Fraser sockeye populations are in more trouble than previously thought say 4 BC conservation groups. Of the 32 distinct sockeye populations, eight are extinct or nearly extinct and another 7 are at risk of extinction.
The Northern View
Grizzlies face a myriad of threats, from the habitat loss to trophy hunting. They also face fierce competition for wild salmon from commercial and sport fisheries…
Island Tides
The bycatch of chum in BC’s pink salmon fisheries means thousands of pounds of chum won’t make it to their spawning grounds or the mouths of hungry carnivores…
Mark Hume, Globe and Mail
Raincoast biologist Mike Price on the stand at Cohen Inquiry gives testimony about the impacts of fish farms as sources of sea lice on migrating stocks of juvenile Fraser sockeye…
Media Release: September 2, 2011
A Raincoast scientist is scheduled to testify at the Cohen Commission September 6 on a study that showed the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon…
By Alan S. Hale – The Northern View
August 18, 2011
The Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Raincoast Conservation Foundation, and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust are not putting most of the blame on the fishermen who are actually breaking the rules, but instead are pointing the finger at the DFO…
Three Canadian environmental groups say Canada is mismanaging the British Columbia chum salmon fishery by requiring massive amounts of discards…
Raincoast and three other BC conservation groups want assurance that 44 conditions will be met before offering full support for the MSC’s certification of BC pink salmon fisheries…
North Island Gazette
February 17, 2011
A new study published by researchers from Raincoast, Watershed Watch, UVic and SFU shows a link between salmon farms and sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon…
Raincoast responds to industry letter in Vancouver Sun that dismisses fish farms as a problem for wild salmon…
By Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Sea lice are spreading from fish farm salmon to young Fraser River sockeye as they migrate through the Strait of Georgia, a new study has found…
Courier-Islander
A new study published Monday by researchers from Raincoast and Watershed Watch provides the first link between salmon farms and elevated levels of sea lice on juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon…