@FishFirstBC
 Salt Spring Island, BC
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A new paper by @UBC researchers & members of @tsleilwaututh has reconstructed the First Nation's ancestral diet, using archeological research, historical records & cultural knowledge. Here's what was on the menu 500 years ago 🐟🦪🦐thenarwhal.ca/tsleil-waututh…

Tsleil-Waututh reconstructs ancestral diet from Burrard Inlet | The Narwhal

Archeological records, oral history used to model typical Tsleil-Waututh diet pre-colonization in Burrard Inlet

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SkeenaWild@SkeenaWild18 Jul 2024
Replying to @WatershedWatch_
@WatershedWatch_ Greg Taylor gives his 2024 Season Outlook from across BC. He discusses Ocean Wise seal of approval for 14 B.C. chinook & sockeye fisheries, reflects on Alaskan Interception Fisheries, & a deep dive into each region's fisheries forecast. skeenawild.org/greg-taylor-2…
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Canada NGO revokes Alaska salmon eco-label

The move follows a lawsuit alleging one Alaska fishery violates the Endangered Species Act.

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Ocean Wise, Canada’s largest sustainable seafood label, has pulled its recommendation for southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries amid ongoing claims they are intercepting millions of B.C.-bound fish before they reach endangered southern resident killer whales richmond-news.com/highlights…

Ocean Wise pulls eco-labels from southeast Alaskan salmon

Canada's largest seafood eco-certification body now lists southeast Alaskan fisheries as unsustainable.

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For immediate release: B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull its recommendation of sustainability for southeast Alaska salmon fisheries #SalmonFishery #Salmon @SkeenaWild @WatershedWatch_ @Duffling raincoast.org/press/ocean-wi…

B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull its recommendation of sustain...

We are hopeful that this clear-eyed leadership from Ocean Wise will be the first in a series of re-assessments by eco-labels that ends greenwashing and leads to new regulations, responsible managem...

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🐟🏔️ New salmon streams from melting glaciers in Canada and Alaska are at risk due to mining. The Gitanyow nation's observations signal a critical juncture for ecosystem conservation. #SalmonHabitats #ClimateImpact #MiningThreat ktoo.org/2024/01/05/salmon-g…

Salmon compete with mining companies as melting glaciers reveal new habitat

A recent study warns that outdated laws in Canada and Southeast Alaska don’t do enough to protect salmon as climate change transforms the landscape.

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"The lawsuit is a microcosm of how #ClimateChange is raising the stakes of fishing disputes around the world." #Salmon #Fisheries grist.org/food/salmon-disapp…

As salmon disappear, a battle over Alaska Native fishing rights heats up

Warming waters caused salmon populations to crash in western Alaska. Now Indigenous leaders say a legal fight could make matters worse.

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Record drought, unprecedented wildfire activity, global warming. We spoke with fisheries expert and Watershed Watch advisor Greg Taylor about how the salmon season played out and trends shaping B.C. salmon policy in future. #wildsalmon #SaveOurSalmon watershedwatch.ca/greg-taylo…

Greg Taylor: 2023 Season Recap

We spoke with fisheries expert, consultant and advisor to Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild, Greg Taylor about how the season played out compared to his pre-season predictions.

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Retired BC fisheries professionals are asking the province why , with record low returns of Skeena steelhead & significant need for precautionary efforts, have spawner escapement targets been cut by two-thirds? @nathancullen @BruceRalston @thenarwhalca steelheadvoices.com/?p=3740
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Conflicting imperatives collide at the mouth of the Fraser as the Roberts Bank Terminal 2 gets federal approval — and it’s a blow to biodiversity: thenarwhal.ca/opinion-robert… @Raincoast

Opinion: Roberts Bank Terminal 2 approval a blow to biodiversity | The Narwhal

The federal government’s approval of the Port of Vancouver’s Roberts Bank Terminal 2 underscores the tension between nature and the economy

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ICYMI: Check out our senior fisheries advisor Greg Taylor's update on salmon returns and fisheries in 2022. watershedwatch.ca/greg-taylo…
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Greg Taylor: 2022 Season Recap watershedwatch.ca/greg-taylo…
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V concerning!! 😠 As returning Fraser River sockeye #salmon numbers dwindle, evidence of rampant illegal fishing "on a massive scale" is seen as thousands of rotting fish are dumped along the river 🐟💔 tinyurl.com/4s6w2usk
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Bristol Bay has seen monster #salmon returns in recent years 🐟 while other regions in the PNW continue to see rapid declines as greenhouse gas emissions and an increasingly warmer ocean threaten many salmon populations 🌲🌿 tinyurl.com/8236vm97

In a warming sea, why does the world’s biggest sockeye run keep breaking records?

Sockeye returned to Bristol Bay, Alaska - where many Washington fishermen and processors harvest - in record numbers this summer. It is confounding scientists.

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Watershed Watch Salmon Society@WatershedWatch_23 Aug 2022
BREAKING: Fisheries minister stands strong for Fraser River sockeye while Americans abandon caution and go fishing. @Raincoast watershedwatch.ca/media-rele…

Canada protects struggling Fraser sockeye while US goes fishing

“The latest test fishing data and run size estimates from the Pacific Salmon Commission show Minister Murray and DFO did the right thing, and that the Americans should have stood down, too.”

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Our fisheries advisor, Greg Taylor, has worked in the BC seafood industry for over 30 years. Now we are midway through the fishing season, we checked in with Greg to see what he thinks about how the season is going. #WildSalmon #BCFishing @FishFirstBC watershedwatch.ca/greg-taylo…
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Breaking News! @wildfishNW have won their lawsuit against NOAA fisheries: Harvesting Chinook in SE Alaska harms #SRKW Southern Resident killer whales. Only 3% of SE Alaska's Chinook harvest is on fish from Alaska. The remaining 97% are from BC & west coast US states.
drone photo of 3 SRKWs chasing a Chinook taken with permit by SR3, VanAqua LBL

ALT drone photo of 3 SRKWs chasing a Chinook taken with permit by SR3, VanAqua LBL

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All Chinook harvested in the SE Alaska troll fishery are marketed as wild-caught Alaskan Chinook, even though fewer than 3% originate from Alaskan rivers. The other 97% originate from 🇨🇦, WA & Oregon, where they provide critical prey for endangered & hungry #SRKW @wildfishNW
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Brandon Wei@Bmwei3 Jun 2022
"Hatcheries hold up a mirror to the stubborn belief that salmon can exist without intact habitat." Salmon hatcheries: are they band aids — or bastions for rivers at their 11th hour? @VMart bringing 🔥 writing and piercing clarity to a very complex issue. hakaimagazine.com/features/t…

The Hail Mary Hatcheries | Hakai Magazine

As wildfires, droughts, and floods deal a blow to coastal habitats, wild salmon are disappearing from waterways like California’s Russian River. Can conservation hatcheries save endangered runs?

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New paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries & Aquatic Sciences: Atlantic salmon farms are a likely source of Tenacibaculum maritimum infection in migratory Fraser River sockeye salmon.
Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences@cjfas9 May 2022
New paper analyzes patterns of molecular detection in sockeye salmon for the bacterium Tenacibaculum maritimum, known to cause disease in fish globally & to cause mouthrot disease in farmed Atlantic salmon in British Columbia. buff.ly/3FqDw4F
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