We have been finding Chinook in the estuary since late March
David Scott and the field crew wrap up the season with some photos of salmon in the Lower Fraser.
Chinook
The problem with hatcheries and hopes for wild salmon
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.
Raincoast’s final webinar tomorrow on Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program
This week with Coastal Insights you can learn about our inspiring and transformative Salish Sea Emerging Stewards program.
Raincoast’s online education program upcoming on urban salmon
Fernando Lessa will take viewers on a virtual tour into our urban neighborhoods to discover the many wild salmon and their habitats living right next door to our homes.
Immediate success for salmon recovery at Steveston Jetty
The Steveston Jetty is only one of the many structures dividing the Fraser estuary, altering the movement of salmon, freshwater, and fine sediments to Sturgeon and Roberts Banks.
Bold recommendations to help recover salmon habitat
Our new report Toward a Vision for Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser River sets bold recommendations to address the loss of salmon habitat that has been identified as a key factor in...
The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will not hear a set of legal challenges to help the Southern Resident killer whales
Breaking News: The Supreme Court of Canada announced today that it will not hear a set of legal challenges to the federal government’s re-approval of the Trans Mountain pipeline project, including...
Port of Vancouver expansion set to destroy estuary habitat
The Port of Vancouver is proposing to expand the existing terminal at Deltaport doubling its capacity to offload containers through the creation of a 108-hectare berth in the heart of the Fraser River estuary at Roberts Bank...
Ambitious habitat restoration project
In March of 2019, we began phase one of an ambitious habitat restoration project in the Fraser River Estuary. We created three 50m breaches in the Steveston Jetty...
A vision for the coast, as we head into 2020
A heartfelt thank you to everyone who has donated and shared our end of year fundraising drive. We are grateful to be surrounded by people, businesses and organizations that share our vision and are willing to invest in our initiatives. …
Wild salmon – strength and resilience
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 …
Hatcheries Failing Chinook
More salmon hatcheries will NOT help killer whales or chinook…
In B.C. and Washington State, fishery managers, legislators, the sport fishing industry and even the whale watching industry have advocated for increased production of hatchery chinook to “save” the critically …
Making a positive difference to salmon
The success continues for our Fraser Connectivity Project. We had another great day surveying...
PSEC Lab field work
Taking the lab to the field…
Backgrounder: Emergency order under the Species at Risk Act
In May, the federal government concluded Southern Resident killer whales face imminent threats to their survival and recovery, requiring a response under the Species at Risk Act. Five organizations — the David Suzuki Foundation, Georgia Strait Alliance, the Natural Resources …
Another beauty day for sampling in the Fraser estuary
Another beauty day for sampling in the Fraser estuary! Here is a juvenile Chinook we captured in the eelgrass with deltaport in the background. Structures like the port causeway impact the natural migration pathways that juvenile salmon need to reach …
Fraser Connectivity Project team pulling the fyke net
Fraser Connectivity Project team pulling the fyke net this morning in the rain! This set up deployed is to sample on top of the high marsh to investigate juvenile salmon use of these habitats. Four months after we started juvenile …
80 stream type Chinook like this beauty…
Today was amazing! Caught more than 80 stream type Chinook like this beauty, first time ever catching these in large numbers!! Usually we catch ocean-type Chinook only a few months old but these stream type Chinook rear in freshwater for …
