Salmon

A salmon conservation group is raising concerns about reported increases in wild fish deaths, primarily herring, in British Columbia’s open-net fish farms. An Atlantic salmon is seen during a Department of Fisheries and Oceans fish health audit at a fish farm near Campbell River, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS /Jonathan Hayward

Watchdog raises alarm over wild fish death spike near B.C. fish farms

Herring primary victims of surge revealed in DFO data

 

Mikala Wheeler (left) diligently prepares data sheets as Simon George converses with fellow team members just moments before the two suit up in their dry suits for a day of snorkelling to monitor the salmon population present in the Theodosia River. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

Comox Valley environmental consultant provides DFO with invaluable data

Mikala Wheeler led a team of four members in surveying the salmon population of the Theodosia River

 

Sockeye salmon spawning in a clear groundwater channel. Location is in the Tulsequah subwatershed within the Taku watershed, B.C. (Credit: Jonathan Moore)

As glaciers retreat, mining claims threaten future B.C. salmon habitats: study

SFU researchers say environmental policies need to be more future-thinking as climate change progresses

 

Zach Kapelan briefly holds a chinook salmon before releasing it back into HIŁSYAQƛIS/Tranquil Creek to spawn. Photo by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson/National Observer

Divers swimming with salmon in Clayoquot streams to enhance conservation

Nuu-chah-nulth First Nations conducts hands-on fish counting on Vancouver Island

Zach Kapelan briefly holds a chinook salmon before releasing it back into HIŁSYAQƛIS/Tranquil Creek to spawn. Photo by Marc Fawcett-Atkinson/National Observer
Coho salmon swim after being released from a hatchery. (National Marine Fisheries Service/Southwest Fisheries Science Center; Salmon Ecology Team photo)

B.C. stream watchers link coho salmon kill to tire toxin and drought

Streamkeeper Society says lack of rain may have allowed tire chemical to build up on roads

Coho salmon swim after being released from a hatchery. (National Marine Fisheries Service/Southwest Fisheries Science Center; Salmon Ecology Team photo)
Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. First Nations groups in the Canadian side of the Columbia River Basin are adamant that salmon runs that have long been blocked by U.S. dams must be restored, potentially in a renewed river treaty between Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

First Nations seek salmon return to Columbia Basin in new treaty with U.S.

Experts say possible solutions are costly and limited, though

Spawning sockeye salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. First Nations groups in the Canadian side of the Columbia River Basin are adamant that salmon runs that have long been blocked by U.S. dams must be restored, potentially in a renewed river treaty between Canada and the United States. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
A pair of freshly caught salmon. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)

Landmark drought has Comox Valley salmon SWAT team leaping into action

First responders in several communities stepping up to conserve B.C.’s signature fish

A pair of freshly caught salmon. (AP Photo/Jessie Wardarski)
Millions of salmon can be seen swimming upstream across B.C.'s numerous coastal river systems during the annual salmon spawning season in fall. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)

A vital linchpin: celebrating the life cycle of Vancouver Island salmon

A female salmon can lay up to 5,000 eggs, but only two may reach maturity and successfully reproduce

Millions of salmon can be seen swimming upstream across B.C.'s numerous coastal river systems during the annual salmon spawning season in fall. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward)
Hundreds of pink salmon can be seen swimming upstream in Brooklyn Creek, Comox. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)

‘That’s the most salmon we’ve seen’: an Island creek experiences record return

Hundreds of pink salmon are swimming upstream in a Comox creek

Hundreds of pink salmon can be seen swimming upstream in Brooklyn Creek, Comox. (Olivier Laurin / Comox Valley Record)
Forests Minister Bruce Ralston speaks in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. Ralston addressed some of the concerns in Westwold around a fish protection order during the province’s update on the wildfire and drought situation Sept. 13, 2023 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

B.C. forests minister asks for people to comply with fish protection orders

Ralston says salmon run would be wiped out without protection order in Westwold

Forests Minister Bruce Ralston speaks in Vancouver on Jan. 22, 2020. Ralston addressed some of the concerns in Westwold around a fish protection order during the province’s update on the wildfire and drought situation Sept. 13, 2023 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
British Columbia’s prolonged provincewide drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly-deployed projects to try to intervene. Spawning salmon, are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. salmon swimming through summer sauna get emergency intervention

Pacific Salmon Foundation working hard to get through this year’s far-reaching crisis

