Seaside Times
By Chris Genovali
2008 ranked as one of the worst years for salmon returns on British Columbia’s central coast and the ‘silent fall’ I experienced there last year, while not surprising given the lack of fish, was disturbing nonetheless… (more…)
Island Tides
By Chris Darimont and Misty MacDuffee
How do salmon declines affect coastal bears? And how much salmon is required to sustain wildlife? These are questions that many people are asking (more…)
By Chris Darimont and Misty MacDuffee
Times Colonist
The headlines blare across local, regional, and national media: Nine million Fraser River sockeye salmon missing. At the same time, questions have arisen concerning the status of other Pacific salmon runs (more…)
Multiple conservation groups concerned about grizzly bears on the BC central coast have sent a letter to Environment Minister Barry Penner requesting a cancellation of the fall grizzly hunt. Anecdotal accounts of very low bear numbers on fall streams warrants an immediate cautionary response by the government. Since no population assessment or annual monitoring is undertaken by the BC government, we believe this is a prudent response to the immediate situation.
To read the letter click here
For more of Raincoasts concerns about low numbers of salmon and bears on the BC coast click here.
Ira Flatow, host of NPR’s Science Friday, interviews Raincoast’s Dr. Chris Darimont on the impacts of human predation on the evolution of hunted species.
click here for the interview
Can humans angling for the prize-winning fish shift the course of evolution? Research published this week in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences says (more…)
by Mike Price
Biologist, Raincoast Aquaculture Campaign
September 2009
The headlines continue to blare across local, regional, and national newspapers: 11 million Fraser River sockeye missing; poor early marine survival blamed. (more…)
