Today we placed a grid of small pvc pipes in the area to monitor changes in the area where we expect channels to form on Sturgeon Bank following the construction of our Jetty breaches! Stay tuned….construction begins Monday!!!
We are excitedly moving towards construction of 3 breaches of the Steveston Jetty to restore natural outmigration pathways for juvenile salmon which provide access to critical brackish marsh habitats!!…
New research published today by Raincoast, Spirit Bear Research Foundation and The University of Victoria shows that the diversity of salmon species is more important to black bears than simply the total amount of salmon available.
"Often when my friends describe what I do for my research as a biologist it’s along the lines of, 'something to do with salmon and bald eagles'. If you’ve ever wondered what I do..."
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 …
Many things depend on wild salmon, yet they face a host of threats, including the disease and parasites from open-net salmon farms. You can add your voice...
I am very very excited to be returning to the rivers I spent all of last fall on, watching salmon like this chum battling their way upriver. This time there won't be any salmon...
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 …
The Pacific Ecology and Evolution Conference is a meeting for young scientists to come together, present their research, share ideas, collaborate, and then get party in nerdy costumes. Needless to say I really enjoyed presenting my work on...
Raincoast's mission is to protect the land, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. That includes our feathered friends. While much of our work is focused on...
How do salmon declines affect coastal bears? How is the low abundance of chinook affecting resident killer whales? And how much salmon biomass is required...
Today we published important new research based on the results from over 1,400 bear hair samples collected over an area of over 690,000 square kilometres...
Yesterday's field crew had great success in the Fraser Estuary. We caught 901 juvenile salmon (Chinook and chum). We also collected thirty genetic samples from juvenile Chinook...
In addition to the Fraser River estuary our conservation interests extend into what is often termed the gravel reach. This area is important habitat for salmonids and many other species. We are now working to...
The relationship between terrestrial and marine ecosystems is a defining characteristic of the BC coast. The relationship between species and ecosystems...
Today we launched a new animation with Georgia Strait, BC and Friends of the San Juans. It illustrates the potential effects of a Kinder Morgan oil spill...
With our First Nations hosts and partners we monitor the relationship between bears, salmon and people in the Great Bear Rainforest. This is conservation science...
