Salmon

• 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
  
• 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
  
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• 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
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• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Coalition of First Nations in B.C. backs salmon farm pen closure

  A coalition of 19 First Nations and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has applied jointly to the Federal Court to intervene in a case involving the closure of fish farms.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2023
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• Work underway to restore salmon habitat in North Vancouver’s Lynn Creek

  Heavy equipment was on site Thursday for work to help restore about 150 metres of off-channel habitat critical for salmon spawning.

  Environment

  Aug 10, 2023
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• Indigenous and conservation groups urge Ottawa to back land-based B.C. salmon farms

  Indigenous and conservation groups are calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net farms.

  Environment

  Jun 15, 2023