By Melissa Renwick, Ha-Shilth-Sa, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Pacific Salmon Treaty (PST) is under fire following a report suggesting that Alaskan fisheries are impacting struggling salmon populations by intercepting a significant number of B.C.-bound fish.
Continue reading Pacific Salmon Treaty fails to conserve B.C. fish, say advocatesNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Commercial fish harvesters in southeast Alaska are netting significant amounts of threatened B.C. salmon even though the bulk of Canada’s Pacific fleet is stranded on shore to conserve plummeting stocks, a new study suggests.
Some of B.C.’s largest salmon runs navigate the waters of the Alaskan Panhandle just north of B.C. as they return to Canadian rivers to spawn, said Greg Taylor, fisheries expert and one of the authors of a new technical report for the Watershed Watch Salmon Society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust.
Continue reading Alaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmonBy Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Local Journalism Initiative reporter
Clear plastic bags hang from small spigots plugged into birch trunks in a mixed stand of deciduous and coniferous trees on a hillside above the Kispiox River in northwest B.C. Denzel Sutherland-Wilson and his 19-year-old niece, Hailey Wilson, pour the birch water collected overnight from five trees into a 20-litre bucket, explaining they’ve been doing this every day for a couple of weeks.
Continue reading Searching for solutions in the Kispiox Valley
