Posted in Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged salmon farming, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 31, 2012
Watershed Watch Fisheries Biologist, Stan Proboszcz, will be participating on the expert panel at Salmon Talks’ Wild Salmon Cafe: An evening of discussion on coastal salmon farms and their impacts to wild Fraser salmon on February 4, 2012 at the …
Posted in Salmon Leaks, Uncategorized Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Water |
Tagged Cohen, Craig Orr, hydropower, IPPs, Salmon Leaks, water |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 27, 2012
Nearing the end of regularly scheduled hearings, the Cohen Commission wrapped up with sessions on Hydro and Cumulative Effects. In addition, a senior DFO management panel was brought back for a final wrap-up. Although these were the last hearings of …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged DFO, Fisheries Roundtable, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 27, 2012
Two recent letters to the editor of The Chief show very different opinions of Federal Fisheries Minister Ashfield’s recent attendance at a public meeting in Squamish. The letter Canary in the coal mine? expresses concern over the health of salmon …
Posted in Conservation News Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 20, 2012
The article Company handed $5,000 fine for wild fish infraction details how “Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) has been fined $5,000 after pleading guilty to a charge of failing to properly return Pacific herring to the wild in October 2009. But …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities Filed In: Fisheries Management |
Tagged Alaska, ecocertification, fisheries management, MSC |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 17, 2012
Alaskan salmon processors today announced their intent to abandon the Marine Stewardship Council eco-certification. The Cordonva Times article Marine Stewardship Council losing ground with wild salmon fisheries provides further information on this breaking news. This comes only days after BC …