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Wild Salmon ## Sitemaps - [XML Sitemap](https://watershedwatch.ca/sitemap.xml): Contains all public & indexable URLs for this website. ## Posts - [Blog Stories](https://watershedwatch.ca/?page_id=11190) - [2026 Mid-Season Fisheries Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2026-mid-season-fisheries-update/) - In his 2026 mid-season fisheries update, expert Greg Taylor examines poor pink returns, missing four-year-old sockeye & what they mean for the Fraser and beyond - [What’s Happening with Sockeye?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/whats-happening-with-sockeye/) - Sockeye returns on the Skeena and Fraser are falling short as fishing pressure continues under a broken Pacific Salmon Treaty. - [Bike the Dike with us this summer](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bike-the-dike-with-us-this-summer/) - Join Watershed Watch’s Bike the Dike in Port Coquitlam: take a guided ride on August 8 or explore the self-guided route from August 1 to September 7. - [Before the Forecast: Why 2026 Salmon Returns Are So Hard to Predict](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/before-the-forecast/) - 2026 B.C. salmon forecast: climate change, poor freshwater conditions and DFO monitoring cuts create uncertainty for salmon returns and spawning survival. - [2026 Salmon Forecast](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2026-salmon-forecast/) - Watershed Watch's fisheries expert Greg Taylor provides a forecast for 2026 salmon returns. - [How to Submit Your B.C. Budget Recommendations](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/how-to-submit-your-b-c-budget-recommendations/) - The province has opened public submissions for Budget 2027. Tell decision-makers exactly what investments our rivers, watersheds, and wild salmon need. - [Two Shots Across the Bow of This Year's Fisheries Forecasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/two-shots-across-the-bow-of-this-years-fisheries-forecasts/) - Could El Niño and hatchery overproduction threaten Pacific salmon recovery? New fisheries data raise concerns for wild salmon survival and future returns. - [Norrish Creek Update: Salmon Still Need Real Restoration](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/norrish-creek-update/) - An update on gravel mining at Norrish Creek, attempted restoration work to improve flows at Worth Creek, and what still needs to happen to defend wild salmon. - [A fond farewell to our Operations Director, Dawn Roumieu](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-fond-farewell-to-our-operations-director-dawn-roumieu/) - After three years with the Watershed Watch team, our Operations Director Dawn Roumieu has moved on to a new role that will be a huge benefit to those in need in her community. - [Welcoming our new Operations Manager, Melissa Desousa](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/operations-manager-melissa/) - Join us in welcoming Melissa Desousa to the Watershed Watch Salmon Society team. Melissa is our new operations manager. - [Foreign salmon farm industry groups lobby Carney to drop B.C. fish farm ban](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/foreign-salmon-farm-industry-groups-lobby-carney-to-drop-bc-fish-farm-ban/) - Foreign-owned salmon farm giants are lobbying Ottawa to reverse B.C.’s open-net fish farm ban despite parasite and disease risks to wild Pacific salmon. - [Welcoming Sean Cooper Back to the Watershed Watch Team](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/welcoming-sean-cooper-back-to-the-watershed-watch-team/) - Watershed Watch is excited to welcome back Sean Cooper to the team this summer! - [Flood Solutions in B.C.: From Grey to Green](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/flood-solutions-in-bc-from-grey-to-green/) - How B.C. can manage floods differently—using fish-friendly infrastructure and nature-based solutions to protect communities and restore salmon. - [Interior Fraser Wild Steelhead Populations on the Edge of Oblivion](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/interior-fraser-wild-steelhead-populations-on-the-edge-of-oblivion/) - Interior Fraser steelhead near extinction. Explore the causes, mismanagement, and urgent need for action in B.C. Republished from The Osprey. - [2026 Salmon Outlook: Part 1 – Environmental Conditions](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2026-salmon-outlook-part-1-environmental-conditions/) - Watershed Watch recaps DFO's environmental conditions webinar - info to predict 2026 salmon returns, with additional insights from fisheries expert Greg Taylor. - [What is Alaska Trying to Hide?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/what-is-alaska-trying-to-hide/) - Alaska’s resistance to transparency under the Pacific Salmon Treaty hides the scale of salmon interception, undermining conservation, trust, & fair fisheries - [Mowi Loses and Wild Salmon Win - Federal Court of Appeal](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/mowi-loses-and-wild-salmon-win-federal-court-of-appeal/) - A win for wild salmon. The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Mowi’s appeal, keeping fish farms out of the Discovery Islands to protect wild salmon. - [Climate Change is Increasing Flood Risk in B.C. Are You Ready?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/climate-change-is-increasing-flood-risk-in-b-c-are-you-ready/) - Climate change is increasing flood risk across B.C. Learn how flood hazards, flood-prone areas, and watershed health affect people, property, and salmon. - [It’s 2026 — Who Will Stand Up for Salmon?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/who-will-stand-up-for-salmon/) - 2026 will be a defining year for wild salmon. From Pacific Salmon Treaty talks to DFO cuts and overfishing, see who’s standing up for salmon & how you can help. - [Watch our new short-film, Connected Waters, online now!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watch-our-new-short-film-connected-waters-online-now/) - For those who missed the live screening, Connected Waters is now available to watch on Youtube. - [Gravel mining, governance, and the future of flood management in the Lower Fraser River](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/gravel-mining-governance-and-the-future-of-flood-management-in-the-lower-fraser-river/) - UBC grad Erin Stakiw reflects on gravel mining, governance, and why nature-based solutions—not extraction—are key to the future of flood management in B.C. - [Freshwater Shouldn’t Be a Casualty of B.C.’s Development Boom](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/freshwater-shouldnt-be-a-casualty-of-b-c-s-development-boom/) - BC is fast-tracking development while charging some of Canada’s lowest industrial water rates. It's time to modernize rates and reinvest in our watersheds. - [Reverse cuts to wild salmon monitoring programs, says alliance in open letter to fisheries minister](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/reverse-cuts-to-wild-salmon-monitoring-programs-says-alliance-in-open-letter-to-fisheries-minister/) - A coalition of 26 groups is urging Ottawa to reverse cuts to wild salmon monitoring in B.C., warning that reduced oversight threatens fisheries, ecosystems, and communities. - [Five Lowlights of the 2025 Federal Budget](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/five-lowlights-of-the-2025-federal-budget/) - The 2025 Federal Budget cuts key salmon and freshwater programs, stalls water security investments, and weakens habitat protections. Read five major lowlights - [2025 South Coast Fall Salmon Recap](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2025-south-coast-fall-salmon-recap/) - Read Greg Taylor's latest salmon recap, covering 2025 coastwide salmon harvests by area, sector and gear type and the economic value of the respective harvests. - [Why Are B.C. Salmon Farms Hiding Their Lice Numbers?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/why-are-bc-salmon-farms-hiding-their-sea-lice-numbers/) - BC salmon farms are quietly removing lice reports, threatening wild salmon and raising serious concerns about industry transparency. - [Five Reasons to Support Watershed Watch This Giving Tuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/five-reasons-to-support-watershed-watch-this-giving-tuesday/) - Help defend BC’s wild salmon this Giving Tuesday. Support advocacy, restoration, and habitat protection with a donation to Watershed Watch Salmon Society. - [Are Interior Fraser Steelhead on the edge of oblivion?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/are-interior-fraser-steelhead-on-the-edge-of-oblivion/) - Thompson and Chilcotin steelhead are nearing extinction. Learn why Interior Fraser steelhead are collapsing and what action B.C. needs now to save them. - [Do We Need Another Billion-Dollar Flood Before B.C. Acts?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/do-we-need-another-billion-dollar-flood-before-bc-acts/) - B.C.’s Flood Strategy sits unfunded while flood risks grow. Communities, families, and salmon remain at risk. Demand real action before the next disaster. - [Congratulations to Our 2025 Wild Salmon Run 50/50 Winner!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/congratulations-to-our-2025-wild-salmon-run-50-50-winner/) - A big congratulations to S. Marino of Vancouver, who took home $5,660! This year’s pot grew to an incredible $11,320! - [Fishing in a warming climate](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fishing-in-a-warming-climate/) - Climate change is affecting wild salmon. Do we continue to fish as we have always done, or do we begin now to take measures to help them survive these changes? - [Take part in Salmon Spawn Watch 2025!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-spawn-watch-2025/) - Witness the incredible salmon migration! Join #SalmonSpawnWatch Oct 31–Nov 28 2025 and share your sightings for a chance to win Watershed Watch prizes. - [Our 50/50 Raffle Winner is Reeling in $5,945!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wild-salmon-jackpot-winner/) - Congratulations to Mary Robson of Maple Ridge, who is the lucky winner of Watershed Watch’s 50-50 raffle! Mary won a grand total of $5,945. - [Take care when observing spawning salmon!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/take-care-when-observing-spawning-salmon/) - Going to see Salmon Spawn? Read how we should take care not to disturb B.C Salmon at this critical time in their life cycle. - [Where to see salmon spawning](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/where-to-see-salmon-spawning/) - Spawning season provides an opportunity to witness one of the great miracles of the natural world. Though this year, many returns are much lower than expected. - [Who is Afraid of The Blob?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/who-is-afraid-of-the-blob/) - Another massive marine heatwave may be forming in the Pacific. “The Blob” could return, impacting food webs and putting wild salmon at risk. - [Alaska is ‘trolling’ B.C. with its winter chinook fishery](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/alaska-is-trolling-b-c-with-its-winter-chinook-fishery/) - While B.C. fishers stand down, Alaska’s winter troll fleet catches mostly Canadian chinook. Learn why this loophole threatens wild salmon and fair management. - [Welcome Karlis Hawkins to the Watershed Watch Team!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/welcome-karlis-hawkins-to-the-watershed-watch-team/) - Meet the newest member of the Watershed Watch team — Karlis Hawkins! Karlis will be supporting the CodeBlue BC campaign and other Watershed Watch initiatives. - [The Growing Toll of Catch and Release Casts a Shadow Over Recreational Salmon Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-growing-toll-of-catch-and-release-casts-a-shadow-over-recreational-salmon-fisheries/) - Catch-and-release kills more salmon than once believed. Learn how science-based gear and handling changes can help sustain B.C.’s salmon fisheries. - [Get Your Wild Salmon Run 50/50 Tickets!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/get-your-wild-salmon-run-50-50-tickets/) - Get your tickets to Watershed Watch's 2025 Wild Salmon Run 50/50 and have a chance to win up to $10,000. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: A Bittersweet Creekwalker Victory, and Catch and Run-Size Recap (The Results Might Surprise You.) - Sept 12](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-a-bittersweet-creekwalker-victory-and-catch-and-run-size-recap-sept-12/) - 2025 creekwalker contracts are renewed after public pressure but there's uncertainty ahead. Plus, see who caught what in salmon fisheries this summer. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Ottawa Hands Fraser Pinks to U.S., Alaska's Salmon Steal, Skeena Steelhead Struggle– Sept 5](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-sep-5/) - U.S. fleets net Fraser pinks with Ottawa’s approval, Skeena steelhead near crisis, and DFO abandons salmon monitoring. - [Is B.C.’s Polluter-Pay System Rigged in Favour of Salmon Farming Companies?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/is-bcs-polluter-pay-system-rigged-in-favour-of-salmon-farming-companies/) - FOI records uncovered by Watershed Watch reveal delays in a Zeballos diesel spill response at a fish farm. Is BC’s polluter-pay system benefiting salmon farms? - [Fish Farms Kill: The long history and heavy toll salmon farms have had on fish and wildlife](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-farms-kill/) - Warning: This article contains graphic images of wildlife killed and injured at B.C. open net-pen salmon farms, showing the heavy toll they have on wildlife. - [Defending Wild Salmon: Our 2024 Annual Report](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/defending-wild-salmon-our-2024-annual-report/) - Together with supporters and allies, we made big strides in 2024, from securing a ban on open-net salmon farms, to pushing for improved fisheries management in B.C. and beyond. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Canada Caves to U.S. Demands, DFO Cuts Guardian Contracts– Aug 29](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-canada-caves-to-u-s-demands-dfo-cuts-guardian-contracts-aug-29/) - Canada folds to the US on a pink salmon fishery, leaving our own fishers tied to the docks. DFO contract cuts have one guardian monitoring on his own dime. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Fraser Frustrations, Nass Struggles, and Alaska Closes Late - Aug 22](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-fraser-frustrations-nass-struggles-and-alaska-closes-late-aug-22/) - This week in salmon fisheries: Fraser sockeye returns soar but fishing is limited, Nass runs falter, and Alaska shuts D104 only after the catch. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Balancing the Scales: Harvest and Conservation - Aug15](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-bc-fisheries-aug-15/) - Tracking salmon and steelhead returns across B.C. reveals troubling declines, complex management issues, and urgent calls for conservation action. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Alaska’s not-so-neighbourly tactics and DFO’s questionable call - Aug 8](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-salmon-fisheries-alaskas-not-so-neighbourly-tactics-dfos-questionable-call-and-a-fraser-opening-aug-8/) - B.C.’s salmon season update: Alaska’s interceptions, DFO’s Skeena call, and a blink-and-you-missed-it Fraser River opening announcement – Aug 8. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Pink Surge, Early Stuart Boom](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-bc-fisheries-july24/) - [The Fight to Remove Salmon Farms from B.C.: A Timeline of Progress and Pushback](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/state-of-salmon-farming/) - Track the key moments in a decades-long effort to remove open-net pen salmon farms and protect wild salmon along the coast. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: DFO’s Number Blunder and the Fraser Heats Up - Aug 1](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-bc-fisheries-aug-1/) - Get the latest B.C. salmon fisheries update: Early Stuart sockeye surge, DFO miscount, pink returns, and rising Fraser River temperatures. - [This Week in Salmon Fisheries: Sockeye Peaks and Pink Promises](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-week-in-bc-fisheries-july17/) - B.C.’s 2025 salmon season is heating up. Our fisheries advisor, Greg Taylor, provides a fisheries update. - [Counting on Zero: Why Chinook Data from Southeast Alaska Can’t Be Trusted](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/counting-on-zero-why-chinook-data-from-southeast-alaska-cant-be-trusted/) - Alaska’s District 101 fishery intercepts B.C.