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Massive ocean sunfish spotted off Vancouver Island
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2023
Vancouver Island
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Decrease in Prawn Abundance of Desolation Sound
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
3 Sep 2021
LEO Network
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Sea cucumber die-off near Vancouver Island
Dolphin Beach, British Columbia, Canada
28 Aug 2021
CBC
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'Once in a millennium': Record-breaking rogue wave measured off Vancouver Island
Ucluelet, British Columbia, Canada
17 Nov 2020
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Fisherman snags barracuda off Vancouver Island in rare encounter
Alberni Inlet, Vancouver Island, Canada
13 Jul 2020
Port Alberni Valley News
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Southern resident whales returning later to Salish Sea in ‘drastic’ change
Strait of Georgia
1 Jul 2020
Times Colonist
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Juvenile grey whale caught on camera in Nanoose Bay
Nanoose Bay, British Columbia, Canada
25 Apr 2020
CTV News
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Velella velella Strandings in Tofino
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
19 Apr 2020
LEO Network
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Gooseneck Barnacles
Tofino, British Columbia, Canada
14 Apr 2020
LEO Network
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Tofino fish farms reporting mass die-offs due to harmful algae
Herbert Inlet, British Columbia, Canada
20 Nov 2019
CTV News
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Hypothermic tropical sea turtle rescued from waters near Port Alberni
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
3 Oct 2019
Times Colonist
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Sea Lice Plagues Return and Threat to Wild Salmon Increases
Clayquot Sound, British Columbia, Canada
11 Jun 2019
The Tyee
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Rare white ‘ghost orca’ spotted near Nanaimo
Northern Strait of Georgia
29 May 2019
Global News
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Hurricane force winds recorded near Tofino
Lennard Island Lighthouse, British Columbia, Canada
22 Dec 2018
CHEK
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Three new humpback whales identified off east Vancouver Island
Strait of Georgia, British Columbia, Canada
30 Oct 2018
CHEK
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Black-tailed Gull
(Larus crassirostris)
in Lund/Powell River
Powell River, British Columbia, Canada
13 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
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Common Ringed Plover
(Charadrius hiaticula)
in Campbell River
Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada
5 Sep 2018
BC Rare Bird Alert
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Shifting species composition of sealions at Hornby Island
Flora Islet, British Columbia, Canada
8 Apr 2018
LEO Network
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Cholera found in herring eggs from Oceanside area
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
23 Mar 2018
NanaimonewsNOW
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Ahousaht Harbor: Swimming Hole Monitoring
Ahousaht, British Columbia, Canada
6 Dec 2017
LEO Network
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Chordgrass (
Spartina
sp.) eradication at Goose Spit
Goose Spit Regional Park, Comox, British Columbia, Canada
5 Dec 2017
LEO Network
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What's That We're Hearing? Sea Otters in the Salish Sea?
Cortez Island, British Columbia, Canada
15 Nov 2017
BC Seakayak
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Atlantic salmon arrive in French Creek -- Not in a good way!
French Creek, British Columbia, Canada
10 Sep 2017
Fisherynation.com
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B.C.'s coastal sea star population in increasingly hot water
British Columbia, Canada
24 Aug 2017
CBC News
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Thousands of Dead Red Rock Crabs (
Cancer productus
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Denman Island, British Columbia, Canada
30 Dec 2016
LEO Network
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Increasing Sea Surface Temperature at Entrance Island
Entrance Island, British Columbia, Canada
19 Sep 2016
LEO Network
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Toxic algae blamed for die-off at 2 salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
13 Jun 2016
CBC News
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Abundant Japanese Wireweed (
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Bamfield, British Columbia, Canada
3 Aug 2015
LEO Network
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Thousands of small seabirds wash up on West Coast in die-off mystery
Long Beach, Pacific Rim National Park
7 Jan 2015
CBC News
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Ocean acidity wipes out 10 million scallops near Qualicum Beach
Island Scallops Ltd., Vancouver Island, Canada
26 Feb 2014
Times Colonist
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Latest IHN outbreak forces cull at Millar Channel fish farm
Millar Channel, British Columbia, Canada
10 Aug 2012
Ha-Shilth-Sa Newspaper
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Too Many Sea Otters?
Chesterman Beach, British Columbia, Canada
1 Sep 2004
The Tyee
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