{"id":14043,"date":"2024-06-13T16:35:27","date_gmt":"2024-06-13T16:35:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/?p=14043"},"modified":"2024-06-11T16:47:52","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T16:47:52","slug":"we-need-you-to-raise-your-voice-for-canadas-marine-and-freshwater-species","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/en\/we-need-you-to-raise-your-voice-for-canadas-marine-and-freshwater-species\/","title":{"rendered":"We Need You to Raise Your Voice for Canada\u2019s Marine and Freshwater Species"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>As Rivers to Oceans Week comes to a close tomorrow, we hope you\u2019ve learned how water unites us all.<\/h2>\n<p>No matter where you live in Canada and what body of water you are close to. It\u2019s clear that we are irrevocably linked to water and we must safeguard them.<\/p>\n<p>Today we are asking for you to <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198#voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">speak up for those that cannot speak for themselves<\/a>. Speak up for our fresh and marine waters in Canada. Your chance is now.<\/p>\n<p>This spring the Parliamentary Committee on Fisheries and Oceans will be meeting to review the effectiveness of the <em>Fisheries Act<\/em>. We at the Canadian Wildlife Federation believe that the <em>Fisheries Act<\/em> needs to be more effective on how it protects water and wildlife, particularly in these critical areas:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The impact of <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/fishing-gear.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commercial fishing gear<\/a> on marine mammals<\/li>\n<li>The toll <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/runoff.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">urban runoff<\/a> takes on our waterways<\/li>\n<li>The loss of habitat and population declines caused by barriers to the migration of fish<\/li>\n<li>The imminent threat posed by <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/pesticides.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pesticides<\/a> to our aquatic environments<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/habitat-destruction.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">destruction of freshwater habitats<\/a> for growth in infrastructure and industry<\/li>\n<li>The dangerous spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/disease.html?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">diseases<\/a> to wild fish populations through open-pen finfish aquaculture<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Our government must take immediate and decisive action to conserve Canada\u2019s rivers, lakes and oceans, as well as the diverse wildlife that depend on them.<\/p>\n<p>Canada\u2019s wildlife can\u2019t speak for themselves, so it\u2019s up to us to speak up for them. We urge you to join us in demanding urgent action from the Parliamentary Committee on Fisheries and Oceans. We will collect your name along with thousands of other caring people just like you to show the Parliamentary Committee that the protection of our waterways and wildlife cannot wait.<\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/cwf-fcf.org\/en\/explore\/rivers-to-oceans-week\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=row&amp;utm_content=24198#voice\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Add your voice today &gt;<\/a><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"post-excerpt\">As Rivers to Oceans Week comes to a close tomorrow, we hope you\u2019ve learned how water unites us all. No matter where you live in Canada and what body of&hellip;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":60,"featured_media":7405,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[636,637],"tags":[685],"class_list":["post-14043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coasts-oceans","category-lakes-rivers","tag-rivers-to-oceans-week"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/60"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14043"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14047,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14043\/revisions\/14047"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7405"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14043"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14043"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.cwf-fcf.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14043"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}