Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged media, poll, Watershed Watch, Wild Salmon |
Posted by Trish Hall on April 29, 2011
Watershed Watch Salmon Society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust recently released the results from a poll that clearly shows the cultural importance of wild salmon to British Columbians. The results are highlighted in the Courier-Islander article New poll shows British Columbians …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Fisheries Management |
Tagged Cohen, Craig Orr, DFO, fisheries management, media, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on April 28, 2011
Watershed Watch Executive Director, Craig Orr, expresses his disappointment over the number of unpaid illegal fishing fines in the Comox Valley Record article Fishery violators get away without paying fines. The article discusses recent testimony from the Cohen Commission into …
Posted in Policy and Management, Salmon Leaks, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged Cohen, fisheries management, Salmon Leaks, sockeye, Stan Proboszcz, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Stan Proboszcz on April 26, 2011
The inquiry examining the decline of Fraser River sockeye continued and heard testimony from the head of science in the Pacific Region—Dr. Laura Richards. Richards was brought back to the stand on Mar 17 to answer questions related to an …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat, Water |
Tagged fisheries management, Habitat, harvest management, polling, Wild Salmon, Wild Salmon Policy |
Posted by Trish Hall on April 25, 2011
Watershed Watch Salmon Society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust media release “Wild salmon are as culturally important to the people of British Columbia as the French language is to Quebec” to accompany a new public opinion poll on wild salmon in …
Posted in Policy and Management, Salmon Leaks, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged climate change, Cohen, fisheries management, Salmon Leaks, sockeye, Stan Proboszcz, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Stan Proboszcz on April 21, 2011
At the very least, Judge Cohen’s sockeye inquiry has proven so far to be a window into the behind the scenes workings of Fisheries and Oceans Canada. In addition, because of the requirement of witnesses to testify under oath, independent …
