Watershed Watch's Greg Taylor says the number of sockeye salmon that made it to the Fraser River last fall was lower than originally predicted, and DFO allowed the area to be overfished.
Only a handful of un-diked islands remain in the area know as the Heart of the Fraser, but now three of them have been bought and logged by developers, while conservationists mount a last-minute attempt to buy them.
Last week a federal court ruled that government’s non-testing policy for piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) — contravened the Fishery General Regulations, made a mockery of the precautionary principal, did not honour First Nations rights, and failed to consider the health of wild Pacific salmon.
With scientists deadlocked about the potential risks of aquaculture, B.C.’s salmon farming industry should be shifted out of sensitive wild salmon migration pathways, federal fisheries minister Jonathan Wilkinson says.
Australia has reached its international conservation commitments through Indigenous Protected Areas, creating 3,000 jobs in the process. Will Canada follow suit?
The Lower Mainland’s food security, transportation links and power supplies are at risk if an estimated 42 percent of the Fraser Valley floods as a result of climate-change-induced spring runoffs, .
An international team of scientists left Vancouver on the weekend for a research expedition to the Gulf of Alaska where they will conduct the first comprehensive study of Pacific salmon in the region.
As fragile humans, we try to cope with habitats of many styles as we struggle to survive or at least be somewhat comfortable during these winter months.
The global seafood supply chain is incredibly large and complex, leaving many confused about what types of seafood are truly "sustainable." What can you do to be a conscientious consumer of fish?
Even as we explore new forms of conservation governance, we must continue to hold governments accountable, in court and at the ballot booth, for losses and suffering caused in our name.
Blaming one animal for another’s decline is just the way to take pressure off the humans who are the only animal that is responsible for another species’ destruction.
A new IMAX film displays the splendour of B.C.'s Great Bear Rainforest, the risks it faces and the vital relationship First Nations groups in the area have with the ecosystem—and the mystical spirit bear.
Vancouver Island University researchers are taking a deeper look at snow packs in unique alpine forested watersheds on northern Vancouver Island in BC.
Richmond-based Pacific Balance Pinniped Society is convinced that a pinniped explosion is a contributing factor to declining populations of wild salmon and other finfish along the B.C. coast.
Should we be siting fish farms on wild salmon migration pathways? Given the debate around pathogens, probably not,’ says federal Fisheries Minister Jonathan Wilkinson.
A former Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientist is accusing his former employer of skewing research to allow for the continued operation of Nova Scotia Power’s Annapolis Tidal Turbine.
The decision to close commercial fishing for Quinault River blueback (sockeye) salmon for conservation purposes this year is part of the ongoing effort by the Quinault Indian Nation to deal with the very tangible costs of climate change.
Lawmakers, whale watchers and environmentalists reached a rare consensus at a hearing on a proposed speed limit for boats operating near Puget Sound’s endangered southern resident orcas this week.
A diverse group of outdoor enthusiasts, ranging from hunters to environmentalists, sent a message Tuesday to lawmakers in Olympia: fully fund the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife.
The federal government has outlined an ambitious, potentially costly new plan to restore Atlantic salmon in the United States, where rivers teemed with the fish before dams.
An early forecast from a group of state, tribal and federal fisheries managers indicates the upcoming spring chinook season could be as, or even more, disappointing than recent steelhead runs.
The plan would take decades to fully implement, and it focuses on strategies such as removals of dams, installations of fish passages and increasing the number of salmon that survive in the ocean.
Lawmakers, whale watchers and environmentalists reached a rare consensus at a hearing on a proposed speed limit for boats operating near Puget Sound’s endangered southern resident orcas last week.
Though the Colorado River has been dammed, diverted, and slowed by reservoirs, efforts are underway to revive sections of the river and restore vital riparian habitat for native plants, fish, and wildlife.
While federal officials consider breaching one or more dams in Washington to increase salmon survival, state officials are considering increasing spill over the dams to help more smolts survive in the meantime.
Researchers analyzed Northeast Atlantic fisheries from 1960-2015 and found that increases in biomass were highly correlated to fishery policy implementation.
Protests poured in over a decision to allow mining operations on a mountain plateau in Finnmark, which willdisrupt Samis’ reindeer grazing while dumping debris and tailings into the fjord below.
Despite almost 20 thousand tonnes of salmon and trout are produced in Iceland per year there are still over 200 tonnes of fresh salmon imported to Iceland.
