Wild Salmon

Dave Scott holds up a measuring instrument with tiny fish inside on the Fraser Estuary.

Swimming along: Talking about Raincoast’s Wild Salmon Program

2022-09-262022-09-26

Dave Scott is a guest on the SSAMN Stream podcast with Tracy Merle. They talk about the importance of salmon on the coast and the working that Raincoast is doing to protect and restore populations.

Chinook salmon visible as dark shapes underwater in clear green shallow water in the Fraser river, beside the bank under blue and white skies

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Invest in Pacific wild salmon

2021-01-042021-01-10

Pacific salmon are foundationally important to Canada’s wildlife, food security, cultures, and economy.

A school of red salmon are visible underwater with a beach and forest in the background.

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A vision for wild salmon in the Lower Fraser

2020-12-242020-12-23

In March 2020, Raincoast published the report Toward a vision for salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser River.

A school of red fish swim through very clear water, showing the sand beneath them.

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The problem with hatcheries and hopes for wild salmon

2020-12-232020-12-22

So if hatcheries that fertilize eggs in buckets and raise fish in tanks only make the problem for wild salmon worse, how do we recover salmon? In a nutshell, we need to invest in habitat protection, habitat restoration, and far better decision-making at all levels of government to prioritize the resilience of species and ecosystems.

Two small Chinook salmon juveniles are seen in deep dark green waters of the Fraser river

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Stop Terminal 2 expansion

2020-08-022020-08-19

Please tell Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Jonathan Wilkinson, to say no to the Terminal 2 expansion and commit to protecting and restoring salmon and killer whales.

Half a dozen Chinook salmon swimming in the murky underground green of the river with round yellow eyes and teeth visible.

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Wild salmon – strength and resilience

2019-12-202019-12-20

Every year the situation for British Columbia’s wild salmon worsens. And every year the same actions are repeated by governments and society. We clearcut and pave their watersheds, dam and extract water from their rivers, pour toxins on the lands …

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