After years without any ooligan to render into grease, the Nuxalk Nation have been celebrating. For the first time in recent memory there is a stink box full of ooligan bubbling away beside the Bella Coola river.
Read the full story in the Coast Mountain News.
To learn more about central coast ooligan (also known as eulachon), read our story highlighting the Nuxhalk Nation’s efforts to bring the “saviour fish” back to their territory.
The Kitasoo/Xai’xais, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk and Wuikinuxv Nations have signed a begun a collaborative process to establish a new National Marine Conservation Reserve.
Over the past year, Central Coast Nations increased engagement with both federal and provincial government agencies in efforts to advance more effective marine response capabilities to protect coastal territories.
Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation declare a new Marine Protected Area in Gitdisdzu Lugyeks (Kitasu Bay) a culturally and ecologically rich area.
A year into the process, Central Coast Nations assess whether management efforts are working to improve crab abundance and food fishery access.
The MPA Network will play an essential role in supporting Nations’ traditional marine management practices and cultural harvesting into the future.
With the full research paper published in the journal Ecology and Society, we share insights from CCIRA’s Charlotte Whitney and the Central Coast community members she interviewed about their perceptions and approaches
to climate change.