Team

 

Producer and Editor: Karin Bodtker, MRM, Manager, Coastal Ocean Health Initiative, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise Initiative

 

Dalal Al-Abdulrazzak, PhD, Ocean Wise Seafood Specialist, Ocean Wise Seafood Program

• Sustainable seafood options grow

Juan Jose Alava, Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative; & Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia

• Risks and radiation impacts in the B.C. coastal-marine environment following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Fiona Beaty, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Employment in B.C.’s marine fisheries and aquaculture declining
• Fishing benefits coastal communities & contributes to sense of place; are these benefits at risk?
• B.C.’s seafood sector: total production hits a 20-year high, exports rise steeply

Caitlin Birdsall, Marine Mammal Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Humpback whales are returning to the Salish Sea

Karin Bodtker, Coastal Ocean Health Initiative, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Population profile of B.C.’s coastal regions
• Growing stewardship and citizen science programs provide benefits
• Coastal development: patterns of population growth, major projects, and coastal tenures
• Employment in B.C.’s marine fisheries and aquaculture declining
• Fishing benefits coastal communities & contributes to sense of place; are these benefits at risk?
• Lingcod
• B.C.’s seafood sector: total production hits a 20-year high, exports rise steeply
• Income and labour in B.C.’s coastal regions
• Income disparity and wellbeing in B.C.’s coastal regions
• Sea level rise is accelerating; the real question is how fast?
• Ocean warming continues

Laura Borden, Howe Sound Research and Conservation, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Lingcod
• Threatened Rockfish Species May Have a Long Road to Recovery

Dr. David Bradley, Program Manager, Bird Studies Canada

• Coastal waterbirds are in decline

Tanya M. Brown, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University

• Trends in contaminants of concern in seabirds from the Pacific coast of Canada

Kelsey Delisle, Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• PollutionTracker: A new coast-wide initiative in British Columbia

Karen Devitt, BC Program Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada

• Coastal waterbirds are in decline

John E. Elliott, Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University and Applied Animal Science, University of British Columbia, and Environment and Climate Change Canada, Ecotoxicology and Wildlife Health Directorate, Pacific Wildlife Research Centre

• Trends in contaminants of concern in seabirds from the Pacific coast of Canada

Kyle H. Elliott, Department of Natural Resource Sciences, McGill University

• Trends in contaminants of concern in seabirds from the Pacific coast of Canada

Nikolaus Gantner, Adjunct Professor, Environmental Science Program, University of Northern British Columbia

• Risks and radiation impacts in the B.C. coastal-marine environment following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Charlie Gibbs, Pacific Marine Life Surveys, Inc.

• 50 years of recorded SCUBA observations link authors to their marine “home”

Donna Gibbs, Pacific Marine Life Surveys, Inc. & Howe Sound Research and Conservation, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• 50 years of recorded SCUBA observations link authors to their marine “home”

Kathy Heise, Research Associate, Marine Mammal Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Underwater noise interferes with marine animal communication

Stephanie King, Sea This Consulting, Nanaimo, B.C.

• The spring plankton bloom in coastal B.C.

Marie Noel, Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals
• Microplastics in coastal British Columbia

Chad Nordstrom, Marine Mammal Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Humpback whales are returning to the Salish Sea

Raissa Philibert, Coastal Ocean Health Initiative, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Population profile of B.C.’s coastal regions
• Coastal development: patterns of population growth, major projects, and coastal tenures
• Income and labour in B.C.’s coastal regions
• Income disparity and wellbeing in B.C.’s coastal regions
• Ocean warming continues

Carrie Robb, MSc, GIS ADP, Aquatic Science Biologist

• Marine Protected Areas

Peter S. Ross, VP Research and Executive director of CORI, Ocean Wise

• PollutionTracker: A new coast-wide initiative in British Columbia
• Persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals
• Microplastics in coastal British Columbia

Rachel Schoeler, Manager, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Tons of Debris Removed from the West Coast Trail

Jessica Schultz, Howe Sound Research and Conservation, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Sea star wasting — update!

Kim Sander Wright, Senior Marine Planning Specialist, David Suzuki Foundation, & Global Strategy Advisor on Coastal, Marine and Island Environments for the ICCA Consortium

• An evolution in the governance of B.C.’s coastal biodiversity

 

Juan Jose Alava, Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative, & Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries, University of British Columbia

• Persistent organic pollutants in marine mammals

Lance Barrett-Lennard , Director, Marine Mammal Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Humpback whales are returning to the Salish Sea

Leah Bendell , Professor, Biological Science, Faculty of Science, Simon Fraser University

• Microplastics in coastal British Columbia

Nathan J. Bennett , PhD, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, University of British Columbia

• An evolution in the governance of B.C.’s coastal biodiversity

D.F. Bertram , Environment and Climate Change Canada, Wildlife Research Division

• Coastal waterbirds are in decline

Peter Chandler , Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, B.C.

• Ocean warming continues

Angela Danyluk , MSc., RPBio, Sustainability Specialist, City of Vancouver

• Sea level rise is accelerating; the real question is how fast?

