Many marine conservation issues are relevant to the Islands. These links are limited to some that may be of particular interest to Islanders.

• Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area
• Marine Protected Areas
• Haida Gwaii Abalone Stewards
• Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Sponge Reefs
• Offshore Oil and Gas in BC
• Rockfish Conservation
• Salmon Farming
• Shellfish Farming
• Species-at-risk

Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada report
• WWF-Canada report
• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society

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Marine Protected Areas

• Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society Campaign
• Gwaii Haanas Marine Area
• Gwaii Haanas Park Reserve Structure
• Parks Canada Gwaii Haanas Proposed National Marine Conservation Area Reserve
• World Database on Protected Areas (WDPA)

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Haida Gwaii Abalone Stewards

• Haida Gwaii/QCI Marine Matters

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Hecate Strait/Queen Charlotte Sound Sponge Reefs

• The Sponge Reef Project – Geological Survey of Canada
• Vancouver Aquarium article
• WWF-Canada article

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Offshore Oil and Gas in BC

• Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Oil Free Coast Alliance
• Simon Fraser University

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Rockfish Conservation

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada

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Salmon Farming

• BC Salmon Farmers Association
• Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform
• David Suzuki Foundation
• Living Oceans Society
• Net Loss: The Storm Over Salmon Farming (film)
• Raincoast Conservation Society
• World Wildlife Fund

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Shellfish Farming

• BC Shellfish Growers Association
• David Suzuki Foundation

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Species-at-risk

• Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada
• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Flora and Fauna (CITES)
• Environment Canada
• Fisheries and Oceans
• TRAFFIC – Wildlife Trade Monitoring Network

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