Posted in Conservation News, Science and Research, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Farming |
Tagged Cohen, DFO, disease, ISA, SFU, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on November 30, 2011
A Seattle Post Intelligencer article begins: “A 2004 draft manuscript, leaked out of Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans, indicates that the deadly infectious salmon anemia virus was identified eight years ago in coho, pink and sockeye salmon taken from …
Posted in Science and Research Filed In: Fisheries Management |
Tagged climate change, fisheries management, overfishing, research, UBC |
Posted by Trish Hall on November 29, 2011
A new report from researchers at the University of British Columbia summarizes the impact of climate change on global fisheries that have already been affected by over-fishing, habitat degradation and pollution. In the Fish Site article Climate Change Impacts on …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Hydropower, Salmon Biodiversity, Water |
Tagged letter, Rivers Without Borders, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on November 15, 2011
Watershed Watch joined with 35 other scientists in a letter to British Columbia Premier Christy Clark today, asking for “her leadership to balance impending industrial development in northwest BC with the outstanding fish, wildlife and ecological values of this largely …
Posted in Conservation News Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged conservation, First Nations, selective fisheries |
Posted by Aaron Hill on November 9, 2011
The days are growing shorter, the leaves are falling to the ground, and the final salmon runs of 2011 are making their way onto the spawning grounds. For reasons both good and bad, 2011 was a remarkable year for salmon …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged DFO, Environment Canada, Fundy Baykeeper, media, salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on November 8, 2011
November 8, 2011 For Immediate Release (also available on CCNB Action website) Recent charges against Cooke aquaculture and three of its executives for the alleged use of illegal pesticides serve to highlight concerns about the ability of regulators to continue …
