Our focus is to elevate the dialogue surrounding wild salmon and to improve our chances of saving them.
Video of Craig Orr’s comments on key discussions from the Cohen Inquiry hearings on the infectious salmon anemia virus.
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A study on the impacts of lice on wild salmon confirms what many previous and unbiased studies have also shown, namely, that lice on farmed salmon can multiply and spread to wild salmon and decrease their survival.
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For an overview of key confidential documents released and sworn testimony from the Cohen Inquiry into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye see our Salmon Leaks series, as well as the Cohen Aquaculture Daily.
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Scientists are calling on the Fisheries Minister to address outrageous discards of north coast chum salmon after 1.37 million pounds of chum salmon have been discarded during this year’s fisheries targeting north coast pink salmon.
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Craig Orr joins others to discuss value of wild salmon, implementing the WSP, and current management challenges in new video series by Sobeys’ on wild BC salmon.
Read MoreIn the letter A different investment (Courier-Islander), Watershed Watch Executive Director, Craig Orr, and Fisheries Biologist, Stan Proboszcz, tell the salmon farming industry that “It’s time to invest in a little less denial and obfuscation, and more into protecting wild …
February 3, 2012The expert-panel report for the Royal Society of Canada Sustaining Canada’s Marine Biodiversity: Responding to the Challenges Posed by Climate Change, Fisheries, and Aquaculture was released today and contained the following main messages: Canada sees itself as a world leader …
February 2, 2012
