By Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It appears Pacific great blue herons have a much larger appetite for juvenile salmon than previously understood, potentially raising the complexity of salmon recovery strategies in B.C.
Continue reading Blue herons significant predator of juvenile salmon, study findsBy Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Anti-salmon farm protesters rallied outside the offices of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in downtown Vancouver Sept. 24 in a show of solidarity for a coalition of First Nations and industry groups who the day prior demanded an end to salmon farming in the Discovery Islands.
Continue reading protesters rally outside DFO offices in VancouverEditor’s note: On June 10, 2020: Fisheries and Oceans Canada told a Commons committee that last year’s early runs of Stuart sockeye and chinook salmon weren’t able to pass the Big Bar landslide, north of Lillooet. About 60,000 fish were subsequently helped over the slide and another 220,000 were able to swim through after the Fraser River’s water volume dropped.
By Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Fraser River salmon have begun arriving in larger numbers at the site of the Big Bar landslide.
Continue reading Salmon Reaching The Big Bar Landslide