Karen Devitt , BC Program Coordinator, Bird Studies Canada

• Growing stewardship and citizen science programs provide benefits

Chloé Dubois , co-founder of The Ocean Legacy Foundation, a partner in The Vancouver Island Marine Debris Working Group

• Tons of Debris Removed from the West Coast Trail

Eric Grossman , PhD, U.S. Geological Survey, Pacific Coastal and Marine Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA

• Sea level rise is accelerating; the real question is how fast?

Dana Haggarty , Research Biologist, Pacific Biological Station, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Lingcod

Kurtis Hayne

• Sustainable seafood options grow

Ian Hewson , Cornell University

• Sea star wasting — update!

Jackie Hildering , Marine Education and Research Society

• Sea star wasting — update!

Andy Lamb , Zoologist and Author

• Sea star wasting — update!

Georgia Lloyd-Smith , Staff Lawyer, West Coast Environmental Law

• An evolution in the governance of B.C.’s coastal biodiversity

Jeff Marliave , Senior Scientist, Howe Sound Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Threatened Rockfish Species May Have a Long Road to Recovery
• Lingcod
• 50 years of recorded SCUBA observations link authors to their marine “home”

Neil McDaniel , Marine Naturalist, McDaniel Photography

• Sea star wasting — update!
• 50 years of recorded SCUBA observations link authors to their marine “home”

Chris McDougall, MSc, Marine Spatial Planner

• Marine Protected Areas

Jim McIsaac, Executive Director, T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation

• Employment in B.C.’s marine fisheries and aquaculture declining
• Fishing benefits coastal communities & contributes to sense of place; are these benefits at risk?
• B.C.’s seafood sector: total production hits a 20-year high, exports rise steeply

Kevin Milligan, Professor of Economics, University of British Columbia

• Income and labour in B.C.’s coastal regions

ZoAnn Morten, Pacific Streamkeepers Federation

• Growing stewardship and citizen science programs provide benefits

Marie Noel, Ocean Pollution Research Program, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Trends in contaminants of concern in seabirds from the Pacific coast of Canada

Angelica Peña, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• The spring plankton bloom in coastal B.C.

Rachel Schoeler, Manager, Great Canadian Shoreline Cleanup, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Growing stewardship and citizen science programs provide benefits

Jessica Schultz, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• 50 years of recorded SCUBA observations link authors to their marine”home”

John N. Smith, PhD, Bedford Institute of Oceanography, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Risks and radiation impacts in the B.C. coastal-marine environment following the Fukushima nuclear accident

Jessica Torode, BCCSN Coordinator, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

• Growing stewardship and citizen science programs provide benefits

Cecilia Wong, Senior Ecosystem Scientist, Environment and Climate Change Canada

• PollutionTracker: A new coast-wide initiative in British Columbia

Harald Yurk, Bioacoustician, Biophysical Scientist, Fisheries and Oceans Canada

• Underwater noise interferes with marine animal communication

 

Graphic Design: Ryan Murray, Ocean Wise

Website Development: Meighan Makarchuk, Ocean Wise

Website Programming:  Smash Lab

Website Content Maintenance: Raissa Philibert, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

Illustrations, charts and icons:  Tracey Saxby, Visual Science

Cartography: Raissa Philibert and Karin Bodtker, Coastal Ocean Research Institute, an Ocean Wise initiative

 

John Anderson, Sam Beebe, Dan Blondal, Karin Bodtker, David Bradley, Brian/beccles131, Jenn Burt, City of Vancouver, A. Dombrowski, Karina Dracott, Kyle Elliott, Moira Galbraith, Geralt, Donna Gibbs, Ha’oom (T’aaq-wiihak Fisheries), Bernie Hanby, Stephen Hargreaves, IAEA Imagebank, Louise Janes, Catherine Jardine, JohnMac2011, Kris Krug, Kate Le Souef, Pierre Markuse, Neil McDaniel, Metlakatla Guardians, Peter Mieras, Mubnii M., Natulive Canada, Tina Neale, Paul Nettles,Lee Newman, Marie Noel,Chad Nordstrom, Kyle Pearce, Province of British Columbia, Diane Reid, Christine Rondeau, Aki Sano, Dale Simonson, Skil Fibber, Sally
Taylor, S. Valderrama, Kim Wright

 

These people contributed advice, information, and/or data:

Jennifer Boldt, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Christina Burridge, ED, BC Seafood Alliance
Jenn Burt, PhD Candidate, Simon Fraser University
Maycira Costa, Remote Sensing and Spectral Lab, University of Victoria
Andrew Day, CEO, BC Parks Foundation
Roy Hourston, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Gavin Manson, Natural Resources Canada
Eric Olson, Statistics Canada
Tracey Saxby, Co-Founder, My Sea to Sky
Chris Sporer, Pacific Halibut Management Association
Maria Surry, Program Head, Groundfish Data Unit, Science Branch, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Scott Wallace, Ph.D., Research Scientist, David Suzuki Foundation