fisheries
‘Shockingly huge’ steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C. lake
Most B.C. fishing guides would be thrilled if a client pulled a 30-pound rainbow trout…
Yukon River’s salmon runs likely to stay small while Indigenous Peoples’ sacrifice grows
The collapse of wild salmon is causing a current of pain that spans the length…
Future of rare cold-water coral garden on B.C. coast still in question
The fate of a rare and splendid coral garden in a remote B.C. inlet is…
Severely injured humpback travels from B.C. to Hawaii
A humpback whale appears to have made a difficult journey from waters in northern B.C.…
Fisheries and Oceans Canada says sorry after lobster lecture goes awry
While a storm of historic proportions was making landfall in Atlantic Canada, Fisheries and Oceans…
Mining risks for Pacific Northwest salmon murky due to lack of transparent data
The impact of mining on key salmon watersheds in northwestern Canada and the U.S. is…
B.C. fish farms cultivate increased risks for wild salmon: studies
Pacific salmon are likely exposed to increased risks from pathogens concentrated in fish farms on…
iN VIDEO: Hums, growls and farts; B.C. fish sound the alert
Fish have plenty to say and we need to make more of an effort to…
Feds leaving West Coast fishing sector to flounder after salmon closures, harvesters say
The West Coast fishing sector is being hung out to dry and deserves a just…
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…