Coastal Communities/Marine

A photo essay from Spencer B. Beebe as he travels to southeast Alaska to experience the herring roe harvest.
This year, Kh’asheechtlaa, Louise Brady, a Tlingit matriarch, along with residents of Sitka, watched the extraordinary return of the herring, an abundance that once sustained Indigenous people for millennia.
Hundreds gathered at Qualicum Bay, on Vancouver Island, to fight to remove open-net fish farms from the coastal waters of British Columbia.

By: Catherine Villarreal

Enjoy these 7-minute audio portals to science and mystery in Southeast Alaska.

By: Seabank Initiative

How five First Nations on Vancouver Island are joining to redefine fishing industry success. A Tyee Q&A.

By: Ryan Stuart

Meet hardy harvesters in Alaska and BC working to make a regenerative seaweed industry flourish.

By: Tim Lydon

Coastal livelihoods as well as our climate depend on the undersea fronds. Even a small buoy can play protector.

By: Pippa Norman

Grab a paddle. It’s time to work together.

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