-bound salmon and has been reporting zero chinook bycatch. Here's why. - [Alaska's Dirty Secret update: a tale of two fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-tale-of-two-fisheries/) - Alaskan interception fisheries killed well over 3 million B.C. salmon this year in just a few small fishing districts near the B.C. border. - [Aaron Hill: The important (but kind of boring) stuff we are doing to defend wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/policy-update/) - Our Executive Director Aaron Hill provides an update on the Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative and the development of a provincial Wild Salmon Strategy. - [Water Scarcity Is Looming. It’s Time to Fix B.C.’s Broken Water System](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/water-scarcity-bcs-broken-water-system/) - While residents are being asked to conserve in response to an impending drought, major industries in B.C. pay pennies for water. - [2024 Salmon Recap Part Two: North and Central Coast](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2024-salmon-fishery-recap-part-two/) - Our fisheries expert Greg Taylor provides a recap of 2024 salmon returns, with a focus on the North and Central Coast. Part two of three. - [2025 Salmon Outlook: Part 1 – Environmental Conditions](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2025-salmon-outlook-part-one/) - Fires, floods & marine heat shaped B.C.'s 2025 salmon returns. Part 1 of our Outlook series explores the conditions behind DFO’s 2025 predictions. - [2025 Salmon Outlook: Part 2 — Predicted Salmon Returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2025-salmon-outlook-part-two/) - Watershed Watch breaks down DFO’s 2025 Salmon Outlook and shares key concerns and predictions from fisheries advisor Greg Taylor for the year ahead. - [Norrish Creek is in Trouble—We’re Calling for a Halt to Gravel Mining](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/norrish-creek-is-in-trouble-were-calling-for-a-halt-to-gravel-mining/) - Gravel mining in Norrish Creek is destroying salmon habitat. Learn more and take action to demand immediate action from federal and provincial governments. - [Celebrating B.C. Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/celebrating-bc-wild-salmon/) - Happy B.C. Wild Salmon Day. Whether you appreciate wild salmon for their ecological value, their flavour, their epic migrations, or their beauty, we all have reasons we love wild salmon here in B.C. - [2024 Salmon Recap Part Three: South Coast](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-fisheries-recap-2024-salmon-recap-part-3-south-coast/) - Watershed Watch fisheries advisor Greg Taylor discusses 2024 South Coast salmon returns in the third and final part of his 2024 salmon season recap. - [Salmon, Gravel, and a Warning from Worth Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-gravel-and-a-warning-from-worth-creek/) - Worth Creek ran dry after gravel mining in Norrish Creek. Urgent action is needed to defend wild salmon and protect groundwater-fed streams in the Lower Fraser. - [Ocean Wise pulls sustainability recommendation for southeast Alaska salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/ocean-wise-pulls-sustainability-recommendation-for-southeast-alaska-salmon/) - Vancouver-based eco-label Ocean Wise has removed salmon harvested in southeast Alaska from its list of recommended sustainable seafood products. - [Greg Taylor 2024 Salmon Fishery Recap: Part One](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2024-salmon-fishery-recap-part-one/) - Our fisheries expert Greg Taylor provides a recap of 2024 salmon returns. Part one of three. - [Do You Live in a Floodplain? Why It Matters and How to Find Out](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/do-you-live-in-a-floodplain/) - Do you live in a floodplain? Learn how to check your flood risk—and why it matters for your safety, your community, and local salmon habitat. - [Meet Sean Cooper, our new outreach and engagement assistant](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/sean-cooper/) - Meet Sean Cooper, our new outreach and engagement assistant at Watershed Watch and learn what inspired them to join our team. - [Paddle the Slough 2025: Celebrating and Protecting Hope Slough's Natural Heritage](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/paddle-the-slough-2025-celebrating-and-protecting-hope-sloughs-natural-heritage/) - Paddle the Slough 2025 launches May 10 in Chilliwack with a community flotilla and a photo challenge running through June 15. Discover how to explore, celebrate, and help protect Hope Slough. - [The Election is Over - What's Next for Wild Salmon?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/post-election-whats-next-for-wild-salmo/) - [Where do the federal parties stand on B.C. salmon farms?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/where-do-the-federal-parties-stand-on-b-c-salmon-farms/) - [B.C. Factory Fish Farms and the 2025 Federal Election](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-factory-fish-farms-and-the-2025-federal-election/) - With the Canadian Federal election on April 28th, 2025, Senior Science & Policy Analyst Stan Proboszcz goes over B.C. Factory Fish Farms and the Federal Election - [2025 UBC symposium on salmonid migrations, ecology and management](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2025-ubc-symposium-on-salmonid-migrations-ecology-and-management/) - Watershed Watch's Fisheries Advisor David Mills goes over what was covered at the 19th annual UBC symposium on salmonid migrations, ecology and management. - [Back to Our Roots: Stewardship Initiatives in Our Home Watershed](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/back-to-our-roots-stewardship-initiatives-in-our-home-watershed/) - Watershed Watch in restoring the Coquitlam River watershed through hands-on stewardship and community-driven salmon conservation. - [Your Guide to Buying Canadian Seafood](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/your-guide-to-buying-canadian-seafood/) - [Carey Island: A landmark conservation win](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-landmark-conservation-win-the-preservation-of-carey-island/) - The purchase of Carey Island in the lower Fraser River by the Nature Conservancy of Canada is a major conservation win for salmon and sturgeon. - [Making progress on a fish-friendly Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/making-progress-on-a-fish-friendly-lower-fraser/) - Watershed Watch, Leq’a:mel Nation, Resilient Waters, and partners celebrate installation of a fish-friendly floodgate in the Fraser River watershed - [B.C. Flood Strategy - A good plan on paper](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-flood-strategy-2/) - B.C.'s new Flood Strategy includes many things Watershed Watch has been advocating for, — what's missing is the funding to make it a reality. - [Gravel mining on Vedder River a risk to salmon survival](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/gravel-mining-on-vedder-river-a-risk-to-salmon-survival/) - New research shows gravel mining has a direct impact on salmon habitat. There are better alternatives for flood control in the Fraser Valley. - [Support Salmon with the Wild Salmon Jackpot 50/50 Raffle!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wild-salmon-jackpot-50-50-raffle/) - Don’t miss your chance to support wild salmon and win! Get your tickets to Watershed Watch's Wild Salmon Jackpot 50/50. - [How to protect at-risk chinook populations as others flourish: DFO should take lessons from our southern neighbours](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lets-celebrate-but-proceed-with-caution-on-strong-chinook-returns/) - This year saw an exceptional return of two populations of Fraser River chinook. While other Fraser populations remain depressed, they too have improved. Why? - [Greg Taylor: 2024 Season Outlook](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2024-season-outlook/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society's fisheries expert, Greg Taylor, provides his predictions and outlook for salmon returns and salmon fishing in B.C. in 2024. - [Goodbye to a fearless leader and friend](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/goodbye-to-a-fearless-leader-and-friend/) - Donna MacIntyre, longtime Fisheries Director for the Lake Babine Nation and tireless advocate for wild salmon, passed away Sept. 5 from complications of cancer. - [In defence of wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/in-defence-of-wild-salmon/) - Wayne Halabourda, former director and chair of Watershed Watch’s Board of Directors; reflects on Watershed Watch's 25th Anniversary. - [The Fight for Fish Farm Transparency](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-fight-for-fish-farm-transparency/) - For two years we've been trying to get our hands on salmon farm sea lice data used in a controversial DFO science report, and our efforts have finally paid off. - [Nature is B.C.'s Anchor for Long-Term Security](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/nature-is-b-c-s-anchor-for-long-term-security/) - In the face of the United States economic threats against Canada, British Columbians are fighting back. But fast-tracking resource extraction isn’t the answer. - [Pollution Plagues Experimental Salmon Farm: What's Going On?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/pollution-plagues-experimental-salmon-farm/) - [Watershed Watch 2023 annual report](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-2023-annual-report/) - [Pete Broomhall: The Exact Man](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/pete-broomhall-the-exact-man/) - A profile of Watershed Watch Salmon Society founder Pete Broomhall, written by fellow Watershed Watch founder Craig Orr, featured in Fly Lines Magazine. - [Salmon farm mortality incidents skyrocketing—another call to protect wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-farm-mortality-incidents-skyrocketing-another-call-to-protect-wild-salmon/) - New study documents a large increase in mortality events at factory fish farms in BC from 2011 to 2022 due to sea lice treatments, algal blooms and low oxygen. - [Challenging our assumptions about catch and release](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/challenging-our-assumptions-about-catch-and-release/) - New research on catch and release recreational fisheries makes it clear that fewer encounters between fish and anglers in the marine environment will be better for wild salmon. - [Congratulations to our 2024 Salmon Spawn Watch winners](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/congratulations-to-our-2024-salmon-spawn-watch-winners/) - Watershed Watch's annual Salmon Spawn Watch contest has wrapped up for another year. Find out who won this year! - [Fraser Valley First Nations and farmers gather to find common ground](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/common-ground-lower-fraser/) - Farmers and First Nations in the Fraser Valley are disproportionately impacted by flooding and can have conflicting values regarding the floodplain and flooding - [A Guide to Private Prosecutions in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-guide-to-private-prosecutions-in-british-columbia/) - Check out our latest resource: A Citizen’s and Lawyer’s Guide to Private Prosecutions in B.C. Developed by the Environmental Law Centre, it provides an overview of how private prosecutions can be used to address environmental violations. - [Defend Salmon from the Toxic Threat of 6PPD-q](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/protect-salmon-6ppd-q/) - Tell the federal government to protect salmon from the killer compound 6PPD-q. Public comments are open until December 4, 2024. - [A win for eco-fraud](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-win-for-eco-fraud/) - Sustainable seafood certifier Marine Stewardship Council rejected our objection to remove Southeast Alaskan salmon fisheries' sustainable rating. - [Farewell to our communications specialist, Dene!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/farewell-dene/) - Dene Moore, Watershed Watch’s Communications Specialist for the past year, recently left the Watershed Watch team to support important work in her community. - [Closed Containment Salmon Farming in the Ocean: A Risky Experiment](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/closed-containment-salmon-farming-in-the-ocean-a-risky-experiment/) - The federal government committed to banning open net-pen salmon farms by 2029. Any transition must be to closed containment aquaculture, where risks to wild fish and ecosystems are minimized. - [Vote Wild Salmon: Your guide for the 2024 B.C. election](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/b-c-s-political-parties-platform-promises-for-wild-salmon-and-their-habitats/) - Check out our summary of the platform commitments provincial parties have made that will impact wild salmon and their habitats. - [Lina Azeez: An update on Strawberry Island in Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-an-update-on-strawberry-island-in-heart-of-the-fraser/) - After learning about salmon habitat destruction on Strawberry Island, Watershed Watch and our supporters helped stop the unpermitted activity. - [Environmental whack-a-mole in the Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/environmental-whack-a-mole-in-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - We continue to play whack-a-mole with threats to the floodplain habitat in the Heart of the Fraser. Read the blog post on the current state of the Fraser River - [Federal government releases fish farm ban plan](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-farm-ban-plan/) - The federal government recently released its draft salmon aquaculture transition plan. While it confirms the ban on open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters, it's light on details and leaves many questions to be answered. - [Introducing Dene Moore](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/introducing-dene-moore/) - Watershed Watch welcomes Dene Moore to the team. Long-time journalist Dene Moore is Watershed Watch'S new communications specialist. - [Take part in Salmon Spawn Watch 2024!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/take-part-in-salmon-spawn-watch-2024/) - Witness salmon returns, document what you see and share online with the #SalmonSpawnWatch for a chance to win some great prizes! - [Have your candidates signed the Watershed Security Pledge?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/have-your-candidates-signed-the-watershed-security-pledge/) - The Watershed Security Coalition, of which Watershed Watch is a member, recently launched a Watershed Security Pledged and are calling on all provincial candidates to sign. - [Vote for wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/vote-wild-salmon/) - British Columbians go to the polls this month. We can all support wild salmon by voting for candidates who pledge to conserve and rebuild these species. - [Salmon battle in Seattle](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-battle-in-seattle-finishing-the-decades-long-fight-to-strip-southeast-alaska-salmon-sustainable-label/) - A decades-long fight by Watershed Watch to have southeast Alaskan salmon stripped of the Marine Stewardship Council's ‘sustainable’ label comes to a head. - [Join us for B.C. Wild Salmon Day!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-wild-salmon-day/) - Join Watershed Watch, Resilient Waters, and Kwikwetlem First Nation for a fun, family-friendly B.C. Wild Salmon Day at ƛ̓éxətəm Regional Park on October 5. - [B.C. Rivers Day: Celebrating the heart and soul of our province](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-rivers-day/) - Rivers are the lifeblood of British Columbia and we celebrate them and all that they provide - including habitat for wild salmon - on BC Rivers Day on Sept. 22. - [Lois Lake fish farm fined $350k for operating illegally](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lois-lake-fish-farm-fined-350k/) - A fish farm operating out of tenure in Lois Lake has been fined $350,000 following a tip from a local fishing guide. - [Concerns for wild salmon in wake of Chilcotin River landslide](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/concerns-for-wild-salmon-in-wake-of-chilcotin-river-landslide/) - A debris dam that blocked the Chilcotin River following a landslide has given way. The river flows but concerns remain for Fraser River wild salmon. - [Wildfire, Drought and the Decline of Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wildfire-drought-and-the-decline-of-wild-salmon/) - The increase in the frequency and severity of wildfires and drought in B.C. are an added stress on wild salmon on top of habitat loss and climate change. - [Check out our new online shop!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-shop-launch/) - Check out our new Watershed Watch online shop and purchase your own Watershed Watch t-shirt or sweatshirt today. - [Flood funding snubs make a case for green flood solutions](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/flood-funding-snubs-make-a-case-for-green-flood-solutions/) - Canada recently denied funding for flood projects in Abbotsford, Merritt and Princeton. It's a wake-up call that we need green infrastructure. - [Let’s not drop the ball on drought preparedness](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lets-not-drop-the-ball-on-drought-preparedness/) - A look at the current snowpack and water level conditions in B.C. make it clear we can't be complacent about drought this summer. - [Federal Government BANS open net-pen fish farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/federal-government-bans-open-net-pen-fish-farms/) - There has been a mixed reaction to the federal government’s June 19 announcement on salmon farms but we want to be clear: Factory salmon farms have been issued their eviction notice in B.C. - [Introducing Watershed Watch's summer staff](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/introducing-watershed-watchs-summer-staff/) - [Die-offs and exploding parasite levels at Nootka area fish farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/nootka-die-off/) - Watershed Watch's Stan Proboszcz kayaked out to witness the fallout from a large die-off of Atlantic salmon at a factory fish farm in Muchalat Inlet - [Watershed Watch’s 50/50 winner is…](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watchs-50-50-winner-is/) - Congratulations to Chris Tite of Coquitlam, who is the lucky winner of Watershed Watch’s 50-50 raffle! Chris won a grand total of $5810. - [Challenging Alaska’s sustainable salmon greenwash](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/challenging-alaskas-sustainable-salmon-greenwash/) - Watershed Watch, SkeenaWild and Raincoast are challenging the Marine Stewardship Council's sustainable salmon certification of Alaska. - [Factory salmon farms ramp up lobbying of federal Fisheries officials](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/factory-fish-farms-crank-up-lobbying-in-the-face-of-transition-promise/) - Federal fisheries officials are being inundated with lobbying by B.C. salmon farm proponents as public pressure mounts for removals. - [Watershed Watch: 25 years of standing strong for wild salmon conservation](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-25-years-of-standing-strong-for-wild-salmon-conservation/) - Craig Orr, Watershed Watch's Founder and Former Executive Director reflects on the 25th anniversary of standing strong for B.C. wild salmon conservation - [Lina Azeez: More salmon habitat in the Fraser floodplain under severe threat](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-more-salmon-habitat-in-the-fraser-floodplain-under-severe-threat/) - Strawberry Island, an important floodplain island, is in imminent danger of being removed from the floodplain forever by development. - [Salmon die-off mystery solved, now we wait for 6PPD action](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-die-off-mystery-solved-now-we-wait-for-6ppd-action/) - The car tire chemical 6PPD is deadly to salmon when it runs off into urban streams. Watershed Watch has asked the Canadian government to review its use. - [Watershed Watch 50/50: You could net up to $10,000!