chinook salmon

• Southern resident killer whales missing out on thousands of needed daily calories, study finds

  The average difference between the amount of energy the whales spent and the amount they could access is 28,716 calories, University of British Columbia research suggests.

  Environment

  Jun 27
  
• Work to protect juvenile salmon in Fraser River’s north arm a success: Conservationists

  A 30-metre breach cut into the Fraser River's North Arm Jetty is already helping young fish avoid being pushed out into the Strait of Georgia too early, conservationists say.

  Environment

  Apr 17
  
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• Southern resident killer whales do not lack summer prey: UBC researchers

  Southern resident killer whales may be thinner than their northern resident cousins, but UBC researchers say that's not likely due to a summer prey shortage in the Salish Sea.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2021
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• Water restriction order issued for Salmon River, Bessette Creek areas

  'Current drought conditions are especially challenging for the returning runs of chinook salmon, which are designated as endangered.'

  Environment

  Aug 20, 2021
• Boat, 26 chinook salmon seized amid allegations of overfishing off B.C. coast

  Police say three people from outside B.C. are expected to appear in court in November to face charges under the Fisheries Act.

  Crime

  Sep 13, 2019
• B.C. to use helicopters to transfer salmon past Fraser River rock slide

  The salmon will be ushered into an off-channel holding pond, where they will be netted and put into oxygenated tanks that will be helicoptered upstream.

  Canada

  Jul 21, 2019
• B.C., federal government working to save Fraser River salmon stocks after rock slide

  The province says in a news release that Premier John Horgan briefed Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on the slide that threatens to block millions of returning salmon.

  Canada

  Jul 20, 2019
• ‘It’s not fair’: Sport fishers take to the water to protest Chinook closure

  "Here we are stuck, unable to fish," said Island Outfitters Co-Owner Darren Wright. "It's not fair."

  Jul 15, 2019
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• ‘All options open’: Ministers tour Fraser River rockslide that could impact migrating salmon

  The federal fisheries minister called the slide the Department of Fisheries and Oceans top priority in B.C.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2019
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• DFO says helping salmon migrate upstream past Fraser River slide a key concern

  More experts have joined the effort to determine how best to help salmon migrate to a key spawning site upstream.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2019