Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Marine mammal rescue groups are frantically mobilizing to try to save three entangled humpback whales in B.C. waters.
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A closer look at Sea Lice on 15 Salmon Farms
There has been a lot of talk about sea lice infestation of fish farms lately. According to a recent article from the North Island Gazette, there were more than the ‘acceptable’ number of parasites on fourteen sites this Spring. The President of Cermaq Canada just sent an industry perspective of this issue to the Strathcona Regional District Board. I decided to take a closer look at the sea lice on 15 salmon farms.
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Sea Lice Exceeds Threshold On 14 Salmon Farms
North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Data from fish farms around Vancouver Island show sea lice numbers exceeding Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s requirements of three per salmon at the start of this year’s juvenile salmon migration.
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BC’s Fishing Industry Needs A Lifeline
Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Wes Erikson has spent his entire life working the waters of B.C.’s west coast, working gruelling hours on deck in some of the worst kinds of weather.
A fourth-generation commercial fisherman, Erikson started fishing on his father’s vessel at the age of five, graduating to paid deckhand by age eight. By 19, he’d purchased his first boat — and its associated halibut licence.
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Fisherman Caught Barracuda In Alberni Inlet
Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
In a rare occurrence, fishermen from Vancouver snagged a barracuda in Alberni Inlet when they were out on a salmon testing program for the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
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