A warm summer day, a cold drink and fish on the grill. It doesn’t get much better. But how do you know if your fish is sustainable? It can be a challenge—especially considering SeaChoice found just 11 percent of seafood available in Canada in 2016 was rated as a “best choice.” Many retailers have sustainable […]
Fisheries
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Hell or high water
“I always feel bad that it takes a crisis to bring that all into balance,” says Ken Paul about the struggle between Indigenous fishers and the federal government. “But sometimes that’s what necessary.” The director of Fisheries and Integrated Resources for the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nation Chiefs was one of the Indigenous leaders […]
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SCIENCE MATTERS: Wild Pacific salmon face an upstream battle for survival
[Image-1] Salmon have been swimming in Pacific Northwest waters for at least seven million years, as indicated by fossils of large saber-tooth salmon found in the area. During that time, they’ve been a key species in intricate, interconnected coastal ecosystems, bringing nitrogen and other nutrients from the ocean and up streams and rivers to spawning […]