Salmon Run

• Commission predicts bumper run of B.C. pink salmon

  The run of pink salmon in British Columbia's Fraser River is exceeding expectations this summer.

  Environment

  Aug 17, 2023
  
• Research finds some Pacific salmon migration out of sync with food supply

  Sam Wilson collected data from research projects around North America on 66 wild Pacific salmon populations stretching from Oregon to British Columbia to Alaska.

  Environment

  May 4, 2023
  
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• Woeful Fraser River sockeye run renews fish farm debate

  Test fisheries for the region are abysmal and it's reopened the debate over the impact of fish farms that once populated the waters of discovery passage.

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2022
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• Improved fishway, lower river flow raise salmon migration hopes at B.C. rock slide

  The future concern is ensuring the area allows salmon to continue to pass through every year, including those seasons with high water levels

  Environment

  Jun 23, 2021
• B.C. salmon runs face ‘meaningful chance of extinction’ due to Big Bar landslide: officials

  Scientists are warning some salmon runs in B.C.'s Fraser River could disappear completely as a landslide that came down a year ago continues to block a critical fish migration route.

  Nov 29, 2019
• Salmon numbers in B.C. show shocking drop

  New figures indicate this year's Fraser River sockeye run to be the lowest in more than 120 years.

  Environment

  Aug 22, 2016
• B.C. First Nations worried about salmon run

  For the first time in eight years, British Columbia's Quesnel River salmon stocks are expected to return in large enough numbers that First Nations in the area will be able to fill their food-fish quotas.

  Aug 15, 2014
• Conservationists push for stock selective salmon fishing in B.C.

  The way the majority of our salmon are commercially harvested involves large open-nets, and the goal is to catch the healthy populations and the leave the struggling runs alone. But this method makes that goal nearly impossible, according to several conservation groups.

  Jul 17, 2014