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-50-50/) - [Honouring the life of John Allen Fraser, wild salmon conservationist](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/honouring-the-life-of-john-allen-fraser-wild-salmon-conservationist/) - John Allen Fraser, passed on April 6, 2024, at the age of 92. John was a tireless advocate for environmental conservation and for the protection of wild salmon. - [A good buy or greenwashing? Seafood eco-label misleading](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-good-buy-or-greenwashing-seafood-eco-label-misleading/) - The UK-based Marine Stewardship Council will recertify the Alaska salmon fishery as sustainable in May, despite its devastating bycatch of B.C. wild salmon. - [Join our webinar on Alaskan interceptions of B.C. salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/alaskan-interception-webinar/) - Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild invite you to join our webinar on our recent analysis of Alaskan interception of B.C. salmon and steelhead on May 3, 2024. - [How to vote in the BC election](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/how-to-vote-in-the-bc-election/) - With just a few days left, and the mail in deadline now passed, we wanted to go over how to vote in the B.C. election on or before October 24. - [World Water Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/world-water-day/) - On March 22 the planet celebrates World Water Day, a time to reflect on the importance of fresh water in all aspects of life and advocate for its sustainable management. - [Restoring Gill Bar: A Collaborative Effort for Conservation and Cultural Preservation](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/restoring-gill-bar/) - Excited to collaborate with Pelólhxw tribes, Stó:lō Resource Center, Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, partners for a 3-year Gill Bar area restoration project. - [B.C. Budget 2024 fails to address the cycle of crisis on climate-related disasters](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/b-c-budget-2024/) - B.C. Budget 2024 fails to address the cycle of crisis on climate-related disasters British Columbia is trapped in a worsening cycle of climate disaster - [VIDEO: Let's make Maple Creek fish-friendly, together!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/maple-creek-video/) - Maple Creek, between Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam, undergoes transformation. Upgrading pump station for wild salmon benefits and local flood risk reduction. - [Watershed Watch’s longest-serving Chair steps down](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/longest-serving-chair-steps-down/) - Wayne Halabourda, Watershed Watch’s longest-serving Board Chair, stepped down in May after nearly 20 years as director and board chair. - [Join us for the LIVE premiere of our Connected Waters video!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/live-premiere-connected-waters-video/) - On Tuesday, September 28 at 7 p.m., join us on Zoom for the official premiere of our new 8-minute long film, Connected Waters. Created by Kieran Muller. - [Listen to the Freshwater Stream podcast!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/listen-to-the-freshwater-stream-podcast/) - Listen to the season 2 finale podcast episode of the Freshwater Stream, our new podcast about B.C.’s watersheds and the people who care about them. - [Lina Azeez: Making flood recovery fish-friendly](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-making-flood-recovery-fish-friendly/) - After the devastating floods of November 2021, building better flood control should also mean making those flood control structures fish and salmon friendly - [Lina Azeez: DFO letter says City of Pitt Meadows is wrong on Kennedy Pump Station](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-dfo-letter-says-city-of-pitt-meadows-is-wrong-on-kennedy-pump-station/) - In February 2020, Pitt Meadows council approved fish-killing pumps. Suspecting a Fisheries Act violation, Ecojustice Canada lawyers confirmed our suspicion's. - [Join us for Urban Salmon documentary launch!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/launch-of-the-urban-salmon-documentary/) - March 4, 7:00 p.m. - Join the launch of "Urban Salmon," a short documentary by Fernando Lessa, exploring the return of wild salmon to Vancouver waterways - [Job Posting: Operations Director](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/job-posting-operations-director/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is hiring a Operation's Director to support and guide our small team in all aspects of organizational operations - [In person events are back on!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/in-person-events-are-back-on/) - After 17 months, in-person events return! Roxanna & volunteers remove invasive yellow flag iris seed pods along Bell Slough in Chilliwack on a Saturday morning - [How much habitat will be destroyed before DFO enforces its own rules?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/how-much-habitat-will-be-destroyed-before-dfo-enforces-its-own-rules/) - Video reveals off-road vehicles damaging fish habitat at Gill Bar in Chilliwack. Urgent calls to Fisheries and Oceans Canada for intervention and protection. - [How global warming is affecting B.C. salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/how-global-warming-is-affecting-b-c-salmon/) - Raising global temperatures and changes in precipitation mean warmer waterways effecting Salmon Habits, Behaviour and temperatures above 25 degrees being lethal - [Help document salmon returns with #SalmonSpawnWatch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/help-document-salmon-returns-with-salmonspawnwatch/) - Help Watershed Watch Salmon Society document salmon returns with Hashtag Salmon SpawnWatch and enter to win an incredible 3-day getaway from REO Rafting Resort - [Greg Taylor: Saving salmon in a changing climate](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-saving-salmon-in-a-changing-climate/) - Why our salmon are endangered and what we must do to save them, and ourselves in a changing climate that is leading to a sharp decline in salmon number - [Greg Taylor: 2021 salmon forecast amongst widespread closures](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2021-salmon-forecast-amongst-widespread-closures/) - Greg Taylor's 2021 Salmon forecast amongst the fisheries minister's announcement on the long-term decision to close most of B.C.'s commercial salmon fisheries. - [Fraser flooding and wild salmon habitats](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fraser-flooding-and-wild-salmon-habitats/) - Fraser River's lower stretch has over 1500 km of blocked salmon habitat due to outdated flood control structures needing replacement. - [Fish farms imported foreign virus infecting BC salmon, study suggests](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-farms-imported-foreign-virus-infecting-bc-salmon-study-suggests/) - New study in Science Advances indicates Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) likely arrived in British Columbia from Norway via salmon farming from 1981-1997. - [Fish farms granted an injunction. What does that really mean?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-farms-granted-an-injunction-what-does-that-really-mean/) - On April 5 2021, the Federal Court of Canada granted an injunction to fish farm giant MOWI that could allow them to restock two of their Discovery Islands sites - [Watch your step! Salmon eggs may be underfoot](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/dont-step-on-salmon-nests/) - Between fall and spring, spawning grounds are full of salmon redds, gravel nests dug by spawning females. Here are some tips for avoiding salmon redds. - [Confronting illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing on the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/confronting-illegal-unreported-and-unregulated-fishing-on-the-fraser/) - Last week our partners and Greg Taylor met with MP Mel Arnold to discuss the impacts of illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fisheries on the Fraser River. - [Dave Mills: Confronting the high cost of Alaska’s interception fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/confronting-alaskan-interceptions/) - Wild Salmon Watersheds Campaigner, Dave Mills on Alaska's interception fisheries. Donate to Alaska's Dirty Secret TO STOP ALASKAN INTERCEPTION OF B.C. SALMON - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - September 8, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-september-8-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for September 8, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - September 7, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-september-7-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for September 7, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - September 6, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-september-6-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for September 6, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - September 1, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-september-1-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for September 1, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - December 19, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-december-19-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for December 19, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - December 16, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-december-16-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for December 16, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily - December 15, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-december-15-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for December 15, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 31, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-31-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 31, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 30, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-30-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 30, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 29, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-29-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 29, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 26, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-26-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 26, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 25, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-25-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 25, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 24, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-24-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 24, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 23, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-23-2011/) - Cohen Aquaculture hearing summary for August 23, 2011. This post includes the Hearing transcript, summary, evidence and news link sources. - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 22, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-22-2011/) - A summary of the August 22, 2011 Cohen Aquaculture hearing. Read the transcript and the evidentiary documents page for a listing of key exhibits discussed - [CodeBlue BC turns one!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/codeblue-bc-turns-one/) - We launched CodeBlue BC a year ago with some amazing champions for clean water, plans to secure and sustain the health of B.C.’s watersheds long-term health. - [Check out the trailer for our new podcast!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/check-out-the-trailer-for-our-new-podcast/) - The Freshwater Stream podcast, by Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Canadian Freshwater Alliance, explores BC.’s watersheds and passionate advocates - [Birdwatching for beginners](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/birdwatching-for-beginners/) - Join Watershed Watch Salmon Society's Founder and life long birder, Dr. Craig Orr in this Birdwatching guide for beginners. From gear, guide to location. - [BC groups join forces to defend fish, wildlife & habitats](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-groups-form-a-new-coalition-to-protect-fish-and-wildlife/) - Watershed Watch has joined a new province-wide coalition of 25 organizations, all sharing common concerns about the decline of fish, wildlife, and habitat. - [Asking Governor Dunleavy to stop Alaskan harvest of BC salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/asking-governor-dunleavy-to-stop-alaskan-harvest-of-bc-salmon/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society, with three conservation partners, writes to Alaska's Governor Mike Dunleavy to halt the harvest of B.C. wild salmon. - [Announcing the winners of our 2023 Paddle the Slough Challenge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/announcing-the-winners-of-our-2023paddletheslough-challenge/) - We are thankful for each and every one of you who participated in Paddle the Slough 2023 and shared your photos and stories about your experience! - [Announcing the winners of our #2022PaddletheSlough Challenge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/announcing-the-winners-of-our-2022paddletheslough-challenge/) - Announcing the winners of our 2022 Paddle The Slough Challenge. Thank you to each and every one of you that came out to paddle the slough and shared your photos - [Announcing our World & BC Rivers Day photo contest winners](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/announcing-our-world-bc-rivers-day-photo-contest-winners/) - Announcing our World & BC Rivers Day photo contest winners! We received a tonne of amazing submissions, Thank you to everyone who participated! - [Aaron Hill: The impacts of the floods on wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-the-impacts-of-the-floods-on-wild-salmon/) - Watershed Watch's Executive Director Aaron Hill on the impact of the floods on B.C. Wild Salmon and how upgraded salmon friendly flood control is important - [5 Questions To Ask Candidates About Salmon & Water](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/5-questions-to-ask-candidates-about-salmon-water/) - With the B.C. Provincial election right around the corner on October 4 2020 , here are 5 questions to ask candidates about B.C. Wild Salmon and B.C. Watersheds. - [Announcing the winners of our #2021PaddletheSlough challenge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2021-paddle-the-slough-winners/) - Announcing the 2021 Paddle The Slough Challenge winners! Thank you for each and every one of you that came out to paddle the slough and entered our contests. - [10 things to do in the Fraser Valley](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/10-things-to-do-in-the-fraser-valley/) - The Fraser Valley in B.C. is known for its picturesque landscapes, outdoor activities, and charming communities. Here are 10 things to do in the Fraser Valley: - [Remember the Salmon War?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/remember-the-salmon-war/) - 1997, with the Pacific Salmon Treaty lapsed, Alaskan fleets caught 4x their allotment of BC sockeye, leaving little for BC. 27 years later, we've got deja vu - [Vedder River gravel mining cancelled!