A new UBC study suggests that Global warming could significantly reduce the extent that salmon can be farmed off the West Coast of British Columbia. The study’s lead author, Muhammed Oyinlola said that up to 84% of the area currently suitable for fish farming could be lost. We need to act now: either move fish farms on land or further out to sea. Cermaq Canada responds to this and some related issues.
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Tsilhqot’in community pray for the salmon return
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
?Esdilagh First Nation Chief Roy Stump remembers the last time he caught and harvested a salmon.
It was before the wildfires that devastated the Cariboo-Chilcotin region in 2017.
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Climate Change may push farmed salmon out of the market
National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. farmed salmon may be pushed off people’s plates by climate change in the coming decades.
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Increasing the salmon spawning potential of James Creek
First Nations call for closure of Fraser River Fisheries
By Rebecca Dyok, The Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Leadership of the Northern Secwepemc te Qelmucw (NStQ) is the latest to call for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) to issue an emergency order closing all fisheries in the Fraser River and associated systems.
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