Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged Fisheries Act, Habitat, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Trish Hall on April 10, 2012
Watershed Watch Executive Director, Craig Orr, said “he’s never seen such an outcry from the community over protecting salmon,” in comments related to proposed changes to the Fisheries Act in the Vancouver Sun article Metro wants proposed changes reeled in. …
Posted in Conservation News, Policy and Management Filed In: Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged Fisheries Act, government, Habitat |
Posted by Trish Hall on March 27, 2012
Leaked documents sent to veteran fisheries biologist, Otto Langer, on March 13th revealed that proposed changes to the Fisheries Act pose a significant risk to fish habitat. Since then, the outcry has been loud and clear in numerous media articles, …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged Chinook, fisheries management, Fraser River |
Posted by Trish Hall on March 26, 2012
Watershed Watch Ecologist Aaron Hill discusses the decline of Fraser River chinook and the need for fishing restrictions and habitat protection, on CBC Radio’s On The Island with Gregor Craigie. To listen to the full interview, click the following link: …
Posted in Policy and Management, Take Action, Watershed Watch in the Media
Posted by Jace Harrison on March 22, 2012
A blue ribbon grouping of 600 scientists is urging the federal government to leave the Fisheries Act unchanged. They state that alleged proposed changes to the act would “jeopardize many important fish stocks and the lakes, estuaries and rivers that …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch Activities, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Hydropower |
Tagged river diversion, run-of-river, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Jace Harrison on March 15, 2012
Watershed Watch Ecologist, Aaron Hill, comments on hydropower-related fish kills in the letter to the editor of the Vancouver Sun Balancing energy needs and environmental harm. “Poor planning has led to ill-conceived projects being built in fish-bearing waters; shrinking government …