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/vedder-gravel-mining-cancelled/) - Thanks to public pressure, the province of B.C. has walked back on their plans to mine gravel from the Vedder River in a pink salmon spawning year. - [What we saw in DFO’s Salmon Outlook for 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-outlook-for-2024/) - Watershed Watch's Aaron Hill summarizes key takeaways and concerns for wild salmon in the year ahead following DFO's 2024 Salmon Outlook presentation. - [World Wetlands Day celebrates these ‘guardians of our planet’](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/world-wetlands-day-2024/) - Watershed Watch celebrates World Wetlands Day as an opportune moment to reflect on the significance of these often-overlooked ecosystems. - [Environmental conditions informing salmon returns in 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2024-outlook-enviromental-conditions/) - Environmental conditions are affecting wild salmon returning to spawn in 2024. Part 1 of 2 recapping Fisheries and Oceans Canada's 2024 Salmon Outlook - [Record low B.C. snowpack likely means severe drought this summer](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/record-low-b-c-snowpack-likely-means-severe-drought-this-summer/) - B.C. has a record-low snowpack so far this winter, following record drought and the worst wildfire season in its history last year. We need to get ready for another parched summer. - [Watershed security must be a priority in 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-security-must-be-a-priority-in-2024/) - [Cutting the red tape: Solutions for the Lower Fraser Floodplain](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cutting-red-tape/) - Around 85 percent of salmon habitat in the lower Fraser River has been lost. Our ability to act on solutions is limited by resources and red tape. - [Eby says social license on factory farms has expired following massive fish kill](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wild-fish-kill/) - Open net-pen farms killed over 800,000 herring in 2022. At a press conference, Premier Eby and others called on the feds to move forward with a transition. - [Greg Taylor: 2023 Season Recap](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2023-season-recap/) - We spoke with fisheries expert, consultant and advisor to Watershed Watch and SkeenaWild, Greg Taylor about how the season played out compared to his pre-season predictions. - [Water expert Rosie Simms is Watershed Watch's new board chair](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/water-expert-rosie-simms-is-watershed-watchs-new-board-chair/) - Rosie is the research lead and project manager for UVic's POLIS Water Sustainability Project and brings her knowledge in water and natural resources governance - [Volunteer Voices: Hear from some of our long-time volunteers](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/volunteer-voices-hear-from-some-of-our-long-time-volunteers/) - Watershed Watch spoke to three of our fantastic volunteers about what motivates them. Here’s what they had to say. - [On Giving Tuesday, donate to get fish farms out!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/giving-tuesday2023/) - Giving Tuesday is on November 28 this year. Can you help us raise $5,500 in just 24 hours to help get fish farms out of B.C.'s coastal waters? - [Salmon in a changing world](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-in-a-changing-world/) - Dr. Jonathan Moore, head of SFU's Salmon Watersheds Lab talks climate change and salmon on Watershed Watch’s webinar. Missed the webinar? YouTube link within. - [2023 Salmon Spawn Watch Winners](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2023-salmon-spawn-watch-winners/) - Our annual Salmon Spawn Watch event wrapped up on November 15! Find out who won prizes this year! - [Operation North Pacific Guard](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/operation-north-pacific/) - In 2023, Canada led Operation North Pacific Guard, an international enforcement operation using International Law to board vessels suspected of illegal fishing. - [DFO fisheries management gets an F in commissioner's audit](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/dfo-fisheries-management-gets-an-f-in-commissioners-audit/) - DFO is failing to collect the data it needs to manage fisheries sustainably. That’s the verdict of an audit from Canada’s environment commissioner. - [Webinar: Salmon Watersheds in an Era of Climate Change](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/webinar-salmon-watersheds-in-an-era-of-climate-change/) - Please join Watershed Watch in conversation with Dr. Jonathan Moore of SFU’s Salmon Watersheds Lab, to talk about climate change, salmon and salmon watersheds. - [Feds need to quit stalling on salmon farm phase-out!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/feds-need-to-quit-stalling-on-salmon-farm-phase-out/) - The new Minister of Fisheries and Oceans is under pressure to quit stalling on the federal government’s plan to transition open net-pen salmon farms in B.C. - [Can we stop Alaska’s attack on Canadian salmon?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/can-we-stop-alaskas-attack-on-canadian-salmon/) - We estimate Alaskan interception fisheries took 3 million Canadian salmon before they could migrate back to B.C. waters. Thousands more were killed as bycatch. - [A Win for B.C. Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-water-win/) - The B.C. government has transferred responsibility for B.C.’s water and fish out of the Forests Ministry to the Ministry of Water, Land and Resource Stewardship - [Poor planning and management is putting B.C.’s watersheds and wild salmon at risk](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watersheds-wild-salmon-at-risk/) - [Vedder River gravel mining update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/vedder-river-gravel-mining-update/) - [Celebrating another year of Resilient Waters fieldwork: a photo recap](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/rw-fieldwork-gallery/) - [It’s Salmon Spawn Watch Season!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-spawn-watch-2023/) - SalmonSpawnWatch 2023 has begun! Post your photos and videos to social media with the hashtag #SalmonSpawnWatch for a chance to win! - [VIDEO: Can salmon survive the changing climate?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/video-can-salmon-survive-the-changing-climate/) - [A heartfelt send-off to our engagement manager, Roxanna Kooistra](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/roxanna-send-off/) - After 2 years with Watershed Watch, our engagement manager Roxanna recently accepted a new position with Cheam First Nation - [Government drags their feet on an open-net pen transition plan while Mowi takes Canadian taxpayers to court](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/mowi-canada-courtcase/) - The federal government has delayed the released of their plan to transition open-net pens in B.C. - [Celebrating Rivers Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/rivers-day-2023/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society will be attending several events in celebration of this year's Rivers Day! - [Years in the making: salmon return to the lower Agassiz Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-lower-agassiz-slough/) - [A fond farewell to Shayla Walker and a big welcome to Dawn Roumieu!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-fond-farewell-and-welcome/) - Watershed Watch is a small organization and this fall we had some big changes to our core team of staff! - [Fish Farm Parasites that DFO Ignores](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-farm-parasites-that-dfo-ignores/) - We all know parasitic lice from salmon farms can harm baby salmon. But did you know there is a harmful species of fish farm parasite ignored by our federal government? - [Vedder River salmon habitat threatened by gravel mining](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/vedder-river-gravel/) - The provincial government of B.C. is on the verge of making a grave decision that threatens the habitat of wild salmon. - [Taking shorter showers will not bring back dead fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/ford-creek-bc-drought/) - Asking people to take shorter showers will not prevent future fish kills. Aaron Hill & Lina Azeez explain what the province needs to do to manage drought. - [Meghan Rooney: What’s beneath the surface?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-whats-beneath-the-surface/) - [Catching up with our fieldwork technician, Avery Leake!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/avery-fieldwork-update-2023/) - Watershed Watch touches base with Avery, our fieldwork technician, to see how data collection in the lower Fraser is going so far this year! - [Greg Taylor: 2023 Early Season Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2023-early-season-update/) - It is still early in a salmon season but so far things are playing out similar to what fisheries expert Greg Taylor forecast a few weeks ago. - [A fond farewell to our communications director, Anna Kemp](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/farewell-anna/) - Watershed Watch's communications director left the team in early 2023 to start her own business. We wish her the very best in her new journey! - [Summer 2023 could leave B.C.’s watersheds high and dry](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/summer-2023-high-and-dry/) - With several converging factors at play, it is hard not to be concerned with the state of BC’s watersheds in 2023, & the communities, fish & wildlife that call them home. - [Greg Taylor: Best Guesses for the 2023 Salmon Season](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2023-salmon-season/) - Fisheries expert Greg Taylor provides his forecast for the 2023 salmon season - [Calling All Heart of the Fraser Valley Property Owners](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/calling-all-heart-of-the-fraser-valley-property-owners/) - WANTED FOR CONSERVATION: Properties in the lower Fraser floodplain between Hope and Mission, B.C. - [What we think about DFO's 'What We Heard' report](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/what-we-think-about-dfos-what-we-heard-report/) - DFO released their report summarizing the public consultations they held on transitioning open net-pen salmon farms from B.C. by 2025 - here's what we think. - [Alaska’s politicians are stepping up to help their fishers kill more B.C. salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/ads-update-june2023/) - Our Alaska’s Dirty Secret campaign, working to stop Alaska’s interception fisheries, is seeing some important wins. Here’s an update ahead of harvest season. - [Building flood resilience in the Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/building-flood-resilience/) - Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition is advancing conversations about flood resilience: the capacity of communities, infrastructure, & habitat to withstand, adapt, and recover from flooding. - [Bike the Dike with Watershed Watch 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bike-the-dike-2022/) - Watershed Watch is hosting our 6th annual bike tour! From August 1 - 31, grab your bicycle and head out to Pitt Meadows for a leisurely ride by the water. - [Bike the Dike with Watershed Watch 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bike-the-dike-with-watershed-watch/) - Join us for Bike the Dike 2021, a self-guided and COVID-safe bike tour of one of the most biked greenways of Metro Vancouver. - [Join us for the 2023 Paddle the Slough Challenge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-for-the-2023-paddle-the-slough-challenge/) - From May 19 2023 to June 18 2023 , get together with your family and friends for a unique adventure exploring the sloughs and waterways in Chilliwack - [Join us for the 2022 Paddle the Slough Challenge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-for-the-2022-paddle-the-slough-challenge/) - From May 20 to June 20, get together with your family and friends for a unique adventure exploring the sloughs and waterways in Chilliwack. - [An update on initiatives in the Coquitlam River Watershed](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-watershed-update/) - Watershed Watch continues work in our home watershed, supporting both the Kwikwetlem Salmon Restoration Project and the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable. - [Watersheds update: positives, negatives and the power of cohesive action](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watersheds-update-march-2023/) - Big news for B.C.'s watersheds: the province invests in a Watershed Security Fund. Meanwhile, threats to salmon habitat in the Skeena and Burnaby have local residents taking action. - [Caring for the spirit of Chilliwack's Hope Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/spirit-of-hope-slough/) - A movement has been growing in Chilliwack called Friends of Camp/Hope Sloughs. Support restoration work to improve fish habitat. - [A front of sorts forms against Alaska’s plunder of B.C. salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-front-forms-against-alaskas-plunder-of-b-c-salmon/) - After a tough 2022 when Alaska scooped up 2.1 million Canadian salmon, two pieces of good news are like wind in our sails. Here’s our 2023 plan to capitalize on that momentum. - [Aaron Hill: Reflecting on another year of working to defend wild salmon and their habitats](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/reflecting-on-another-year/) - Executive Director Aaron Hill writes looks back on the work completed in 2022 and provides a glimpse at what's on the horizon for 2023. - [One year after the floods – community gathers to discuss restoring the waterways of Chilliwack](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/hope-for-hope/) - It’s a beautiful thing when people come together for the sake of water and salmon! In November we co-hosted an evening of conversation about the Hope Slough and other waterways around Chilliwack. - [2022 marks steady progress toward getting fish farms off the B.C. coast](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/progress-fish-farms/) - We’ve made a ton of progress removing salmon farms from this coast over the last few years, but there’s still more work to be done. - [It’s the job of government to deliver watershed security](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/goverments-job-watershed-security/) - Read the latest update about our efforts to defend and restore B.C.'s watersheds for wild salmon and communities. - [Roxanna Kooistra: Reflecting on 2022’s Salmon Spawn Watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/reflecting-on-salmon-spawn-watch/) - This year we hosted our second annual Salmon Spawn Watch! Watershed Watch supporters from around the province submitted photos and videos of salmon spawning in their local streams and rivers. - [Greg Taylor: 2022 Season Recap](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-2022-season-recap/) - Fisheries expert Greg Taylor provides an update on the commercial salmon fisheries in 2022. - [Dawn Roumieu: An update on the Coquitlam River Watershed](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-river-watershed-update/) - Watershed Watch supports the work of the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable, as well as efforts to rebuild Coquitlam River sockeye. - [Speak up about B.C.’s new flood strategy](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/bc-flood-strategy/) - Weigh in on B.C.'s Flood Strategy to protect communities and wild salmon in a changing climate. Deadline is January 6, 2023, Written on January 27, 2023, at 4pm - [Support our volunteers and wild salmon on Giving Tuesday!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/giving-tuesday-2022/) - Each year, we are blown away bythe generosity of our supporters who contribute to support our efforts to defend B.C.'s wild salmon and their habitats. - [The winners of Salmon Spawn Watch 2022 are...](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/winners-ssw-2022/) - [Join #SalmonSpawnWatch, document salmon returns, and win!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-salmonspawnwatch-document-salmon-returns-and-win/) - You can help build a picture of what is happening with salmon around the province with just your phone and a social media account. - [Aquaculture staff in DFO watered-down the federal promise to remove salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aquaculture-staff-in-dfo-watered-down-the-federal-promise-to-remove-salmon-farms/) - DFO Aquaculture staff are attempting to move the goal posts of the promise towards an outcome that will keep open net-pens in the water through 2025 and beyond. - [Celebrating our waterways on World & B.C. Rivers Day 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/celebrating-our-waterways-on-world-b-c-rivers-day-2022/) - On Sunday, Sept. 25, millions of people from more than 100 countries will celebrate World Rivers Day, one of the world’s largest environmental events. - [The Freshwater Stream podcast: Wild salmon, watersheds & climate change](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-discusses-wild-salmon-and-watersheds-in-a-changing-climate/) - For this episode, guest host Anna Kemp spoke with three biologists about how we can help wild salmon survive the changing climate. - [BC mayors and councils voting on fish and flood control at UBCM 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fish-flood-ubcm-2022/) - Tell your local reps to support resolution NR28. If passed, it will send a clear message: B.C. wants flood management that protects communities and wild salmon. - [Fisheries minister protects struggling Fraser sockeye, while Americans went fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fisheries-minister-stands-up-for-fraser-river-sockeye-while-americans-abandon-caution-and-go-fishing/) - We commend the fisheries minister for not opening Fraser sockeye salmon commercial fisheries, despite U.S. opening along B.C. border over the weekend. - [Defending endangered Fraser Chinook](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/defending-endangered-fraser-chinook/) - In the Fraser, 14 of 16 Chinook populations are assessed by COSEWIC as threatened or endangered, and eligible for listing under Canada’s Species At Risk Act. - [Good news for Coquitlam River salmon!