Posted in Watershed Watch Activities
Tagged contest, Watershed Watch, Wild Salmon |
Posted by Trish Hall on October 28, 2011
Wild salmon are truly awesome creatures that play an integral role in ecosystems, culture, and our own personal stories. We regularly hear from our supporters how important they feel salmon are, whether it’s memories of fishing with their Dad, the …
Posted in Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged ISA, salmon, salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on October 25, 2011
Watershed Watch Fisheries Biologist, Stan Proboszcz, discusses concerns over the ISA virus and its link to salmon farming in the Seattle Times letter Canadian practices could lead to spread of salmon virus. Proboszcz states, “Science shows salmon farms amplify dangerous …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged Craig Orr, government, salmon farming, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on October 21, 2011
Watershed Watch Executive Director, Craig Orr, addresses the need for government policies that promote sound science and free speech in his letter to the editor of the Courier-Islander Muzzling and Pursuing the Truth. Muzzling and Pursuing the Truth Re: Muzzling …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged Aaron Hill, resilience, salmon, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on October 20, 2011
The new book Pathways to Resilience: Sustaining Salmon Ecosystems in a Changing World, includes the article Merits and Limits of Ecosystem Protection for Conserving Wild Salmon in a Northern Coastal British Columbia River by Watershed Watch Ecologist Aaron Hill and …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Farming |
Tagged Cohen, Conservation Coalition, media, sockeye, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on October 19, 2011
Watershed Watch joined with other members of the Cohen Inquiry Conservation Coalition to issue the media release Salmon Inquiry shows need for government overhaul – Conservation groups say focus must be salmon, not industry. The release was issued following the …