From: Finn, Deirdre Sent: January 27, 2020 5:13:02 PM Cc: Mar, Amy Subject: Update: Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef Conservation Initiative Dear Stakeholder, The purpose of this email is to provide an update on recent activities of the Strait of Georgia and Howe Sound Glass Sponge Reef Conservation Initiative (the Initiative)…
Category: News from DFO
The Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative (BRI)
The Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative (BRI), lead by Ruth Simons, is one step closer to shedding parts of the region’s industrial past in exchange for an environmentally friendly and sustainable approach to economic growth. On October 18, Metro Vancouver’s Climate Action Committee voted unanimously to back the Howe Sound Biosphere Region Initiative. Read more …. https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/canada/howe-sound-unesco-biosphere-initiative-one-step-closer-to-reality/ar-AAJ2fyG…
Ground-truthing Glass Sponge Reefs from the CCGS Vector
On May 27, 2019 an early morning ride on BC Ferries from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale quickly found me on the Sunshine Coast heading for nearby Hopkins Landing. A Coast Guard zodiac with the Chief Research Scientist from DFO Habitat Ecology Program, Dr Anya Dunham, was at the dock waiting for several of us to…
8 More Glass Sponge Reef Refuges Created in Howe Sound
WE DID IT – THE GLASS SPONGE REEFS IN HOWE SOUND ARE PROTECTED!! March 6, 2019: Marine Life Sanctuaries Society and the Underwater Council of British Columbia are incredibly pleased and proud to learn that our hard work, dedication and commitment to protect the delicate glass sponge reefs in Howe Sound has come to fruition…