First Nations call for end to B.C. open-net salmon farms
B.C.’s First Nations Leadership Council is calling for an immediate end to marine-based salmon farming in the province, following reports by B.C. fish farm owners …
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For taxpayers, hatcheries are a poor investment
The definition of insanity. As salmon and steelhead runs continue to decline, B.C. is looking to hatcheries to make up for the loss. In rivers …
Gitxsan Nation assert control over Skeena sport fishing
The 2020 sportfishing season on B.C.’s coast is gearing up this month, and the Gitxsan Nation says it will enforce its own laws, forbidding sport …
Fishing BC Presents: Wild Trout in the Cariboo Backcountry
British Columbia has no shortage of wild and stocked fisheries for rainbow trout, though few rival the diversity of those found in the Cariboo region. …
New Viruses Found in Farmed and Wild Salmon
Researchers have found three new-to-science viruses in chinook and sockeye salmon in British Columbia. The discovery, led by Gideon Mordecai, a University of British Columbia molecular biologist …
B.C. Salmon Industry Withdraws From Eco-Certification Plan
#epicfail Canada’s Pacific salmon industry is withdrawing from Marine Stewardship Council certification rather than risk an audit with a high probability of failure. MSC set …
The Mine Next Door
In recent years, officials on both sides of the U.S. Canadian border have raised the alarm about increasing levels of selenium and nitrate in the …
Canada to Airlift Salmon Past a Massive Landslide
A massive landslide that is preventing wild salmon from migrating up a British Columbia river to spawn has prompted Canadian officials to come up …
DFO to test for harmful virus at B.C. fish farms
Testing will begin at B.C. fish farm operations for strains of a virus that is harmful to farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway, the federal fisheries …
B.C.’s last great herring fishery
While the British Columbia sport fishing sector braces for severe restrictions on fishing for chinook the DFO still allows a low-dollar value herring fishery that …