Fish Kill

• First Nations suspect agriculture in Fraser Valley fish kill

  The Cheam and Sqwá First Nations say they discovered the fish kill in the Hope Slough on Monday while members were conducting routine water sampling.

  Environment

  Sep 25, 2024
  
• Over 1,000 fish killed after firefighting foam spills into Abbotsford creek

  Clean-up efforts are underway at Stoney Creek in Abbotsford's Bateman Park, where toxic chemicals killed an estimated 1,000 fish.

  Environment

  Jul 9, 2024
  
• Advertisement
• ‘Devastating’ blue substance kills thousands of fish at B.C. hatchery

  "I got the fateful phone call from one of the guys who came in to clean the tanks," Terry Sawchenko, manager of the Hyde Creek Hatchery told Global News.

  Environment

  May 1, 2024
• Advertisement
• Chemical found in tires suspected in West Vancouver death of salmon

  The West Vancouver Streamkeepers says student volunteers monitoring Brothers Creek recently discovered at least 30 dead coho salmon, shortly after heavy rainfalls.

  Environment

  Nov 9, 2023
• Source of solvent that killed potentially hundreds of fish in Coquitlam creek unclear: city

  People who live near Booth Creek at Myrnam Street first noticed the dead fish and a strong odour Saturday evening.

  Environment

  Jun 13, 2022
• ‘This is ridiculous’: BC Hydro questioned after mass stranding of salmon on Cheakamus River

  "The amount of dead and dying fish was something I'd never seen before in the adult phase of life of these pink salmon."

  Environment

  Oct 3, 2021
• Mysterious mass fish die-off observed in Missisquoi Bay

  It's still unknown what's causing the mass mortality event or how long it's been going on beneath the water's surface.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2020
• Environmentalists, fish farm spar over mass fish die-off at Vancouver Island facility

  The operations are based in an area that is part of the UNESCO Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, in the territory of the Ahousaht First Nation.

  Environment

  Nov 25, 2019
• Advertisement
• DFO officials questioned as NS fish kill cause remains unknown

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada officials say there are still no answers as to what caused a massive fish kill in Nova Scotia in late 2016.

  Canada

  Jan 19, 2017
• Advertisement
• Officials remain adrift on reasons for dramatic Nova Scotia fish kill

  Fisheries officials say they found just 10 to 15 fish Wednesday in an area where thousands washed up at the peak of the die-off, between the Sissiboo River and Plympton.

  Canada

  Jan 5, 2017