Preparing for Spring Spearfishing – Some questions to ask from a fish nerd.

As this spring’s warmer temperatures make underwater explorations more friendly, more of us than ever before will be venturing into BC’s coastal seas. Advances in wetsuit technology and [...]

Typically between February and March, BC’s coastline will host my favourite event in the world, and I wish we could make it a week long public holiday. Weeks long maybe. However long it lasts; it [...]

How do marine animals sense the world around them? Are their senses of sight, smell and touch different from land animals? Marine animals have many senses, and some even have senses beyond what [...]

Stormy, unpredictable seas are a magnificent sight along our coast as the winter rolls in, bringing with it huge waves and high winds. While raging seas are not uncommon, a raging sea with a King [...]

As the seasons change from fall into winter, we all feel that bitter cold deep in our bones. Thankfully we have warm blood, clothing, and shelter from wet, cold winter conditions. But what about [...]

Something amazing is happening in the world of farming, and it’s happening somewhere unexpected – beneath the ocean surface. In a time when the health and future of the ocean is always on [...]

Did you know that there is only one species of oyster native to the BC coast? And they typically are not the ones that make it onto the plates of seafood restaurants and food trucks. The small [...]

Sea Anemones (ah-nem-uh-nees) were named after Anemone flowers, a family of lovely, terrestrial flowers found around much of the world. Looking at colourful Sea Anemones swaying in the ocean [...]

The infamous urchin barren, a rocky and bare sea floor, overrun by spiny purple sea urchins as far as the eye can see. In some areas of the Pacific coast in what used to be lush kelp forest, [...]

The elusive Northern Abalone (Haliotis kamtschatkana) is a large marine snail, living throughout the rocks and crevices in the low intertidal zone on Canada’s west coast. The spiraled, [...]