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/good-news-for-coquitlam-river-salmon/) - Not only have coho again successfully spawned and incubated in Cedar Creek this year, but some of last year's fry have reared successfully and become smolts! - [Meghan Rooney: Genetic testing highlights importance of habitats](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/genetic-testing-highlights-importance-of-habitat/) - What salmon populations would use disconnected rearing habitat in the lower Fraser? Hundreds of samples were collected and genetic testing was done to find out. - [Stan Proboszcz: DFO quietly releases fish farm transition framework](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-dfo-quietly-releases-fish-farm-transition-framework/) - On July 29, ahead of the B.C. Day long weekend, DFO released a framework to guide B.C.’s transition away from open net-pen salmon farms. - [Greg Taylor: Big returns, but not everywhere](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-big-returns-but-not-everywhere/) - Now we are midway through the fishing season, we checked in with Watershed Watch advisor Greg Taylor to hear his thoughts on how salmon returns are faring. - [Greg Taylor: An early season update on 2022 salmon returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-an-early-season-update-on-2022-salmon-returns/) - Predicting salmon returns and catches this early in the season is challenging, but instructive. Find out what fisheries expert Greg Taylor has to say for 2022. - [Watch now: An update on salmon returns with fisheries expert Greg Taylor](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-returns-2022-webinar/) - Check out fisheries expert & Watershed Watch advisor Greg Taylor's update on salmon returns this year, followed by a Q&A with SkeenaWild's Greg Knox. - [Making waves with Salt Water Digital Marketing](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/saltwater-digital-marketing/) - Salt Water Digital Marketing recently became a Watershed Watch corporate partner. To get to know them better, we called search engine strategist Stephen Johnson. - [The Freshwater Stream tackles water bottling in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-tackles-water-bottling-in-bc/) - If 85% of British Columbians believe water is a basic human right and shouldn't be sold, why does the Province keep selling water bottling rights to corporations? - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society responds to pro-fish farm scientists (re. Globe and Mail opinion, May 27, 2022)](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-salmon-society-responds-to-pro-fish-farm-scientists-re-globe-and-mail-opinion-may-27-2022/) - Watershed Watch reveals the fish farm industry connections of nine scientists who published a pro-fish-farm opinion piece. - [Stan Proboszcz: Minister Murray’s moment of truth](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-minister-murrays-moment-of-truth/) - Right now in BC, wild juvenile salmon are migrating through coastal waters to the ocean past factory fish farms spewing parasitic lice, viruses and bacteria. - [An update on watershed security in B.C. ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/an-update-on-watershed-security-in-b-c/) - A few weeks ago the provincial government committed another $30 million for watersheds projects, building on 2020's $27 million Healthy Watersheds Initiative. - [The Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable welcomes Georgia Ohm](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-coquitlam-river-watershed-rountable-welcomes-georgia-ohm/) - The Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable is pleased to welcome Georgia Ohm as the new roundtable coordinator. - [Help defend BC wild salmon from Alaskan plunder](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/help-defend-bc-wild-salmon-from-alaskan-plunder/) - B.C. wild salmon are being scooped up in Alaskan commercial fisheries before they make it home to spawn according to a new report. - [Meghan Rooney: Back in the field](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/fieldwork-2022/) - Our fieldwork specialist is back in the field for a second year of collecting data on habitat and water quality and fish for Resilient Waters. - [Lina Azeez: Beyond recovery, towards resilience](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-beyond-recovery-towards-resilience/) - Managing for floods in B.C. has proven tricky to do. Attempts have been made to ensure the safety of this region but flood management has been reactionary. - [The Freshwater Stream talks water and farming with Arzeena Hamir](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-talks-water-and-farming-with-arzeena-hamir/) - In episode 4 of the Freshwater Stream podcast, host Danielle Paydli speaks to Arzeena Hamir in the Comox Valley about watershed security from a farmer's lens. - [Elanor Teel: Some ideas for celebrating Earth Week](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/elanor-teel-some-ideas-for-celebrating-earth-week/) - Are you looking for some ways to celebrate Earth Day weekend? Come join us at one of these events on Saturday April 23. - [Georgia Ohm: On call for shoreline cleanup](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/georgia-ohm-on-call-for-shoreline-clean-up/) - I am a Watershed Watch volunteer and have decided to start a rapid response volunteer team to keep our local shorelines clean. - [The Freshwater Stream explores watershed security in B.C.](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-explores-watershed-security-in-b-c/) - This week, host Danielle Paydli asks: what would our future look like if the provincial and federal governments invested in a Watershed Security Fund? - [Greg Taylor: Pacific salmon outlook for 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-pacific-salmon-outlook-for-2022/) - Each year, Greg Taylor takes a look at the forecasts provided by DFO and makes some predictions about what commercial fishers can expect from the season ahead. - [Swimming upstream with Flowerstone Soaps](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/swimming-upstream-with-flowerstone-soaps/) - Flowerstone Soap from Victoria, B.C. is donating 5 percent of their profits to Watershed Watch Salmon Society! - [Three reasons to get fish farms out, now!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/three-reasons-fish-farms-out/) - Factory fish farms along B.C. wild salmon migration routes greatly reduce a juvenile salmon's chance of survival as diseases and lice can spread to wild fish. - [The Invisible Miracle](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-invisible-miracle/) - Salmon start their lives with an incredible journey, migrating as small and vulnerable fry from BC streams, out to the ocean where they spend their adult lives. - [Lawrence Gunther: Stop the spread of invasive species](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lawrence-gunther-stop-the-spread-of-invasive-species/) - Lawrence Gunther, conservationist, angler, writer, podcaster, blogger, film maker and TV host, gives tips on how anglers can prevent invasive species spread. - [10 things to do on southern Vancouver Island](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/10-things-to-do-on-southern-vancouver-island/) - If you’re looking for some fun outdoor adventure ideas to enjoy with your family and friends on southern Vancouver Island, here's ten suggestions from Elanor. - [Alaska harvests BC salmon while BC fishers tied to dock](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/alaska-harvests-bc-salmon-while-bc-fishers-tied-to-dock/) - As salmon runs in BC hit record lows, Alaskan fisheries are catching a growing share of salmon bound for B.C. rivers, according to a new technical report. - [The Freshwater Stream season 2 premiere: Lina Azeez talks flooding](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/season-2-of-the-freshwater-stream-podcast-lina-azeez-talks-flooding/) - The Freshwater Stream is a podcast about B.C.’s watersheds and the people who care about them. - [The Freshwater Stream interviews Jennifer Houghton & Stan Swinarchuk in Grand Forks](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-podcast-interviews-jennifer-houghton-stan-swinarchuk-in-grand-forks/) - In our final episode of season one, we speak with Jennifer Houghton and Stan Swinarchuk about the spring floods that have devastated Grand Forks. - [The Freshwater Stream talks groundwater with David Slade in the Cowichan](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-talks-groundwater-with-david-slade-in-the-cowichan/) - Podcast host Danielle speaks with a Cowichan water well driller about the deadline for groundwater license applications and a potential water crisis looming. - [Stan Proboszcz: Is a parasite crisis on the horizon?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-is-a-parasite-crisis-on-the-horizon/) - With the wild juvenile salmon outmigration just a month away, parasite levels are high on at least 11 British Columbia salmon farms. - [Meghan Rooney: Weighing in on B.C.'s watershed security strategy](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/weighing-in-on-b-c-s-watershed-security-strategy/) - [Shayla Walker: What’s up in Coquitlam](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/shayla-walker-whats-up-in-coquitlam/) - Check out what the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable accomplished in 2021, and where the group will be focusing our energies in 2022! - [Aaron Hill: Last stand for steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-last-stand-for-steelhead/) - British Columbia's Interior Fraser River steelhead are on the brink of extinction and this may be our last big chance to do something about it. - [Announcing our #DonateinDecember prize winners!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/announcing-our-donateindecember-prize-winners/) - On Dec 31, we wrapped up our Donate in December year end appeal and everyone who donated was entered into a raffle for some great prizes. Check out the winners. - [Flood Control In Action](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/flood-control-in-action/) - [Stan Proboszcz: Six months and counting...](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-six-months-and-counting/) - [Donate to Watershed Watch and win!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/donate-to-watershed-watch-and-win/) - Donate to Watershed Watch before the end of December and you'll be entered into a raffle for these awesome prizes. - [Join us Dec 15 for an online short film premiere!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-dec-15-for-an-online-short-film-premiere/) - Join us December 15, at 7pm for the online premiere screening of Resilient Waters, a new short film by videographer and photographer Fernando Lessa. - [Defending our killer whales and Chinook salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/defending-our-killer-whales-and-chinook-salmon-2/) - The fate of our southern resident killer whales is intricately intertwined with decisions we make on managing our Fraser Chinook salmon populations. - [Support our volunteers on Giving Tuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/support-our-volunteers-on-giving-tuesday/) - [The history, myths & realities of BC commercial salmon fisheries closures](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-history-myths-and-realities-of-bc-commercial-salmon-fisheries-closures/) - [Support two organizations with just one t-shirt!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/support-two-organizations-with-just-one-t-shirt/) - [Announcing the winner of our #SalmonSpawnWatch contest!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/announcing-the-winner-of-our-salmonspawnwatch-contest/) - Molly Cooperman’s video of spawning sockeye on the Adams River has been randomly selected as the grand-prize winner of our 2021 contest! - [Defending our Killer Whales and Chinook Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/defending-our-killer-whales-and-chinook-salmon/) - Our southern resident killer whales, now numbered at just 76, face imminent extinction if we do not take immediate and decisive action. - [Cleaning up Bell Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/cleaning-up-bell-slough/) - This past Saturday, Watershed Watch staff and volunteers planted 200 native shrubs and trees along the banks of Bell Slough in Chilliwack at an event organized by Friends of Bell Slough. - [Coquitlam breaks ground on a new rain garden](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-breaks-ground-on-a-new-rain-garden/) - On October 1, 2021, the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable broke ground on its demonstration rain garden in Lions Park, Port Coquitlam. - [CodeBlue BC helps British Columbians defend their watersheds](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/codeblue-bc-helps-british-columbians-defend-their-watersheds/) - If you are not already a part of CodeBlue BC, we encourage you to read the plan and add your voice. Help secure B.C.’s freshwater sources forever. - [Lina Azeez: Finding common ground at Gill Bar](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/finding-common-ground-at-gill-bar/) - We have developed an unprecedented partnership with 4WDABC to educate Gill Bar users together about fish habitat and responsible off-road use. - [Join #SalmonSpawnWatch and be in to win an incredible 3-day getaway!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-salmonspawnwatch-and-win-an-incredible-3-day-getaway/) - Every #SalmonSpawnWatch participant will have the chance to win a 2-person, 3 day, all-inclusive experience at REO Rafting Resort, worth over $1,300! - [Stan Proboszcz: Fighting fish farms in court](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-fighting-fish-farms-in-court/) - After the former Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, Bernadette Jordan, announced the removal of factory farms from Discovery Islands by June 2022, the industry launched legal challenges. - [Greg Taylor: An early recap of 2021 salmon returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-an-early-recap-of-2021-salmon-returns/) - Preparing my review of 2021 salmon returns to date, I looked back upon my pre-season forecast and saw that I wasn’t far off on my predictions of actual returns. - [B.C.’s eco-tourism sector needs wild salmon to survive](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/eco-tourism-sector-needs-wild-salmon-to-survive/) - Bryan Fogelman has generously donated an all-inclusive getaway to participants of our #SalmonSpawnWatch campaign! We talked to Bryan about REO Rafting Resort and why he supports us. - [Streamkeeping 101](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/streamkeeping-101/) - Streamkeeping is the activity of preserving and enhancing a creek, stream or river, particularly for the purpose of restoring and caring for salmon and trout. - [Oskar von Wahl: Reflections from a summer in the field](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/oskar-von-wahl-reflections-from-a-summer-in-the-field/) - "I wasn’t sure what to expect when I started as a field assistant a few months ago." - [Join us to celebrate World & B.C. Rivers Day 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-to-celebrate-world-b-c-rivers-day-2021/) - Once again, Watershed Watch Salmon Society has partnered with the Outdoor Recreation Council and others to support World and B.C. Rivers Day. - [UBCM votes YES for wild salmon habitat!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/ubcm-votes-yes-for-wild-salmon-habitat/) - [Red Fish Up the River… Again](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/red-fish-up-the-river-again/) - In April 2017, 5,000 sockeye smolts were released to the Coquitlam River in a special ceremony led by the Kwikwetlem First Nation. - [The Freshwater Stream interviews Lauren Terbasket in the Okanagan](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-interviews-lauren-terbasket/) - [The Freshwater Stream interviews Mark Angelo](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-interviews-mark-angelo/) - [The Freshwater Stream interviews Shannon Macphail](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-interviews-shannon-macphail/) - [The Freshwater Stream interviews Dr. Shannon Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-interviews-dr-shannon-waters/) - [The Freshwater Stream talks transboundary water issues with Tara Marsden & Trixie Bennett](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/the-freshwater-stream-talks-transboundary-water-issues-with-tara-marsden-trixie-bennett/) - [Here are the prize-winners of Bike the Dike: Pitt Meadows!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/prize-winners-of-bike-the-dike/) - [Federal Election 2021: 7 questions to ask candidates about salmon & water](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/federal-election-2021-7-questions-to-ask-candidates-about-salmon-water/) - The federal election is coming up fast. Will you help ensure your candidates make clean water and wild salmon a priority? - [Love Fish and Roadtrips? (Top 12 Fishy Podcasts)](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/love-fish-and-roadtrips-top-12-fishy-podcasts/) - Check out our list of 12 great podcasts about fishing, fish and the rivers and oceans they swim in. - [What to do if you see pollution or potential fisheries violations?