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B.C. shellfish growers experiencing watershed moment
Quadra Island oyster farmer Steve Pocock believes B.C.’s shellfish sector is facing a watershed moment. …
International science expedition sets out to investigate secrets of Pacific salmon
A multinational scientific expedition is set to launch to solve the mystery of what happens…
Coastal communities ‘fed up’ with B.C. shellfish sector’s plastics problem
Coastal communities are tired of paying to clean up plastic and debris from the B.C.…
Alaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon
Commercial fish harvesters in southeast Alaska are netting significant amounts of threatened B.C. salmon even…
Are chinook summer stocks really to blame for starving orcas in southern B.C. waters?
The widespread belief endangered killer whales are starving to death due to a lack of…
Why so blue, B.C.’s little ling cod?
Five years ago, marine ecologist Aaron Galloway surfaced with a ling cod he had spearfished…
B.C.’s vital salmon route is seriously clogged
Floundering Pacific salmon stocks are finding little refuge in the lower Fraser River — the…
Virus abundant in West Coast waters doesn’t appear to impact sockeye salmon fitness
A puzzling and contentious virus found in both farmed and wild salmon in B.C. waters…
Should DFO reel in sport fishing to help save salmon?
Conservation groups want Ottawa to dramatically curtail the recreational fishery as it did with the…
Dredge work to improve canal linking Kalamalka and Wood Lakes tied up in red tape
A Lake Country resident who wants to see safe passage for boaters between Kalamalka and…
Ottawa nixes restock requests for contentious B.C. fish farms
The federal fisheries minister has denied an international aquaculture company the right to stock contentious…
Canada’s oceans on the crest of a transformative decade
Canada is in the enviable position of having the longest coastline in the world. But…
Why this fishing technique is a climate disaster
Bottom trawling, a common fishing practice where large nets are dragged along the sea floor,…
Blue herons identified as significant predator of B.C.’s juvenile salmon
It appears Pacific great blue herons have a much larger appetite for juvenile salmon than…
How one B.C. lake is getting its salmon back
In a few weeks, the Adams Lake Indian Band will start fertilizing Adams Lake. It…
Is the lowly sea cucumber the new superhero of sustainable aquaculture?
Most coastal residents are suitably enthralled with charismatic or charming marine animals such as killer…
Meet the Indigenous UBC scientist charting the future of fisheries — one salmon at a time
Like most salmon scientists, Andrea Reid spends months each year searching for the iconic fish…
DFO is making new fishing rules but will they work?
In 1992, Canadians watched in horror as Newfoundland’s once-thriving cod stocks collapsed, leaving thousands without…
You want me to eat what? A look at some of B.C.’s most exotic seafoods
When foreign markets closed their doors to seafood imports during the COVID-19 pandemic, B.C. fisheries…
B.C. group calls for removal of U.S. dam south of Osoyoos
A B.C. outdoor group is hoping some cross-border diplomacy will lead to the dismantling of…
Invasive shrimp in Okanagan Lake still an issue after 50 years
By the time the B.C. government realized that introducing mysis shrimp into Okanagan Lake was…
Historic release of sockeye salmon fry in Okanagan Lake symbolizes a long journey
OKANAGAN – A ceremonial release of thousands of sockeye salmon fry at Six Mile Creek…
After last year’s chaos, admirers of Johnson Lake hope to prevent another ‘invasion’
JOHNSON LAKE – If you’re thinking of traveling to one of last year’s more popular…
Adams River salmon numbers lowest in over 70 years
SHUSWAP – Fisheries experts aren’t speculating on what caused it, but the recent sockeye salmon…