Salmon

• Researchers in B.C. to map landslides in Fraser River, help protect salmon

  A landslide in November 2018 created a five-metre waterfall on the river north of Lillooet, and made it nearly impossible for migrating salmon to reach their spawning grounds.

  Environment

  May 12
  
• Sardines, squid could supplant salmon on B.C. menus amid climate change: UBC study

  Researchers looking at Vancouver menus and ocean temperatures going back 140 years found a growing trend in seafood that thrives in warmer waters.

  Environment

  Apr 22
  
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• 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
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• Ottawa urged to pause proposed B.C. port expansion

  A plan to build a new shipping container terminal the size of nearly 144 football fields at a major Metro Vancouver port has sparked a rival proposal along with concerns for endangered orcas and the salmon they depend on.

  Environment

  Mar 13
• Tŝilhqot’in government ‘outraged’ by Alaskan commercial harvest of salmon bound for B.C.

  Many of B.C.'s largest salmon runs pass through Alaskan waters on their way home to spawn in B.C., according to the non-profit organizations that commissioned the report.

  Economy

  Jan 14
• New calls to protect salmon, wildlife as B.C. rebuilds flood defences

  Dikes and pump stations, the core elements of modern flood defences, can come at a massive cost to the welfare of aquatic species.

  Environment

  Dec 10, 2021
• Concerns raised by salmon group over discoveries of farmed fish in East Coast rivers

  A conservation group is raising alarm bells about the repeated discovery of farmed salmon in East Coast rivers.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2021
• More Upper Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon are coming home

  Biologists are encouraged about the number of Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon returning to Fundy National Park to spawn.

  Environment

  Oct 14, 2021
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• ‘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
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• Alaska’s vanishing salmon push Yukon River tribes to brink

  Store-bought food is prohibitively expensive for many: A gallon (3.8 liters) of milk can cost nearly $10, and a pound of steak was recently $34 in Kaltag, an interior village.

  Environment

  Oct 2, 2021