Our focus is to elevate the dialogue surrounding wild salmon and to improve our chances of saving them.
A new study, sponsored in part by Watershed Watch and The SOS Marine Conservation Society, found that declines in Fraser sockeye abundance are linked to interactions among: pink salmon abundance, exposure to farmed salmon, and ocean temperatures.
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After joining more than 50 other BC groups in a call to keep the Kokish river wild, Watershed Watch expressed concern over the planned hydro project highlighting risks to salmon and steelhead.
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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.
Read MoreIn the Vancouver Sun article EcoLogo plans to get tougher on run-of-river projects, Watershed Watch Salmon Society ecologist, Aaron Hill, provides comment on EcoLogo certifications of run-of-river hydropower projects. The article outlines how EcoLogo, “an organization criticized for being too …
May 17, 2012Mainstream Canada issued a media release that announced, “During routine fish health tests May 14, Mainstream Canada’s Dixon Bay farm tested positive for the IHN (Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis) virus.” It continued, “The farm site has been isolated and is currently …
May 16, 2012
