Posted in Policy and Management Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Farming, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged fisheries management, Habitat, salmon, salmon farming, Watershed Watch |
Posted by Anna Kemp on February 1, 2019
The provincial government’s initiative to develop a “made in B.C. wild salmon strategy,” has been a disaster. To be fair, the province has taken action on many things that will help wild salmon, like reforming the fish farm industry and …
Posted in Uncategorized Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged fisheries management, Fraser River, salmon, Wild Salmon |
Posted by Anna Kemp on October 2, 2018
With municipal elections only 20 days away, we need to know where our candidates stand on the environment. In collaboration with the Canadian Freshwater Alliance and Fraser Riverkeeper, we’ve written up some questions to ask candidates who come knocking at …
Posted in Policy and Management Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Habitat |
Tagged Cohen, DFO, fisheries management, river diversion, Watershed Watch, Wild Salmon Policy |
Posted by Anna Kemp on November 10, 2017
The 2005 Wild Salmon Policy is a roadmap for restoring and maintaining healthy and diverse salmon populations and their habitats. Thanks to your letters, calls, and presence at the Wild Salmon Policy Open House in March 2017 we stopped the …
Posted in Policy and Management, Science and Research, Uncategorized Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Farming |
Posted by Anna Kemp on October 31, 2017
A review of the provincial Animal Health Laboratory and its fish health program is long overdue, according to Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Living Oceans Society . While critics claim the investigation is unwarranted, Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Living …
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Posted by Trish Hall on August 15, 2017
By Greg Taylor, Senior Fisheries Advisor As anticipated, 2017 is proving to be a difficult year for BC’s wild salmon. Sockeye, chinook, and steelhead that entered the ocean in 2015 endured an inhospitable marine environment. Two years later, those that …