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/what-to-do-if-you-see-pollution-or-potential-fisheries-violations/) - If you see potential contamination of waterways or concerning fish kills on your local waterway, call the Report All Poachers and Polluters (RAPP) hotline. - [Unplugged, but much more connected](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/unplugged-but-much-more-connected/) - The field trip, organized by Metro Vancouver, was fantastic. Through various games the kids learned about the three main watersheds that provide Metro Vancouver’s drinking water. - [Local Clothing Company Donates T-shirt Sales to Watershed Watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/local-clothing-company-donates-t-shirt-sales-to-help-save-wild-salmon/) - "It's time we take a stand against big business and the government and start putting our environment first," Noel Fox, Hook and Vice founder, avid fly fisher. - ["Business as Usual": a critique of federal update on Cohen](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/business-as-usual-a-critique-of-federal-update-on-cohen/) - The Cohen Inquiry was the largest investigation of wild salmon management in Canadian history, spurred by the devastating Fraser sockeye collapse in 2009. - [New threat looms for BC's wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-threat-to-bc-salmon/) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is moving ahead with a controversial plan to rewrite Canada’s Policy for the Conservation of Wild Pacific Salmon - [CodeBlue BC: You voted for watershed security. What’s next?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/codeblue-bc-you-voted-for-watershed-security-whats-next/) - Watershed security was highlighted in all party platforms, and now we need to ensure that platform promises made during the election result in tangible change. - [Stan Proboszcz: Unpacking Terry Beech's Salmon Farming Report](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/terry-beech-salmon-farming-report/) - Yesterday, the long awaited report from Parliamentary Secretary and Member of Parliament, Terry Beech, was quietly released on the DFO’s twitter account. - [Top ten summer reads for B.C. nature lovers](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/top-ten-summer-reads/) - [Welcome to our summer field and research assistant!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/welcome-to-our-summer-field-and-research-assistant/) - [Meghan Rooney: A summer update from the field](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-a-summer-update-from-the-field/) - [Wild salmon in hot water](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wild-salmon-in-hot-water/) - After a record-breaking heatwave, and with continuing drought and wildfires across the province, B.C.’s wild salmon are in extreme danger. - [Stan Proboszcz: Fish farm campaign update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-fish-farm-campaign-update/) - Watershed Watch's Stan Proboszcz gives an update on the campaign to get open net-pen fish farms off the B.C. coast and away from migrating wild salmon. - [Rain gardens planned for Lions Park](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/rain-gardens-planned-for-lions-park/) - Rain gardens are an effective example of green infrastructure that can manage stormwater runoff from impermeable surfaces before it reaches our storm drains. - [Sounds of Summer: Podcast recommendations](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/summer-podcast-recommendations/) - Watershed Watch staff are keen podcast listeners, and we’ve put together some of our fishy faves for your summer listening. - [Volunteer Update: Join us in person in July!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/volunteer-update-join-us-in-person-in-july/) - [Connected Waters Campaign Update by Lina Azeez](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/connected-waters-campaign-update-by-lina-azeez/) - Connected Waters Campaign update February 8 2018 by Lina Azeez. Lina goes over what the campaign is about, which communities we are working with & more! - [Safe Passage Campaign Update: Stan Proboszcz](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/safe-passage-campaign-update-04-08-19-stan-proboszcz/) - Right now, across our beautiful province, juvenile pink and chum salmon are emerging from rivers and streams and migrating through our coastal waters. - [Safe Passage Campaign Update: Stan Proboszcz](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/safe-passage-campaign-update-01-24-19-stan-proboszcz/) - The ‘Namgis, Kwikwasutinuxw Haxwa’mis and Mamalilikulla First Nations, along with the province, announced a plan to remove salmon farms from the Broughton Archipelago. - [Local Clothing Company Donates Shirt Sales to Fight Fish Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/local-clothing-company-donates-shirt-sales-to-fight-fish-farms/) - Hook and Vice, a local outdoor clothing company, is standing up for B.C.'s wild salmon and calling for a ban on open-net fish farms in B.C. - [Watershed Watch Volunteer Appreciation: Daniel King](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-volunteer-appreciation-daniel-king/) - Long-time Watershed Watch volunteer Daniel King recently spoke with SFU about why he strongly believes in our work to protect British Columbia’s wild salmon. - [Join our Paddle the Slough Challenge!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-our-paddle-the-slough-challenge/) - Do you live in Chilliwack? Join us between May 15 and June 20 for the socially-distanced Paddle the Slough Challenge. Adventure along our magnificent waterways! - [New research shows fish farm disease agents impact wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-research-shows-fish-farm-disease-agents-impact-wild-salmon/) - [Aaron Hill presentation to FOPO, May 5, 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/presentation-to-fisheries-and-oceans-committee-may-5-2021/) - [Aaron Hill: A tale of two budgets](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-a-tale-of-two-budgets/) - The Canadian and B.C. governments both released their budgets last week and they couldn’t have been more different in their support for wild salmon. - [Meghan Rooney: Resilient Waters Fieldwork — One Month In](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-resilient-waters-fieldwork-one-month-in/) - We have re-launched fieldwork for the Resilient Waters project, in collaboration with MakeWay. - [Watershed Watch t-shirts are finally here!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-t-shirts-are-finally-here/) - We finally have a branded t-shirt that's eco-friendly, made-in-Canada and that we hope our supporters will love as much as we do! - [Shayla Walker: Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable/) - Watershed Watch is a founding member of the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable which promotes the long-term sustainability of the Coquitlam River watershed.Watershed Watch is a founding member of the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable which promotes the long-term sustainability of the Coquitlam River watershed. Hailed by water management experts across B.C. as a model of collaboration and problem-solving, the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable includes representatives from a diverse cross-section of interests in the watershed including First Nations, - [Stan Proboszcz: New threat to BC wild salmon revealed](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-threat-to-bc-wild-salmon-revealed/) - [Meet Roxanna, our new engagement manager!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meet-roxanna-our-new-engagement-manager/) - [Meghan Rooney: Back in the field!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-back-in-the-field/) - [Our Statement on ATV Activity on Heart of the Fraser’s Gill Bar](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/statement-on-atv-activity-on-heart-of-the-frasers-gill-bar/) - Over the last few weeks, there has been considerable news reporting on reckless ATV and truck off-roading activities in an extremely sensitive section of the Fraser River near Chilliwack. - [Watch Fernando Lessa's Urban Salmon documentary](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watch-fernando-lessas-urban-salmon-documentary/) - [Sadie Stephens: Finding solutions in nature ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/sadie-stephens-finding-solutions-in-nature/) - [Meghan Rooney: Habitat Restoration with Native Plants](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-restoration-with-native-plants/) - Here are some of the native plants we have growing at our restoration site. Do any look familiar to you, or do you have them growing in your garden? - [Meghan Rooney: Habitat Restoration with Native Plants, Part II](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-habitat-restoration-with-native-plants-part-ii/) - [Update on the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/update-on-the-coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable/) - [Stan Proboszcz: Stop fish farm lobbyists from writing the aquaculture act](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-stop-fish-farm-lobbyists-from-writing-the-aquaculture-act/) - [Flood infrastructure: ‘the biggest salmon habitat issue you’ve never heard of’](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/biggest-salmon-habitat-issue/) - Concrete obstructions on the Fraser River block 1,500 kilometres of fish habitat and ‘meat grinder’ pump stations kill fish. We say it’s time for innovation and fish-friendly flood control. - [Meghan Rooney: Keeping invasives in check](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-keeping-invasives-in-check/) - [Greg Taylor: Pacific salmon preliminary outlook for 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-pacific-salmon-preliminary-outlook-for-2021/) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) ) put out their preliminary forecast for 2021 salmon returns. Before providing a summary, I invite you to look at the cover page of their presentation. What do you see? What don’t you see? - [Craig Orr: New report on Coquitlam River offers guidance for watersheds BC wide](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/craig-orr-new-report-on-coquitlam-river-offers-guidance-for-watersheds-bc-wide/) - Did you know that overall water use in the Metro Vancouver region is nearly a billion litres a day? This use is projected to rise sharply as more people move into the region. - [Stan Proboszcz: Huge News for the Discovery Islands!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-huge-news-for-the-discovery-islands/) - It is time to celebrate! Fish farms will be phased out of the Discovery Islands over the next 18 months. - [Tips for zero-waste gifting](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/tips-for-zero-waste-gifting/) - Guide to sustainable gift giving this holiday season. - [Stan Proboszcz: A new deadline for fish farms in the Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-a-new-deadline-for-fish-farms-in-the-discovery-islands/) - On December 18, federal licences for Discovery Islands fish farms expire. Send them an email telling them to get fish farms out of the Discovery Islands. - [Donate in December to win!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/donate-in-december-to-win/) - Anyone who gives during the month of December will be entered into a raffle for these great prizes. Donate today for your chance to win. - [Lina Azeez: Kennedy Pump Station decision threatens struggling wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/kennedy-pump-station-choice-threatens-struggling-wild-salmon/) - We have an opportunity to choose flood control that protects both our communities and wild salmon. Unfortunately, Pitt Meadows has chosen pumps that kill fish. - [Watershed Watch is holding a t-shirt design contest!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/we-are-holding-a-t-shirt-design-contest/) - Watershed Watch is holding a t-shirt design contest. We are seeking original artwork and designs. - [Aaron Hill: Cabinet announced. What's next for wild salmon?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-cabinet-announced-whats-next-for-wild-salmon/) - Last week, Premier John Horgan appointed his new cabinet and, later that day, their mandate letters were released. These are their marching orders, and they’re a mixed bag. - [Dr. Patricia Gallaugher: Why I Give to Watershed Watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/dr-patricia-gallaugher-why-i-give-to-watershed-watch/) - Why former-SFU professor Dr. Patricia Gallaugher has donated to Watershed Watch for many decades. - [Patagonia's Zac Elik: Giving Through Donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/patagonias-zac-elik-giving-through-donation/) - Zac Elik shares why Patagonia has been a longtime donor of Watershed Watch Salmon Society. - [Lina Azeez: Building Back Better with Connected Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-building-back-better-with-connected-waters/) - Now the BC NDP are a majority government, we call on Premier Horgan to make good on his election promises regarding salmon habitat and flood control. - [Counting down to #GivingTuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/counting-down-to-givingtuesday/) - Giving Tuesday is a global event during which charities, companies and individuals celebrate the importance of giving back through volunteering or donating. - [What's the story with Hairstory?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/whats-the-story-with-hairstory/) - Last year, we received a generous donation from Hairstory, a sustainable hair product company in New York. We talked to CEO, Eli Halliwell, to find out why us? - [Watershed Watch supporter raises funds for wild salmon in Revelstoke](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-supporter-raises-funds-for-wild-salmon-in-revelstoke/) - Last October, Laurent Janssen raised almost $1,000 for Watershed Watch Salmon Society at a film night in his hometown of Revelstoke, B.C. - [An Update on the Big Bar Landslide ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/an-update-on-the-big-bar-landslide/) - As the second year of response comes to a close, and with over $50 million spent, what have these efforts achieved, and what's next? - [Greg Taylor: An overview of 2020 salmon returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-an-overview-of-2020-salmon-returns/) - Sometimes there is simply no comfort in saying "I told you so." It wasn’t difficult to see 2020 was going to be a very challenging year for our fish. - [Stan Proboszcz: What's next for fish farms in BC?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-whats-next-for-fish-farms-in-bc/) - Despite DFO's failure to follow Justice Cohen's recommendations, efforts to get fish farms away from wild salmon have made some major strides in recent years. - [Salmon returns and fishing in BC: Highlights from the 2018 season](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-returns-and-fishing-in-bc-highlights-from-the-2018-season/) - Overall, 2018 was another dismal one for B.C.’s wild salmon. All along our coast, and across the province, formerly abundant wild salmon runs came back in desperately low numbers, leading to unprecedented fishing closures. - [Greg Taylor: An Overview of 2019’s Salmon Returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-an-overview-of-2019s-salmon-returns/) - What is of most concern is the evident correlation between steadily increasing global temperatures and steadily decreasing salmon abundance in British Columbia. - [Greg Taylor: Early Season Fisheries Update, July 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-early-season-fisheries-update-july-2020/) - This early season survey of B.C.’s salmon returns does not make for comfortable reading, but there is some potentially better news. - [Coquitlam Sockeye: Beating last year’s nil return](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-sockeye-beating-last-years-nil-return/) - Though not a lot of returning fish, it is the most we have had return in six years. - [Coquitlam River Update by Craig Orr](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/coquitlam-river-update-by-craig-orr/) - Going on 20 years, the Coquitlam River has been central to the work of Watershed Watch Salmon Society. - [Aaron Hill: The election, wild salmon, and the fight ahead](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-the-election-wild-salmon-and-the-fight-ahead/) - While the final election tally won’t be known for two weeks, it’s clear John Horgan will lead a majority government in BC. What does this mean for wild salmon? - [Watch the 2020 BC Climate & Environment Debate](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/2020-bc-climate-environment-debate/) - Check out the 2020 BC Climate & Environment Debate which took place on October 15, 2020. - [Lina Azeez: UBCM vote on salmon-safe flood control postponed](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-ubcm-vote-on-salmon-safe-flood-control-postponed/) - This week, we expected UBCM to vote on Resolution NR16 – Flood Risk Mitigation Through Green Infrastructure and Natural Assets at their AGM. - [Stan Proboszcz: Feds ignore sea lice in Discovery Islands fish farm decision](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-feds-ignore-sea-lice-in-discovery-islands-fish-farm-decision/) - This week, DFO announced their decision not to remove fish farms from the Discovery Islands, claiming the farms pose “minimal risk” to migrating wild salmon. - [Enter our World Rivers Day photo contest!