Canada needs ocean conservation leadership to stem loss of marine life

Progress in ocean protection is indeed happening, but are we doing enough fast enough? Damage to ocean habitats and the resulting impacts on fish populations is a serious concern.

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Jonathan Wilkinson arrives for a cabinet meeting in Ottawa in February. In the upcoming federal election, Canadians will be looking for leaders willing to step forward as oceans champions, writes Bill Wareham.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY BILL WAREHAM

June 5, 2019

VANCOUVER—Healthy oceans are an invaluable source of life and wonder. Many people look over the ocean and only see a great expanse of water and waves. They don’t see the highly productive web of life below the surface—the enormous whales, millions of salmon, colourful anemones spreadi...

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