The non-government organization Atlantic Salmon Federation discovered the escape in the absence of any monitoring or enforcement action by the Province of New Brunswick or the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Read the full article.
In Episode 12 of The Salmon People podcast, scientists deconstruct the DFO study and warn the fisheries minister of bad science. Listen to this co-production between Sandra Bartlett and Canada’s National Observer. Listen here.
"Governments seeking to redress these harms need to focus on restoring, wherever possible, what was taken away. Addressing the crisis faced by B.C. wild salmon, which are in very serious and sharp decline, is a unique opportunity to do so for the benefit of all." Read full story Salmon are the backbone of B.C.'s First Nations cultures and traditions | The Province
"A new academic study using salmon bones confirms what traditional knowledge has always dictated, dating səl̓ilw̓ət chum salmon fisheries back nearly 3,000 years to 850 BC — 1,200 years longer than the archaeological record had previously demonstrated." Read more.
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