Salmon

• Excessive road salt could be hurting juvenile salmon in Lower Mainland

  Researchers used a network of about 40 water quality monitors to spot spikes in salt contamination, then simulated those conditions on salmon eggs and juvenile fish in a lab.

  Science

  Jan 2, 2025
  
• Recipe: Gitanyow salmon with kelp-infused butter, pickled cucumbers, mustard seed sauce

  Make this recipe at home and discover a tasty way to cook wild B.C. salmon, and the importance of buying local. This dish is sure to impress!

  Lifestyle

  Sep 2, 2024
  
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• Low water levels affecting salmon migration in B.C. rivers, streams: DFO

  On the Adams River, researchers are assessing how the 2023 Bush Creek East Wildfire affected the river and its vegetation.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2024
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• ‘Our main staple’: First Nation concerned about sockeye after B.C. landslide

  Chilko Lake sockeye are expected to be the biggest run of fish on the Fraser River this summer, but their spawning grounds are above the area of a landslide near Williams Lake.

  Canada

  Aug 7, 2024
• Once nearly dead, creek through BCIT marks another milestone in salmon restoration

  Work was recently completed on a "fishway" on Guichon Creek at BCIT's Burnaby Campus, that will allow salmon to reach an upper section of the waterway under their own power.

  Environment

  Jan 6, 2024
• UBC team probing tire chemical linked to salmon death wins $1.8M in funding

  A chemical found in virtually all car tires has been linked to salmon die offs. A B.C. team studying the effects has been granted $1.8M in funding aimed at saving fish.

  Environment

  Dec 15, 2023
• Advocates, salmon farm industry at odds over B.C. herring deaths

  Documents distributed by the Watershed Watch Salmon Society show more than 800,000 herring have been killed in association with Cermaq Canada activities alone.

  Environment

  Dec 5, 2023
• 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
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• Volunteers harvest thousands of eggs as salmon return to South Surrey river

  On Wednesday, volunteers were conducting their annual egg take, collecting Chinook salmon eggs from the Little Campbell River for their breed stock.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2023
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• Advocates press DFO to move faster on plan to phase out B.C. fish farms

  A coalition of Frist Nations, environmental groups, scientists and tourism operators want the government to move more quickly on its pledge to phase out B.C. open-net salmon farms.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2023