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The Independent @independentnl.bsky.social · 9d

Ahead of the provincial election, all parties agree Newfoundland & Labrador needs a stronger voice with Ottawa, but they diverge on priority areas #nlpoli
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Where N.L. parties stand on fisheries and ocean priorities – The Independent

Ahead of the provincial election, all parties agree the province needs a stronger voice with Ottawa, but they diverge on priority areas

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 13d

Atlantic Canada has been seeing a lot of white sharks. To learn why, scientists must play a dangerous game with the apex predators

By Lindsay Jones & 📸: Darren Calabrese

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 14d

Atlantic Canada is seeing more white sharks. To learn why, scientists play a dangerous game of tag

Researchers are fishing for apex predators in the waters off Nova Scotia, hoping to track their movements and help humans live alongside them safely

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 15d

High five friend !

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 16d

Cut the cord — now on YouTube: www.youtube.com/shorts/g4ygB...

@theglobeandmail.com #narw #ropeless
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Cut the cord, save the whales #shorts #whales #video

YouTube video by The Globe and Mail

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 16d

Humpback whales are a conservation success story.

But as their numbers thrive, their search for food is increasingly pushing them into dangerous shipping lanes, creating a new risk.

Story by Ocean Reporting Network Fellow @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social for @theguardian.com. bit.ly/42LFppj

Dodging New York Traffic: How Hundreds of Whales Are on a Collision Course With Ships and Boats

Humpbacks are thriving in the warm waters off the coast of Manhattan but maritime restrictions have not kept pace It is the beginning of August and a crowd is gathered on the deck of the American...

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 17d

The #codcollapse shuttered hundreds of fishing communities across Newfoundland and Labrador. But not Francois. Not Grey River. In communities without roads, accessible by ferry, residents rely on one another.

A true ferry tale.

📸: Ethan Murphy for @theglobeandmail.com #underexposed

The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 17d

The last of Newfoundland’s roadless villages offer lessons in survival

Tucked in frigid fjords and accessible only by ferry, life in Grey River and Francois is all hands on deck

www.theglobeandmail.com

Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 19d

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · 20d

Rope-heavy fishing traps are a deadly hazard for whales and other endangered animals.

But why haven't safer options caught on?

Story by ORN Fellow @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social, Lauren Owens Lambert, and Nick Hawkins for @theglobeandmail.com.

👉 bit.ly/4pBqisv

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 20d

And with thanks to @pulitzercenter.org Ocean Reporting Network ! While investigating right whales for our Entangled series for @theglobeandmail.com, we realized Humpback strandings were on the rise due to vessel strikes

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Bruno @bruno-monclus.bsky.social · 20d

Étonnant article de The Guardian, concernant la prolifération des baleines au large de New York, du fait du réchauffement climatique. La présence d'autant de cétacés dans une zone de navigation intense, dans le contexte politique des USA hostile à l'écologie, est un dilemme :

Dodging New York traffic: hundreds of humpback whaless on a collision course with ships

Humpbacks are thriving in the warm waters off the coast of Manhattan but maritime restrictions have not kept pace

www.theguardian.com

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 20d

“What was once a marine highway connecting southern breeding grounds to northern feeding areas has, since 2010, become a regular foraging destination, putting #humpbacks on a collision course with maritime traffic.”

Today in @theguardian.com Seascapes w/ 📸: Chris St Lawrence & Lauren Owens Lambert

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · 23d

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/19/c...

Hard-Fought Treaty to Protect Ocean Life Clears a Final Hurdle

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · 26d

Adoption of whale-safe fishing gear lags behind in race to save endangered animals

Rope-heavy fishing traps are a deadly hazard for North Atlantic right whales. There are safer options. Why haven’t they caught on more widely?

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Moira Donovan @moiradonovan.bsky.social · Sep 12

In the Miramichi, Atlantic salmon populations are dropping precipitously. Salmon conservation groups say the culprit is clear: striped bass. But as I explored in this story for @theguardian.com, the picture is murky, especially in a changing climate www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘It’s an all-you-can-eat buffet’: striped bass in a Canadian river are gobbling up all the salmon. Is a mass cull the answer?

Whether to kill one species to save another has split biologists, anglers and Indigenous communities in the Miramichi

www.theguardian.com

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Earth Journalism Network @earthjournalism.bsky.social · Aug 22

📣 Next month: Experts from @pulitzercenter.org and @oceana.bsky.social will discuss IUU seafood in EU supply chains, transparency and regulatory gaps, and how journalists can report on these issues: https://loom.ly/Eg_eNzM

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Pulitzer Center @pulitzercenter.org · Aug 22

Our Ocean Reporting Network 'Ask Me Anything' session is one week away!

Would you like to join a year-long fellowship that includes financial support for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, & training opportunities?

Learn more about our the ORN. bit.ly/3UX5yNT

Ask Me Anything: Ocean Reporting Network Fellowships

Image Are you interested in reporting on ocean issues? Would you like to receive a year-long fellowship that includes financial support for your reporting project, a community of peers, mentorship, an...

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Canadian Association of Journalists (CAJ) @cajournalists.bsky.social · Aug 15

CAJ condemns targeted killing of journalists in Gaza.

Read full statement on CAJ website:
https://caj.ca/caj-condemns-targeted-killing-of-journalists-in-gaza

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · Aug 15

The What Works Climate Solutions Network is hosting two webinars in September for current and interested members. All the details below to learn more and register.

#climatesolutions

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · Aug 15

The @pulitzercenter.org Ocean Reporting Network is open for applications for 2026.

This was the greatest opportunity of my career!

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Another awesome opportunity alert: applications are now open for the 2026 Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) cohort! | Federico Acosta Rainis

Another awesome opportunity alert: applications are now open for the 2026 Pulitzer Center's Ocean Reporting Network (ORN) cohort! If you are an investigative journalist interested in working on a lon...

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Context Newsroom @contextnewsroom.bsky.social · Aug 14

Almost 2m seafarers power the industry behind 80% of global trade, but many of them face exploitation, trafficking and abandonment.

🔎 In an investigative series for Context, Katie McQue investigates the complex web of the global shipping industry.

🔗 www.context.news/money-power-...

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · Aug 6

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The Globe and Mail @theglobeandmail.com · Aug 5

Globe Climate: The North Atlantic right whale’s collision course

Ship strikes jeopardize the survival for the critically endangered North Atlantic right whales

www.theglobeandmail.com

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · Aug 5

He’s fit, smart, tenacious and experienced — praying he’s found soon.

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Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.) @eiui.bsky.social · Jul 30

North Atlantic Right Whales are an “imperilled species.” @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social‬ reports on efforts to protect the whales, especially from from death & serious injuries from vessel strikes in high traffic shipping areas in Canada & the United States. www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/scien...

Title, journalist’s name, and photograph of a North Atlantic Right Whale from a news article published in The Globe and Mail about efforts to protect the whales from ship strikes

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Jenn Thornhill Verma @jennthornhillverma.bsky.social · Jul 29

Thanks Ainslie!

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