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/enter-our-world-rivers-day-photo-contest/) - On September 27th it’s World Rivers Day! This year’s theme is "Waterways in our Communities," and we are celebrating by hosting a river-themed photo contest. - [Our 2020 Podcast Recommendations](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/summer-2020-podcast-recommendations/) - Are you looking for your next podcast obsession? Check out our latest list of 12 great podcasts about fishing, fish and the rivers and oceans they swim in. - [Tell your local representatives to VOTE YES for wild salmon at UBCM 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/voteyesfor-wildsalmon-atubcm-blog/) - We have an opportunity to rebuild endangered wild salmon populations, while securing good local jobs and protecting our communities from floods. Can you help us get there? - [World Rivers Day 2020: Waterways in our Communities](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/world-rivers-day-2020-waterways-in-our-communities/) - This year marks a special anniversary: 40 years since the founding of BC Rivers Day, which evolved into World Rivers Day, one of the world’s largest enviro events. - [Join us for a socially-distanced shoreline clean up, Aug 22 & 23](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-for-a-socially-distanced-shoreline-clean-up-aug-22-23/) - On Aug. 22 & 23, please join us for a socially-distanced weekend of cleaning up our shorelines! - [Lina Azeez: Connected Waters Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-connected-waters-update/) - An update on our efforts to reconnect vital salmon habitats in the lower Fraser blocked by outdated flood control structures. - [CodeBlue BC: Building Support Across the Province](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/codeblue-bc-building-support-across-the-province/) - B.C.’s water sources should be owned and managed by the people who know them best and need them most. - [Stan Proboszcz: Sep 30 2020 fish farm deadline fast approaches](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-sep-30-2020-fish-farm-deadline-fast-approaches/) - Will you email your MP and ask they ensure fish farms are being removed from the Discovery Islands by the September 30 deadline? - [A Warm Welcome to our Summer Staff!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-warm-welcome-to-our-summer-staff/) - Meet our awesome multimedia storytellers, joining us for the summer thanks to the Canada Summer Jobs program. - [September 30 deadline for fish farms out of Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/september-30-deadline-for-fish-farms-out-of-discovery-islands/) - Factory fish farms would love it if we all forgot about the 19th recommendation from the Cohen Commission. Mark September 30, 2020, on your calendars and stay tuned. - [Aaron Hill: Update on the Big Bar Slide](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-update-on-the-big-bar-slide/) - Here's our take on how well (or poorly) our governments have handled the most urgent crisis facing Fraser River wild salmon; the Big Bar landslide. - [10 Tips for Fishing Responsibly During COVID-19](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/10-tips-for-fishing-responsibly-during-covid-19/) - As we start to venture outdoors, we're all trying to work out what social-distancing means while we recreate. Here are our suggestions for fishing responsibly. - [Aaron Hill: A Response to Fraser Chinook Measures](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-a-response-to-fraser-chinook-measures/) - DFO’s management measures announced June 20, 2020 for Fraser Chinook once again fail to protect these endangered salmon runs. - [Join us for a socially-distanced film screening](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-for-a-socially-distanced-film-screening/) - Join Watershed Watch Salmon Society for a socially-distanced screening of Patagonia's Damnation, followed by an online discussion. - [Lina Azeez: COVID-19 Recovery for People and Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/covid-19-recovery-for-people-and-salmon/) - Join us in calling on our governments to invest in a safer, fish-friendly, green economy. Use our one-click letter writing tool! - [Salmon Word Search](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/salmon-word-search/) - Like puzzles? Learn something new with this salmon-themed word search. NB. Words can be in any direction. - [Come Work with Watershed Watch this Summer!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/come-work-with-watershed-watch-this-summer/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is seeking a multimedia storyteller to help us up our online game this summer. Come put your skills to work for wild salmon! - [Heart of the Fraser Update: Property Along Nicomen Slough Protected ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/great-news-for-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - A valuable piece of floodplain habitat in the Heart of the Fraser has been secured for protection by the Nature Trust of BC. - [An Update on the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/an-update-on-the-coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable/) - Watershed Watch is a founding member of the Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable (CRWR) which promotes the long-term sustainability of the Coquitlam River watershed. - [CODE BLUE BC: A critical moment for B.C.'s fresh water](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-critical-moment-for-b-c-s-fresh-water/) - As we begin down the road to economic recovery, we have an opportunity to build B.C. back better and a B.C. Watershed Security Fund is the way to do it. - [Greg Taylor: Holding DFO to Account on Endangered Chinook ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/greg-taylor-holding-dfo-to-account-on-endangered-chinook/) - How many endangered Chinook salmon should be killed in fisheries? And how many actually are? Any credible fisheries management agency should know these answers. - [Meghan Rooney: Restoration work 4 years in](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-restoration-work-4-years-in/) - Last week, for the first time since self-isolating began, Meghan Rooney went out to Watershed Watch's riparian restoration site in Pitt Meadows. - [Wild salmon conservation in the age of COVID](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/aaron-hill-wild-salmon-and-covid-19/) - Although the economy is slowing down as everyone stays home, B.C.’s wild salmon still face the same challenges as they did two months ago. How can we tackle this in these challenging days? - [Elanor Teel: Connecting with the public while socially-distancing?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/elanor-teel-connecting-with-the-public-while-socially-distancing/) - Last summer, my outreach job was all about face-to-face interaction. . How do I meaningfully engage with people while socially-distancing? - [Elanor Teel: Earth Day from Quarantine! ](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/elanor-teel-earth-day-from-quarantine/) - In the past, I’ve marked the day in nature with friends, Instead, on this (50th!) Earth Day I will likely spend the day in my small backyard. - [Guest Blog by Lawrence Gunther: COVID-19 Impacts on Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/guest-blog-covid-19-impacts-on-fisheries/) - Blue Fish Canada is tracking Covid-19 impacts on recreational anglers, indigenous fishers, fishing tourism, water quality and fish health. - [Crossword: Test Your Salmon Knowledge](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/crossword-test-your-salmon-knowledge/) - Try your hand at this little crossword. You can do the puzzle online or print it out. Have fun! - [A Heartfelt Thank You and Goodbye to Trish Hall](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-heartfelt-thank-you-and-goodbye-to-trish-hall/) - Trish Hall has been the backbone of Watershed Watch Salmon Society for 17 years. We will miss her around here, and wish her the best in her future endeavours. - [World Water Day Events](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/world-water-day-events/) - World Water Day, held on 22 March every year since 1993, is a global day focused on the importance of freshwater. This year's theme is water and climate. - [Help open 1500 kilometres of wild salmon habitat! Send a letter today.](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/help-open-1500-kilometres-of-wild-salmon-habitat-send-a-letter-today/) - Use our easy tool to send a letter to either your mayor and council or to select federal and provincial ministers, asking them to take this issue seriously. - [Huge Public Response on New Aquaculture Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/huge-public-response-on-new-aquaculture-act/) - Over 2000 comments were emailed before the December 21 deadline! And spoiler alert, people want fish farms out of coastal waters and away from wild salmon! - [Video: Saving Wild Salmon by Changing the Way We Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-and-skeenawild-launch-new-video-saving-wild-salmon-by-changing-the-way-we-fish/) - We can harvest more fish from healthy salmon runs, while protecting threatened runs., if consumers eat more salmon from “stock-selective” fisheries. - [Connected Waters campaign takes huge step forward with new project](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/connected-waters-campaign-takes-huge-step-forward-with-new-project/) - Watershed Watch and Tides Canada have officially launched a project to identify and prioritize sites for flood infrastructure upgrades and habitat restoration. - [New Heart of the Fraser Book Now Available](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-heart-of-the-fraser-book-available/) - This collaboration between BCIT Rivers Institute's Ken Ashley and photographer Fernando Lessa is a beautiful homage to the lower Fraser River. - [Job Posting: Water and Fisheries Specialist](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/job-posting-water-and-fisheries-specialist/) - Put your knowledge and passion to work for B.C.’s wild salmon and the people and wildlife that depend on them. - [CodeBlue BC: Securing B.C.’s fresh water](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/codeblue-bc-securing-b-c-s-fresh-water/) - Watershed Watch, in partnership with other allies, is launching CodeBlue BC, a plan to secure and sustain BC’s fresh water for generations to come. - [Have your say on BC's Emergency Program Act!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/have-your-say-on-bcs-emergency-programs-act/) - We have a rare opportunity to weigh in on legislation that directly affects salmon. Public comment on the Emergency Program Act accepted until Jan 31, 2020. - [Meghan Rooney: Notes from a summer in the field](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meghan-rooney-notes-from-a-summer-in-the-field/) - Here are a few of my main takeaways from a summer in the field with Watershed Watch Salmon Society. - [Lina Azeez : Managing Floods for All](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/lina-azeez-managing-floods-for-all/) - Have you ever imagined what the Fraser valley looked like a few hundred years ago? It was one of the greatest salmon nurseries on earth. - [Welcoming our New Operations Director, Shayla Walker](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/welcoming-our-new-operations-director-shayla-walker/) - We are pleased to welcome our new operations director, Shayla Walker, to the Watershed Watch team! - [Getting Ready for #GivingTuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/getting-ready-for-givingtuesday/) - Giving Tuesday is a global day of giving, following the shopping frenzy of Black Friday and Cyber Monday. (This year it falls on November 29.) - [Top 3 Reasons Open Net-pen Salmon Farms Threaten Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/top-3-reasons-open-net-pen-salmon-farms-threaten-wild-salmon/) - Recently, Washington State banned open-net salmon farming and it's time for BC to follow suit. Here's 3 reasons open net-pen salmon farms threaten wild salmon. - [Stan Proboszcz: Holding the federal government to their fish farm promises](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stan-proboszcz-holding-the-federal-government-to-their-fish-farm-promises/) - During the election, it was thrilling, if a bit surreal, to see three major political parties campaign on removing salmon farms. - [Wild Salmon Advisory Council Ignores Science and Communities](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/wild-salmon-advisory-council-ignores-science-and-communities/) - Watershed Watch has joined scientists, freshwater angling groups and many conservation allies to call on Premier Horgan to fix this broken process. - [Come to the movies with Watershed Watch!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/come-to-the-movies-with-watershed-watch/) - This fall, we've been hosting screenings of two documentaries, Patagonia's Artifishal and Heart of the Fraser, by BCIT's Ken Ashley and NERV Productions. - [A disappointing result in Coquitlam River, interview with Dr Craig Orr](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-disappointing-result-in-coquitlam-river-interview-with-dr-craig-orr/) - This year, we were awaiting the return of Coquitlam sockeye, released into the river as smolts in 2017. Unfortunately, none of those smolts returned this year. - [Join us for a Wild Salmon Film Night in Revelstoke, Oct 18th](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/join-us-for-a-wild-salmon-film-night-in-revelstoke-oct-18th/) - On Oct 18 Watershed Watch Salmon Society will screen two new documentaries at Revelstoke's Performing Arts Centre: Patagonia's Artifishal & Heart of the Fraser. - [New Report: Tapped Out Sounds Alarm about BC's Looming Water Crisis](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-report-tapped-out-sounds-alarm-about-bcs-looming-water-crisis/) - Tapped Out describes the scale of water stress across BC, identifying areas likely to experience water shortages, and offering concrete solutions. - [Watershed Watch's 20th Anniversary Celebration](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watchs-20th-anniversary-celebration/) - On November 16, we celebrated two decades with a wonderful party at the Fraser Discovery Centre. Check out some photos from the evening. - [Watershed Watch Volunteer Appreciation: Nikki Kroetsch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-volunteer-appreciation-nikki-kroetsch/) - We've had an absolute blast getting to know Nikki. From counting returning chum in Stoney Creek, attending community events and Wild Salmon Policy meetings - [Watershed Watch Volunteer Appreciation: Jenefer Smalley](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-volunteer-appreciation-jenefer-smalley/) - Jenefer recommends getting involved because it's an incredible opportunity to learn about fisheries, habitat restoration, community engagement - [Watershed Watch Volunteer Appreciation: Jackie Campbell](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-volunteer-appreciation-jackie-campbell/) - Jackie Campbell’s interest in protecting wild salmon was first sparked in Sointula, a small Finnish fishing village in North Island, right beside Alert Bay. - [A Death Sentence for Fraser River Steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-death-sentence-for-fraser-river-steelhead/) - Fraser River steelhead recovery was dealt a wicked blow by the decision not to protect Thompson and Chilcotin populations under the Species At Risk Act. - [Meet our Summer Engagement Team!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/meet-our-summer-engagement-team/) - The warm weather is here and we have a brand new engagement team joining us for the summer. Meet our new team! - [A moment to celebrate for the Heart of the Fraser!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-moment-to-celebrate-for-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - Huge thanks to all our supporters who demanded protection from development for this important salmon and sturgeon habitat area. - [Campaign Update: Water for Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/campaign-update-water-for-fish/) - Our warming climate is already contributing to increasingly hotter summers, more extreme drought and low water levels in rivers and streams where salmon live. - [Eagerly Awaiting the Return of the Red Fish, an interview with Craig Orr](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/eagerly-awaiting-the-return-of-the-red-fish-an-interview-with-craig-orr/) - Dr. Craig Orr, co-founder of Watershed Watch Salmon Society, has worked with Kwikwetlem First Nation for 16 years to return sockeye to the Coquitlam River. - [Celebrating the Heart of the Fraser for World Rivers Day!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/celebrating-the-heart-of-the-fraser-for-world-rivers-day/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is pleased to be a World Rivers Day partner. World Rivers Day and BC Rivers Day are both celebrated this year on September 22. - [Stand With Us for Wild Salmon - Email Minister LeBlanc Today](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/stand-with-us-for-wild-salmon-email-minister-leblanc-today/) - Fisheries Minister, Dominic LeBlanc, needs to hear how important wild salmon are to you and yours. - [In the news: "Made in Ottawa"](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/in-the-news-made-in-ottawa/) - "Made in Ottawa—decisions on fish and water". Read the Water wise column by Tanis Gower of Watershed Watch Salmon - [Recommendations from the January 2017 Scientists' Think Tank - The Protection of Pacific Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/recommendations-from-the-january-2017-scientists-think-tank-the-protection-of-pacific-wild-salmon/) - In January 2017, Simon Fraser University hosted an invitational scientists' think tank as part of their Speaking for the Salmon series. - [Historic Coquitlam Sockeye Smolt Release Celebration](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/historic-coquitlam-sockeye-smolt-release-celebration/) - The first of some 5,000 sockeye were released to the Coquitlam River in a special ceremony led by the Kwikwetlem First Nation on April 20, 2017. - [Cuts to Salmonid Enhancement Program will be reversed!