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September 9, 2026

For many B.C. First Nations, salmon are key to food security

"“The salmon, it’s one of the largest migrations in the world. They go from the Pacific, go into the Fraser and travel all the way to their spawning grounds. Every community along the way waits for that salmon to get there. It’s disheartening to wait and be told you can’t fish. The populations are dwindling, so it is concerning,” Phillips said."
Read the full article at The Narwhal.

B.C. researchers discover deadly bacterial disease in wild chinook

“This is important because the disease itself is not a new disease. The disease is pretty well known in farmed fish, and it’s a pretty severe disease where it can kill fish in a matter of days. So if they develop the disease and then they die in the wild, you never find it. That’s why this study was so unique.” Read the full Vancouver Sun article.

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