Testing for strains of a virus that is harmful to farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway will soon begin at B.C. fish farm operations, the federal fisheries minister announced Tuesday.
Global warming and hatcheries pumping billions of salmon into the North Pacific Ocean are combining to change the very nature of Alaska sockeye salmon, according to a peer-reviewed study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution this week.
A flotilla of 20 vessels surrounded a fish farm site Tuesday near Quadra Island, where workers were installing new equipment on a facility protesters say is not welcome in the area.
U.S. government biologists have launched a special investigation into the deaths of at least 70 grey whales washed ashore in recent months along the U.S. and Canadian West Coast, from California to British Columbia to Alaska, many of them emaciated, officials said on Friday.
Community watersheds across the province were once off-limits to logging, but in recent decades that’s all changed. Now communities like Peachland face escalating costs as mudslides trigger boil-water advisories and the need for pricey water-treatment plants.
Sockeye salmon in Alaska’s Bristol Bay region are skipping an entire year in freshwater because climate change has produced more favorable conditions in lakes and streams, which allow the young fish to grow and put on weight much faster.
In the West Coast fisheries, a single licence may be exchanged for tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars, and quota transactions are worth tens of millions of dollars annually. However, the market for licences and quota is not transparent or tightly regulated.
"There's still lots of opportunity that's for sure," says Whelan, whose Campbell River fish and tackle shop has been selling the hooks and lures outfitting countless fishing stories for almost 70 years. He said catch and release doesn't stop people from getting out on the water and hooking a salmon.
Salmon species, known for undertaking arduous upstream migrations, appear to owe a good deal of their athletic ability to the presence of a single enzyme.
The company that’s bringing GMO salmon to market next year won’t have to label it as such until 2022. This is wrong; consumers have a right to know what they’re buying.
The problems for forage fish include overfishing, which is driving some key forage species to historic lows. Other forage species are swept up at sea in large numbers by industrial fishing fleets aiming for different fish.
The Squamish River Watershed Society is currently monitoring how the Squamish River training berm, better known as Spit Road, continues to impact juvenile chinook salmon access and habitat function in the Squamish River Estuary.
Marine biologist cautions that the mortality rate of babies born into the southern resident killer whale population is around 50 per cent in the first year.
Fishing activity is choking the delicate glass sea sponges along British Columbia’s northern coast and a report says the sediment risks killing an ecosystem if they die off.
A B.C. senator lashes out as the unelected Senate stalls a long-awaited bill to formalize a 34-year oil tanker moratorium. Time is running out for Parliament to pass Bill C-48, which Coastal First Nations say is essential to protecting their economy
Expedition of the International Year of the Salmon, is an initiative to establish new hemispheric-scale partnerships to address challenges facing salmon.
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society says in a report that while there has been progress in recent years, recommendations from international scientific bodies suggest there's more work to do.
A group that advocates for the conservation of Atlantic salmon says the North American catch has hit an all-time low, and signs are mixed about the salmon population’s health.
Wild Atlantic salmon in the Bay of Fundy and Atlantic coast of mainland Nova Scotia are near historic lows, while the number of returning adult Atlantic salmon increased for the first time, says a recent population report.
Waterfront visitors could be in for a special treat — if they look down. New features along the city's downtown seawall are helping young salmon migrate, researchers say.
Eight aquatic reserves in Puget Sound are being studied by volunteers working under the direction of state experts. Washington Department of Natural Resources manages the reserves with guidance from nearby communities.
A new federal court settlement outlines specific steps to restore salmon habitat in the Snohomish River estuary as a way of addressing the polluted legacy on Everett’s waterfront.
Global warming and hatcheries pumping billions of salmon into the North Pacific Ocean are combining to change the very nature of Alaska sockeye salmon.
The Alaska fishing season has only just begun, but early indications are the Cook Inlet king salmon collapse is developing just about as forecast by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
The Wild Salmon Center released a comprehensive review of federal agency decisions and negotiations surrounding the proposed Pebble Mine in Southwest Alaska. This report raises serious questions about the decision making and intentions to permit the controversial mine.
A new feature-length documentary about the uniqueness of Bristol Bay’s wild salmon and all they sustain will be held at the Bristol Bay Fish Expo this month.
AquaBounty told attendees at the RAStech conference, in Washington, D.C., earlier this month about plans to bring 120,000 eggs to their 1,200 metric ton Indiana facility
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations has intervened in a lawsuit that claims federal management of West Coast salmon fisheries is endangering orca whales.
If this gamefish keep going past the Grand Coulee and then the Chief Joseph Dam, writes OPB, “it could be game over for the Columbia’s threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead populations.”
Coastal habitats help mitigate the impacts of climate change, for example by storing carbon and buffering the effects of floods and storms, and provide a range of other services, including serving as nurseries for a range of species and absorbing runoff from farming.
“We thought that farmed fish would save our wild stocks in the oceans, but now it’s coming to the fore that we are using wild-caught fish to feed our farmed fish – and that is causing real problems.”
