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Salmon Safe eco-certification launches in B.C.
A new eco-certification program that ensures B.C. ranchers, farmers and winemakers adopt practices that protect salmon and salmon habitat will officially launch today. A non-profit foundation based in...
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Virus lethal to farmed salmon detected in BC wild sockeye, SFU scientists say
Wild sockeye salmon from B.C.’s Rivers Inlet have tested positive for a potentially devastating virus that has never been found before in the North Pacific. Infectious salmon anemia is a flu-like virus...
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Chef Michael Smith: The friendly giant
I met recently with chef and cookbook author Michael Smith, who’s been doing a swack of publicity for his new cookbook, and discovered the following random facts about him: 1. He’s a very nice guy who...
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Alaskan ‘ocean ranching’ damages wild salmon fishery, B.C. conservation...
Alaskan salmon ranches and interception fisheries are damaging B.C.’s wild salmon populations, according to three Canadian conservation groups. Raincoast Conservation Foundation, SkeenaWild...
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Mulcair and the oil sands
Did New Democratic Party leader Thomas Mulcair have an Etch A Sketch moment in his House of Commons debut Monday? I noticed that in his opening Question Period salvo he raised his longstanding concern...
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Make salmon B.C.’s symbol: Poll suggests
The salmon should become the symbol of British Columbia., if not the entire Pacific Northwest. I first heard that idea years ago from Terry Glavin, the passionate West Coast environmentalist. We...
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Glowbal’s Summer BBQ Series | Grilled Sockeye Salmon
Every great barbecue needs a great seafood option… and COAST’s Chef de Cuisine, Pedro Gonzalez, has created a grilled salmon dish fit for royalty. It’s not only a beautiful looking dish with vibrant...
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Video: Aboriginal right or a “massacre” on the North Shore
The fair and legal exercise of an aboriginal right or a “massacre,” as is repeatedly stated in this recently posted video from the North Shore’s Capilano River. You decide for yourself as young native...
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DNA tools help scientists trace salmon disease back to the source
B.C. fishery scientists are developing a new generation of genetic tools to find diseases that are undermining the health of wild Pacific salmon and track them back to their source. More than 90 per...
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Hyper-abundant pinks are out-competing BC’s iconic sockeye
Is it too soon to change B.C.’s iconic fish from the sockeye to the pink? Probably, but we should be prepared nonetheless as evidence mounts that the phenomenal and persistent abundance of pink salmon...
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SHARK WEEK: 14 sharks, including the Great White, swim in B.C. waters
You know the thing about a shark, he’s got … lifeless eyes, black eyes, like a doll’s eye. When he comes at ya, doesn’t seem to be livin’. Until he bites ya and those black eyes roll over white. —...
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CFIA can’t find salmon virus, should we still be worried?
Independent biologist Alexandra Morton worries that B.C. is in a “pre-outbreak state” and that early indications of Infectious salmon anemia (ISAv) in Rivers Inlet sockeye should not be ignored. This...
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Pacific salmon may be scarce, pricy in stores this summer
FRESNO, Calif. — Salmon caught off the Pacific Coast may be harder to find in stores this summer and cost more with tight restrictions imposed on fishermen who anticipate pulling fewer of the prized...
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Tagging project aims to answer questions about salmon migration and fish farms
A high-tech salmon tagging project may help resolve one of the vexing unanswered questions of the Cohen Commission report on the decline of the Fraser River sockeye. Justice Bruce Cohen made no...
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Video: Flood control structures in tidal creeks and sloughs harm fish in...
Hundreds of small flood-control structures in the lower Fraser River are robbing salmon and other fish of valuable habitat while creating conditions for non-native species to flourish, according to a...
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Video: Mass disappearance of Chinook and Coho salmon in the Salish Sea
Conversations that Matter features Brian Riddell, President and CEO of the Pacific Salmon Foundation. He explains that the number of fish that have vanished is extraordinary and he along with a host of...
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'Super-historic'-scale salmon rescue making waves in Seymour River
An industrial-scale fish rescue will soon take place on the North Shore in a 40-metre-deep canyon, nearly impossible terrain and wall-hugging trees. Beginning next month, crews will lower themselves...
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Salmon diversity improves catch for First Nations, SFU study finds
The diversity of salmon populations in the Fraser River has a profound effect on the stability of catches and the length of the fishing season for First Nations, according to new research from Simon...
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Fraser River sockeye returns predicted to be dismal — again — this summer
Sockeye returns are predicted to be so low this summer on the Fraser River that they won’t support a commercial or recreational fishery. The Pacific Salmon Commission said Friday that the four-year...
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Video: Pamela Anderson speaks out against Salmon Farming
Sea Shepherd Conservation Society has teamed with renowned Canadian biologist Alexandra Morton and actor/activist Pamela Anderson for Operation Virus Hunter, a new campaign investigating the lawfulness...
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