Category: Currents

housands of European green crabs are overwhelming areas of Puget Sound and the west coast of Vancouver Island. The small, voracious crab is one of the world’s worst invasive species with a tolerance for...

ifty years ago, engineers used 20 cases of dynamite to clear eight tons of rotting sperm whale from a beach at Florence, Oregon. The blast, made famous by Miami Herald humorist Dave Barry, resulted...

This video takes a fascinating and fun look at the many colourful species of nudibranchs on the coast of British Columbia.

Marine biologist Drew Harvell opens a window on the amazing intertidal life in False Bay on San Juan Island.

he continuing spread of Covid-19 has forced Seattle Boat Show organizers to cancel their in-person 2021 event. Instead, the January show will move online. The shortened digital event will take place Thursday, Jan. 28...

he Coast Guard towed a Canadian couple and their crippled sailboat into Port Hardy on Thanksgiving ending a 119-day voyage from Mexico. Second Star, owned and crewed by Ron and Sherry Pryde, was 700...

he 2021 Vancouver International Boat Show, scheduled for Feb. 3-7, has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “Although we are incredibly disappointed, there is nothing more important to our organization than the health,...

etty pandemics are not going to keep the Anacortes Boat and Yacht Show down. Instead, it is going live and online on June 25-26. What’s more, it’s free! Compare boats, listen to expert speakers...

or those who have braved swimming in British Columbia’s spectacular, glacier-fed fjords, “warm” is probably not a word that springs to mind. But at least four of British Columbia’s fjords are real hotspots for...

he idea of COVID-19 entering the remote First Nation’s community of Bella Bella terrifies Marilyn Slett, chief councillor of the Heiltsuk Tribal Council. Located on British Columbia’s central coast, the water- and air-access only...