Watershed Watch Salmon Society released a report this week revealing a “growing trend” of wild fish killed by the salmon farming industry on B.C.'s coast.
Ottawa designated whitebark pine trees as an endangered species seven years ago, but British Columbia continues to sanction logging of the tree by forestry and mining companies.
The likelihood of a drought in British Columbia is rising as warm weather melts away what's left of a minuscule mountain snow pack and spring rains fail to appear.
The Liberals are rejecting Senate amendments to their overhaul of the Fisheries Act that would change the definition of fish habitat and expand an offset credit program to outside groups.
Our new report analyses data on how many wild fish are killed in salmon farms every year and reveals some shocking details. Find out more and read the report.
While the federal department is allowing certain salmon fishing for ceremonial purposes, such as funerals, there are many ceremonies that will not be able to happen, like First Salmon ceremonies.
The ban came into effect just two days before Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a nationwide ban on single-use plastics — which could include bags, straws and cutlery — by 2021 at the earliest.
A growing number of Island students are helping maintain salmon populations and learning about Mi'kmaq culture — raising eggs in their classrooms before releasing them into Island rivers.
The Steveston Salmon Festival presented features activities from Britannia Shipyards to the Gulf of Georgia Cannery, and its traditional home in Steveston Park on July 1.
“The ‘On Water Strategy’, I hope, will encourage more people to explore non-motorized water sports and increase access to the water from the shoreline," park board chair Stuart Mackinnon said quoted in a media release.
A bill aiming to ensure federal laws are in harmony with an international declaration on Indigenous rights is in “grave danger” of dying on the floor of the Red Chamber, according to the chair of the Senate Aboriginal Peoples committee.
Following intensive lobbying by the oil and gas industry, the unelected Canadian Senate has approved more than 180 controversial amendments to new environmental assessment legislation. Experts describe the amendments as incoherent, badly drafted and an attempt to dodge climate change considerations.
The projects include recovering wild salmon habitats affected by climate change and mitigating the impacts of infrastructure development on coastal ecosystems.
“Our culture suffered two deaths,” Chuck told me. “First, the white plagues, which killed 90 percent of the people. Then, the dams, which killed 90 percent of the salmon, which had made us who we were.”
The United States Army Corps of Engineers should not permit the proposed Pebble Mine to threaten the most valuable wild salmon fishery in the world, urged Representative Jared Huffman and 53 other Members of Congress in a letter.
Copper River fishermen are getting a nice change of pace from the last two years this season as the sockeye run is shaping up better than expected so far.
Columbia River tribal leaders pressed their case on Tuesday for returning salmon and steelhead to more than 100 miles of habitat that has been blocked for decades by two large dams.
Mikael Frödin is a Swedish born professional fly fisherman turned environmental activist in 2019 he appeared in the film Artifishal to highlight the dangers of open net salmon farms.
The film crew shot scenes around the globe and documents what it calls “wild salmon’s slide toward extinction” and “threats posed by fish hatcheries and fish farms.” Patagonia has been also involved in a legal fight in Norwegian courts about how it obtained some of the footage in the documentary.
The move to exclude large fishing trawlers from Ireland’s coastal seas is great news for the conservation of marine life, coastal communities, and is an important step towards a flourishing and sustainable supply of seafood.
