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WCEL Submission to the Standing Committee on Natural Resources Regarding Bill C-49
Author: Erin Gray, Staff Lawyer, Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: February 2024
Pages: 7
Topics: Marine protection, ocean conservation, marine renewable energy, offshore oil & gas production
WCEL Submission to Parks Canada Regarding its Development of General Regulations under the Canada National Marine Conservation Areas Act
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: July 2023
Pages: 3
Topics: national marine conservation areas, marine protected areas, minimum protection standards
Protecting the Coast and Ocean: A Guide to Marine Conservation Law in British Columbia
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Linda Nowlan, Georgia Lloyd-Smith, Deborah Carlson & Michael Bissonnette
Publication Date: June 2023
Pages: 300
Topics: Marine Protection, Coastal and Ocean Laws
WCEL Submission on the Policy Intentions Paper for a Coastal Marine Strategy for British Columbia
Author: Michael Bissonnette, Staff Lawyer, Erin Gray, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: April 2023
Pages: 10
Topics:
WCEL Submission to DFO's Ecologically Significant Areas Draft National Framework
Author: Stephanie Hewson – Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: January 2023
Pages: 4
Topics: fish, fish habitat, ecologically sensitive areas
WCEL Submission Regarding Cumulative Effects on Fish and Fish Habitat
Author: Deborah Carlson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: December 2022
Pages: 8
Topics: Fisheries Act, Fish Habitat, Cumulative Effects
Pollution in Paradise: Dumping by Ships in Canada's Marine Protected Areas
Author: Stephanie Hewson, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: August 2022
Pages: 16
Topics: Marine Protected Areas (MPAs), ocean dumping, vessel pollution
nʔaysnúlaʔxʷ (Ashnola) Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area: Legal Backgrounder
Author: Multiple Authors
Publication Date: June 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation
Good for the Land, Good for the People, Good for the Economy: A Call to Action to Recognize, Support and Implement Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas and Indigenous Guardians in British Columbia
Author: Estella White – hińačačišt, Staff Lawyer
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages: 30
Topics: Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (“IPCAs”), Indigenous Guardians, Indigenous Laws, Indigenous-led Conservation
Revitalizing Indigenous law with the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
Author: LFFA-RELAW Team
Publication Date: January 2022
Pages:
Topics: Indigenous laws, fisheries governance, watershed protection