Harvesting immature Chinook salmon can shrink size and reduce future returns
New research highlights the problems of modern fisheries.
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Study: Young Fraser River Chinook salmon swimming in chemical soup
There’s a mixture of chemicals in the Lower Fraser, which not only presents potential risks to juvenile Chinook, but also other aquatic life.
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Study: Toxic hydrocarbon hotspots in BC coastal sediments, threatening Southern Resident killer whales and Chinook salmon
Burgeoning marine traffic to bring more toxic hydrocarbons to killer whale habitats.
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Chinook salmon are getting smaller – and one explanation is uncomfortably familiar
Honey, I shrunk the Chinook.
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Shared Waters of the Salish Sea
The films and panel at the Vic Theatre in mid October were inspiring and insightful.
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New study reveals pathways to transform conflict over contentious salmon and killer whale management in B.C.
Although differences in some beliefs and management priorities were stark, the research revealed that many individuals held both angler and conservationist identities, and shared similar beliefs regarding the importance of SRKWs and Chinook salmon.
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Turning the tide for Southern Resident killer whales
At 73 individuals, the southern resident killer whales’ decline since being listed as endangered two decades ago is unfolding in plain sight, despite mounting science on how to reverse it.
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New film: Shared Water, Shared Crisis
New film shows Canadian scientists and First Nations leaders working together to protect Southern Resident Killer Whales and Chinook salmon.
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Salmon ecosystems in a changing climate
This emerging research will inform how climate change more broadly affects salmon habitat.
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Sounding the alarm: The federal draft Ocean Noise Strategy falls short
Why Canada’s draft Ocean Noise Strategy misses the mark.
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Salmon DNA enables new understanding of how young Chinook salmon use the Fraser River Estuary
Raincoast’s five year collection of genetic samples illuminates patterns of migration and reliance on estuary habitats.
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Federal promises made for endangered whales during TMX approval are unfulfilled
Southern Resident killer whales need protective orders to facilitate recovery.
