Chinook Salmon

• Federal approval of B.C. marine terminal faces dual legal challenges in Canada, U.S.

  Ottawa gave the green light to the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 Project last month, provided it meets hundreds of legally-binding conditions that minimize its risk to local ecosystems.

  Environment

  May 24
  
• Environment commissioner warns Canada failing to protect commercially valuable fish

  The audit looked at nine fish, five of which have significant commercial value. In all five cases, Fisheries and Oceans Canada didn’t list those five as being species at risk.

  Canada

  Oct 4, 2022
  
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• Salmon getting through Big Bar slide area prompts excitement in Indigenous communities

  Some 280,000 salmon have already been counted above the Big Bar slide site north of Lillooet -- a contrast from three years ago when barely 100 salmon were counted.

  Environment

  Aug 12, 2022
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• 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, 2022
• 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, 2022
• 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
• 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
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• 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
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• 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