Uniting BC’s Salmon People
Raincoast, alongside our allies, is proud to support Salmon United, a new initiative bringing people together to advance a stronger future for Pacific salmon.
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Canada has the policy tools to protect Pacific salmon. Why aren’t they working?
A new peer-reviewed perspective examines why decades of ambitious conservation policy have failed to halt wild salmon declines and what must change to reverse the trend.
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Marsh restoration projects in the Lower Fraser River; Shaughnessy Street Park
The Fraser River estuary should be a thriving ecosystem for juvenile salmon, a place to rest, feed, and grow before heading out to the ocean. Today, much of that habitat has been replaced by rip-rap, cement, and other engineered materials that offer little of what salmon actually need. This winter, our team worked to address…
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Harvesting immature Chinook salmon can shrink size and reduce future returns
New research highlights the problems of modern fisheries.
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Marsh restoration projects in the Lower Fraser River; Woods Island
Restoring a 30 year old compensation site to support salmon.
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Marsh restoration projects in the Lower Fraser River; No.2 Road
Using big tools for small salmon.
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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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So you live in B.C., but you’re mostly finding Alaska-caught salmon in stores. Why?
We need to talk about cost, complexities, what “sustainable salmon” really means.
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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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To restore salmon habitat, one must act like the beaver
Rebuilding riparian habitat, one stick at a time.
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What our estuary salmon fieldwork crews are up to
Reflections from seven (going on eight) years of fieldwork in the Fraser River Estuary.
