Fisheries minister’s comments on Skeena sockeye ‘asinine’

Federal fisheries minister Gail Shea’s comments about Skeena River sockeye salmon returns show why regional management is needed, said the New Democratic Party MLA for Stikine, Doug Donaldson.

“Maybe the salmon will return a year later,” Shea said in an interview on CBC radio’s All Points West during her visit to Prince Rupert yesterday.

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Down goes Fraser?

More than nine million sockeye have vanished from B.C. river. How it happened remains a mystery LINK

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