 2022. Together, we inspired a historic plan to stop nature loss once and for all: the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF). As part of this promise, Canada committed to create a National Biodiversity Strategy to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030 and fully recover nature by 2050. The federal government has started working with provinces, ENGOs…

Source

A Baykeeper’s view of Oceans Day

Matthew Abbott — Thu, 08 Jun 2023 13:04:52 +0000

While the ocean, and its health, impacts those who live and work on the coast, it also matters a great deal to all of us, regardless of where we live.For as long as humans have existed, the oceans, especially the millions of small plants that float in their waters, have produced a significant portion of the oxygen we breathe.They’re also critical to humans for food, transportation…

Source

Alewife are running up the Milltown Dam fishway for the last time!

Vincent Scully — Thu, 25 May 2023 19:05:01 +0000

In the past week (May 10-16), more than 83,736 alewife (also known as gaspereu) moved up the Milltown fishway located at the head-of-tide on the Skutik (St. Croix River) between New Brunswick and Maine. The Skutik and its watershed are at the heart of Peskotomuhkati Territory. Seeing the spawning run off to such a strong start is a real cause for celebration, as much of the river was closed to…

Source

Celebrating the Alewife’s journey: The Schoodic River Alewife Run

Corey Robichaud — Thu, 11 May 2023 16:29:07 +0000

On May 27, an extraordinary event will take place in Maine, hosted by the Schoodic Riverkeepers: the Schoodic River Alewife Run. This family-friendly relay run is open to all ages and starts from the Sipayik Passamaquoddy Community and ends in Forest City, tracing the very path that alewife take upriver. The Schoodic River, also known as the St. Croix River, has been the stage for this event…

Source

‘High Seas Treaty’ advances protection for largest habitat on Earth

Jon MacNeill — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 18:27:57 +0000

The word ‘historic’ is often used for events that don’t necessarily live up to the gravity of the word, but this isn’t one of those moments.This weekend, 20 years of work from scientists, environmentalists, and champion countries culminated in a United Nations agreement on a treaty to protect the high seas.“There’s no exaggerating it—this is a truly historic moment that will bring ocean protection…

Source

Billionaire Irvings get help from feds to make good on promised pollution fix

Jon MacNeill — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 17:55:39 +0000

Oh, the saga continues.Our Fundy Baykeeper is questioning why the billionaire James Irving’s pulp and paper company needs a $100 million loan from the federal government to build a waste treatment facility it promised as part of its punishment for illegally polluting the St. John River for years. “We know they’re wealthy, we know their companies make a profit,” Matt Abbott…

Source

Baykeeper submits recommendations on tool to protect ocean habitat, wildlife

Jon MacNeill — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 16:12:14 +0000

The Conservation Council of New Brunswick recently submitted recommendations to help ensure the federal government’s proposed ecologically significant areas (ESA) framework becomes an effective tool for protecting the sensitive marine habitats that fisheries, wildlife and coastal communities depend upon. Announced in 2018, the ESA framework is a conservation initiative to identify and protect…

Source

LNG export, shale gas, not worth risk posed to water, air and climate

Jon MacNeill — Wed, 08 Feb 2023 17:44:13 +0000

Traditional territory of the Wabanaki Peoples/Fredericton — The Canada Energy Regulator recently approved a request from Saint John LNG to extend its natural gas export licenses, leaving the door open for the construction of an liquefied natural gas export facility at the site of its underused import facility.While unsurprised by the decision, the Conservation Council of New Brunswick is…

Source