Wild sockeye salmon from B.C.'s Rivers Inlet have tested positive for a potentially devastating virus that has never been found before in the North Pacific.


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On June 11, 2010, the Gwaii Haanas Marine Area was officially designated a National Marine Conservation Area Reserve and Heritage Site under Canadian legislation, thus making the area a world leader in integrated land-sea conservation management. This is a tremendous milestone in the efforts to protect one of the most bio-diverse marine
environments on Earth. Through the establishment of the National Marine Conservation Area Reserve, Gwaii Haanas has become the first place in the world that is protected from the top of the mountains, to the bottom of the sea!

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For the past five seasons, Barrett-Lennard and his Alaskan colleague, researcher Craig Matkin of the North Gulf Oceanic Society in Homer, have been studying a unique and previously unknown population of mammal-eating killer whales in the northwest Gulf of Alaska.

Their work is now shedding light on the orcas of the north Pacific, revealing unexpected twists in their natural history and showing how their behaviour affects a wide range of other species.

Among the novel aspects to these killer whales are their songs, the mysterious circular scars on their bodies and their uncanny ability to hunt young grey whales.


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Nearly half of the land base of Haida Gwaii will rest within protected areas as a result of a strategic land-use agreement announced December 12, 2007 by Premier Gordon Campbell and Guujaaw, President of the Council of the Haida Nation. This agreement allows for sustainable economic development opportunities for the benefit of all British Columbians.


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When the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art opens in Vancouver, it will feature a 6.7-metre-high "tribute pole" carved by Hart.



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The winds off the coast of Haida Gwaii are some of the strongest and most consistent in Canada and can provide inexhaustible, clean and reliable energy.

Note: The adjacent image is an example of an ocean based windfarm. The NaiKun Wind Energy project is now only in it's consultation and environmental assessment phase.

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This story is clipped from the David Suzki Foundation website. Bottom trawling in Hecate Strait has had a big impact on base of the food chain fish populations such as the Pacific Sandlance (Needlefish). Needlefish are a dietary staple of salmon and many other species.

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Gwaii Haanas National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
Where the Archipelago Management Board is at with it.....

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The Haida Heritage Centre at Qay'llnagaay is a magnificent 53,000 square foot cedar multi-complex consisting of five contemporary monumental timber longhouses, and five replica longhouses. Three classrooms and the Haida Gwaii Museum expansion building are housed in the replica longhouses.

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