British Columbia’s prolonged provincewide drought risks damaging the salmon population for generations and has led to a series of emergency, rapidly-deployed projects to try to intervene. Spawning salmon, are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C., Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Fishing has been ‘off the charts’ in the Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound, says Alberni Valley Tyee Club’s Carolyn Jasken. (FACEBOOK PHOTO)

Fish are biting in Alberni Inlet leading up to annual salmon derby

Fishers from all over vying for $10,000 top prize during Labour Day weekend event

Fishing has been ‘off the charts’ in the Alberni Inlet and Barkley Sound, says Alberni Valley Tyee Club’s Carolyn Jasken. (FACEBOOK PHOTO)
Spawning salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The run of pink salmon on British Columbia’s Fraser River is exceeding expectations this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

Pacific Salmon Commission raises forecast for B.C. Fraser River pink salmon run

Significant hike sparked by the abundance of pink being caught by test fisheries

Spawning salmon are seen making their way up the Adams River in Roderick Haig-Brown Provincial Park near Chase, B.C. Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2014. The run of pink salmon on British Columbia’s Fraser River is exceeding expectations this summer. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward
Chief maritime enforcement specialist Timothy Suraci will be a part of the first Canadian mission in the Indo-Pacific to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)

Canadian fishery officers launch mission in North Saanich to fight illegal fishing

This is the first Candian mission of its kind in the Indo-Pacific

Chief maritime enforcement specialist Timothy Suraci will be a part of the first Canadian mission in the Indo-Pacific to fight illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing. (Brendan Mayer/News Staff)
Christoph Deeg, a researcher with the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Salmon Health team and lead author of the paper. (Alanna D Photography/Contributed to Black Press Media)

eDNA helps to analyze the challenges salmon face while navigating at sea

Pacific salmon spend most of their life in the ocean, but research on their survival is uncommon

Christoph Deeg, a researcher with the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s Salmon Health team and lead author of the paper. (Alanna D Photography/Contributed to Black Press Media)
North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons. Photo courtesy YouTube

MP Blaney writes letter to fisheries minister pleading for fish farm transition plan

The affected communities are small, rural communities like The District of Port Hardy

North Island-Powell River MP Rachel Blaney speaks in the House of Commons. Photo courtesy YouTube
Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in durng a Vancouver Island salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in at Ostler Park during Saturday’s salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror

Research finds some Pacific salmon migration out of sync with food supply

SFU research finds changing climate is causing some salmon to migrate out of step with plankton

Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in durng a Vancouver Island salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror Dawson McKay (left) and Rob Worrall get a fish ready for the weigh-in at Ostler Park during Saturday’s salmon derby. Photo by Mike Chouinard/Campbell River Mirror
Friends of Bowker Creek Society president Gerald Harris explains how the salmon fry emerge over days, even weeks before heading out to sea. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)

VIDEO: Oak Bay fry emerge, swim to Salish Sea in bid to bring salmon back to Bowker Creek

After hunkering down in Bowker Creek a while, fry emerge April 18

Friends of Bowker Creek Society president Gerald Harris explains how the salmon fry emerge over days, even weeks before heading out to sea. (Christine van Reeuwyk/News Staff)
kQwa’st’not (Char George) holds a sign along the Malahat Highway Tuesday (April 11) as part of an effort to raise awareness of the impacts of widening the Malahat Highway on the nearby rivers in Goldstream Provincial Park where salmon spawn. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)

Group protests Malahat widening, alleging a lack of consultation, threat to fish

Widening on the highway will hurt the salmon that spawn in nearby streams, according to advocates

kQwa’st’not (Char George) holds a sign along the Malahat Highway Tuesday (April 11) as part of an effort to raise awareness of the impacts of widening the Malahat Highway on the nearby rivers in Goldstream Provincial Park where salmon spawn. (Bailey Moreton/News Staff)
Former premier John Horgan (left), T-Sou-ke Nation elder Shirley Alphonse, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Al Wickheim, and former CRD director Mike Hicks take part in grand opening ceremonies for Sooke River Jack Brooks Hatchery on Saturday. (Photo by Kerrie Reay)

Long-awaited Sooke hatchery opening hooks a crowd

Sooke River Jack Brooks hatchery a reality thanks to dedicated volunteers

Former premier John Horgan (left), T-Sou-ke Nation elder Shirley Alphonse, Juan de Fuca Electoral Area director Al Wickheim, and former CRD director Mike Hicks take part in grand opening ceremonies for Sooke River Jack Brooks Hatchery on Saturday. (Photo by Kerrie Reay)