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/breaking-news-cuts-to-salmonid-enhancement-program-will-be-reversed/) - MP Terry Beech just announced at the Fisheries & Oceans Standing Committee that the gov't will reverse the cuts to the Salmon Enhancement Program. - [Mid-Season BC Salmon Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/mid-season-bc-salmon-update/) - 2017 is proving to be difficult for BC’s wild salmon. Sockeye, chinook, and steelhead that entered the ocean in 2015 endured an inhospitable marine environment. - [Watershed Watch Volunteer Appreciation: Julia Larsen](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-volunteer-appreciation-julia-larsen/) - Julia joined us at BCIT Fair Week at the beginning of September, answering student’s questions and encouraging them to sign our campaign petitions - [New reports show both impact of flood infrastructure on salmon and huge gap in oversight](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-reports-show-both-impact-of-flood-infrastructure-on-salmon-and-huge-gap-in-oversight/) - Two reports by SFU released by this week bring new insight into the state of salmon habitat in the Fraser Valley. - [Our Response to September 2017 Cohen Inquiry Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/watershed-watch-response-to-dfos-september-28-2017-update-on-their-implementation-of-the-cohen-inquiry-recommendations/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society Responds to DFO September 28, 2017 update on Implementation of the Cohen Inquiry Recommendations - [Have your say on DFO's implementation plan for the Wild Salmon Policy](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/public-feedback-needed-on-dfo-wild-salmon-plan/) - Use our latest online tool to provide your comments to DFO on the implementation plan for the Wild Salmon Policy. Deadline is December 15, 2017. - [Connected Waters 2018 Campaign Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/connected-waters-2018-campaign-update/) - As we launch into 2018, I wanted to fill you in with what’s happening on Connected Waters, our campaign to restore wild salmon habitat in the the lower Fraser. - [A Bridge That Could Break the Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/a-bridge-that-could-break-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - A proposal, to construct a bridge from the mainland to Herrling Island; proposed changes likely to have a negative effect on the spawning success of chum salmon - [Local Governments Voted Against Open Net-pen Salmon Farms at AVICC](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/local-governments-pass-resolutions-against-open-net-pen-salmon-farms/) - Local representatives from communities on Vancouver Island and the Sunshine Coast voted NO to open net-pen fish farms and YES to protecting wild salmon. - [Another big win for wild salmon at LMLGA!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/another-big-win-for-wild-salmon-at-lmlga/) - After receiving over 200 letters, over 33 municipalities passed a resolution to improve fish habitat impacted by flood control at the (LMLGA) meeting last week. - [Flood Protection: Everyone Needs a Safe Place to Live](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/flood-protection-everyone-needs-a-safe-place-to-live/) - We need flood protection to safeguard our homes and communities from rising water levels, but did you know some can be damaging to wild salmon & their habitat? - [Blocked salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser gets a boost – Chilliwack Progress](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/blocked-salmon-habitat-in-the-lower-fraser-gets-a-boost-chilliwack-progress/) - A resolution passed last week by 33 municipalities was aimed at improving fish habitat, recognizing that the Fraser is “home to more salmon runs than any other river in the world,” - [B.C. Local Governments vote for wild salmon at UBCM](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/b-c-local-governments-vote-for-wild-salmon-at-ubcm/) - The Union of B.C. Municipalities conference in Whistler; local government representatives from all over B.C. passed three important resolutions for wild salmon. - [Action and Results: Highlights from 2018](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/action-and-results-highlights-from-2018/) - 2018 was a monumental year for Watershed Watch Salmon Society. This post is summary of Watershed Watch Salmon Society's action and results for 2018. - [Defending the Heart of the Fraser: Lina Azeez](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/defending-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - Lina Azeez goes over Plans that have been submitted that deeply impact The Heart of the Fraser, which is critical to the survival of Fraser River salmon stocks. - [This Waterway Is Not A Ditch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/this-waterway-is-not-a-ditch/) - Preet Pall, a Watershed Watch board member; talks about her experience joining Watershed Watch for a canoe tour and garbage clean-up on the Katzie Slough - [Beach Clean-ups Keep Plastic Off Our Plates](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/beach-clean-ups-keep-plastic-off-our-plates/) - Garbage on the beach isn’t just a hazard for beachcombers, it can have serious impacts on marine wildlife including salmon. - [Why We Want Action on the Water Sustainability Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/why-we-want-action-on-the-water-sustainability-act/) - Watershed Watch is part of Our Water BC, a coalition of organizations pushing for implementation of the new Water Sustainability Act. - [Slough restoration project in phase two - Maple Ridge Pitt Meadows News](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/slough-restoration-project-in-phase-two-maple-ridge-pitt-meadows-news/) - Lina Azeez, of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, is mobilizing volunteers and wading through a swamp of red tape in preparation for the next phase of a model rehabilitation project on a farmer’s property - [New Heart of the Fraser Documentary Launched!](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-heart-of-the-fraser-documentary-launched/) - Created by Ken Ashley, director of the BCIT Rivers Institute, and produced by NERV Productions. Visit heartofthefraser.ca to learn more - [Restoring Habitats Close to Home](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/restoring-habitats-close-to-home/) - Here in B.C. we’ve built our roads and houses right next to salmon habitat, and often we don’t even know they’re there. - [New Report: Federal government turning a blind eye to wild fish kills on salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/new-report-federal-government-turning-a-blind-eye-to-wild-fish-kills-on-salmon-farms/) - This report exposes more of the fish farm industry’s dark side and its impact on wild fish. It's time to get open-net pen fish farms out of B.C.'s waters. - [Connected Waters Project Receives Federal Funding](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/connected-waters-project-receives-federal-funding/) - We're thrilled to announce we've been approved for funding for phase 1 of our Connected Waters project by DFO’s BC Salmon Restoration Innovation Fund. - [Out in the Field with Watershed Watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/out-in-the-field-with-watershed-watch/) - [SUCCESS! You helped vote out fish farms at AVICC](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/help-vote-out-fish-farms-at-avicc/) - Write your municipal representatives and ask them to support the resolutions to get fish farms out of B.C. waters at the AVICC convention this weekend. - [What’s In a Name?](https://watershedwatch.ca/stories/whats-in-a-name/) - “So, what watershed are you protecting?” It’s a question I’ve been asked many times over my 16 years at Watershed Watch. ## Pages - [Home](https://watershedwatch.ca/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is a science-based charity working in communities and along our waterways to defend and rebuild B.C.’s wild salmon. - [Norrish Creek Needs Real Restoration](https://watershedwatch.ca/halt-the-destruction-of-salmon-habitat-in-norrish-creek-bc/) - Tell federal and provincial leaders to restore Norrish Creek, repair groundwater connections and rebuild salmon habitat damaged by gravel extraction. - [Bike the Dike 2026](https://watershedwatch.ca/bike-the-dike-2026/) - [Thank Port Coquitlam City Council](https://watershedwatch.ca/thank-poco-council/) - Take a moment to thank the City for caring for Port Coquitlam’s trails and waterways and encourage them to continue to invest in fish-friendly flood protection. - [Media links for stories about salmon and their habitats](https://watershedwatch.ca/external-news-links/) - Due to bill C-18 and Meta links being blocked in Canada, we have created links to external news sources about B.C. Wild Salmon and their habits on this page. - [Connected Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/connected-waters/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is working to restore and reconnect fish habitat blocked by outdated flood infrastructure in the lower Fraser floodplain. - [Funders](https://watershedwatch.ca/funders/) - Our work is made possible by the funders, business, and organizations who share our vision of a brighter future for B.C.'s wild salmon. - [Become a corporate partner](https://watershedwatch.ca/become-a-corporate-partner/) - Connect with British Columbians who value wild salmon. Become a Watershed Watch Salmon Society partner and let people know you care. - [Other Ways to Give](https://watershedwatch.ca/other-ways-to-give/) - [6PPD](https://watershedwatch.ca/6ppd-action/) - 6PPD is a chemical used in tires to prevent cracking. When it reacts with ozone, it forms 6PPD-quinone, a Deadly Salmon-Killing Toxin byproduct - [Watershed Watch in the News 2026](https://watershedwatch.ca/wwss-media-mentions-2026/) - [Watershed Watch in the News](https://watershedwatch.ca/wwss-media-mentions-2024/) - Check out the news stories Watershed Watch Salmon Society was featured in in 2024. - [Thank you for taking action for wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/tell-dfo-to-do-their-job/thank-you/) - [Tell DFO to do their job and monitor our wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/tell-dfo-to-do-their-job/) - DFO has once again gutted its salmon monitoring programs. Tell the Minister: restore funding for monitoring immediately to protect B.C.’s wild salmon. - [Thank You for Defending Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/triple-your-impact-2026/thank-you/) - Thanks to a generous supporter, donations will be tripled until June 8, up to $10,000. Donate today to maximize your impact. - [Triple Your Impact](https://watershedwatch.ca/triple-your-impact-2026/) - [Tell the feds to SPEED UP the fish farm ban](https://watershedwatch.ca/keep-your-promise/) - Factory fish farms are a threat to wild salmon. Email the feds and let them know you want all factory fish farms out of B.C. waters and away from wild salmon before 2029. - [Sign up for the Salmon News!](https://watershedwatch.ca/sign-up-for-the-salmon-news/) - Stay ahead of the current with the Salmon News. Get the latest on wild salmon and their habitats with our media roundup. Sign up for your weekly update! - [Salmon News](https://watershedwatch.ca/salmon-news/) - The Salmon News is our weekly media round-up of stories about salmon and their habitats. Go through past archives and sign up to receive future Salmon News - [Watershed Watch in the News 2025](https://watershedwatch.ca/wwss-media-mentions-2025/) - [What makes flood control fish-friendly?](https://watershedwatch.ca/what-makes-flood-control-fish-friendly/) - Learn how flood control structures can help or hurt salmon habitat through animations showing how different types of floodgates and pump stations work. - [About Us](https://watershedwatch.ca/about-us/) - Meet the Watershed Watch team and read about our work to defend and rebuild B.C.’s wild salmon. - [Careers](https://watershedwatch.ca/careers/) - Put your knowledge and passion to work for B.C.’s wild salmon and the people and wildlife that depend on them. Check out our Career page for opportunities. - [2025 Year in Review](https://watershedwatch.ca/2025-year-in-review/) - Highlights from Watershed Watch Salmon Society in 2025. From getting factory fish farms out of our coastal waters, B.C. Fisheries, and defending salmon habitat. - [Send a thank you letter to Pitt Meadows mayor, council and city staff](https://watershedwatch.ca/pittmeadows-greenway-thanks/) - [Make fish farms pay when they break parasite rules](https://watershedwatch.ca/makefishfarmspay/) - During the wild salmon outmigration, fish farms must stay below 3 lice per farmed fish (avg). But when they exceed this limit, they face few consequences. - [Stop Fish Farm Lobbyists from Writing the Aquaculture Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/aqua-act-2021/) - Take action and stop Fish Farm Lobbyists from writing the Aquaculture act. Fill out this letter tool and let your local MP know where you stand - [Educational Resources](https://watershedwatch.ca/educational-resources/) - A collection of educational resources for parents and educators. Get printable posters, lesson plans and fun interactive games! - [Disconnected Waters Map](https://watershedwatch.ca/disconnected-waters-map-web/) - A map of 1700 km of salmon habitat that is blocked by at least 186 pieces of outdated flood control infrastructure in the Lower Mainland. - [Donate now](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-now/) - Donate to Watershed Watch Salmon Society today and support our work to defend and rebuild BC wild salmon and their habitats. - [Donate](https://watershedwatch.ca/sweetwater-donate/) - Donate to Watershed Watch Salmon Society and help B.C. wild salmon. Your donation helps us tackle issues like habitat restoration, clean water and fish farms. - [Photo Gallery](https://watershedwatch.ca/watershed-watcher/photo-gallery/) - [CodeBlue Calling Tool](https://watershedwatch.ca/codeblue-calling-tool/) - [Safe Passage](https://watershedwatch.ca/safe-passage/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society is working to get Atlantic salmon fish farms off the BC coast and away from wild salmon migration routes. - [Flood Safety Can’t Wait](https://watershedwatch.ca/flood-safety-cant-wait/) - B.C. families, farms & salmon are facing escalating flood risks. Demand urgent action – flood safety must become a provincial priority before the next disaster. - [Tell The Prime Minister and Premier Eby to invest in wild salmon habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/invest-in-wild-salmon-habitat/) - Please help ensure your community will choose salmon-friendly flood control by asking federal and provincial governments to make it a condition of funding. - [Tell Canadian decisionmakers to invest in wild salmon habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/tell-canadian-decisionmakers-to-invest-in-wild-salmon-habitat/) - Canadians need to replace fish-killing flood pumps with ones that are safe for salmon, and install modern floodgates that don’t block fish passage when rivers aren't flooding. - [Donate to Watershed Watch Salmon Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-to-watershed-watch-salmon-society/) - Your donation to Watershed Watch Salmon Society will support our work to defend and rebuild BC wild salmon and their habitats. - [Connected Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/connected-waters/) - Connected Waters is working to reconnect hundred of kilometres of salmon habitat in the Lower Fraser. Learn how we made strides in our 2024 Year in Review. - [Fishing Smarter](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/fishing-smarter/) - We are pushing to cut back Alaskan interceptions of B.C. salmon, expand selective fishing and reign in irresponsible fishing practices here in B.C. - [Paddle the Slough Challenge 2025 Maps](https://watershedwatch.ca/paddle-the-slough-challenge-2025-maps/) - [Tell the Prime Minister the Next Fisheries Minister Must Be From B.C.](https://watershedwatch.ca/next-fisheries-minister-bc/) - Leave a message for the Prime Minister: Canada would be best served by appointing a Fisheries Minister from British Columbia. - [Photographers](https://watershedwatch.ca/photographers/) - Meet and learn about the talented Photographers Eiko Jones, Roxanna Froese, Tavish Campbell, Andrew S. Wright, and April Bencze who work with Watershed Watch - [Send a thank you letter to Chilliwack mayor, council and city staff](https://watershedwatch.ca/blueways/) - Say thank you by sending a heartfelt appreciation letter to Chilliwack's mayor, council, and staff for their dedicated service and commitment. - [Share the Love](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-for-valentines/) - Donate to defend B.C.'s wild salmon and their habitats and we'll send a Valentine’s e-card to your special someone on your behalf. - [2024 year in review](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/) - Read about the big things that happened in the world of B.C. wild salmon in 2024 with Watershed Watch Salmon Society's 2024 Year in Review. - [Mobilizing](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/mobilizing/) - In a time of polarization, we are uniting citizens from across the political spectrum and across the province to defend their home waters and wild salmon - [Water for Fish & Watershed Security](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/water-for-fish-watershed-security/) - We helped fight for habitat and clean water in B.C.’s salmon watersheds in 2024, through our CodeBlue BC Campaign and with the Watershed Security Coalition. - [Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/heart-of-the-fraser/) - The Fraser River between Hope and Mission provides vital habitat for wild salmon and sturgeon. While 2024 delivered a major win, there is much work ahead. - [Safe Passage / Safe Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/2024-year-in-review/safe-passage-safe-salmon/) - 2025 will be an essential year for rallying public support to get all open net-pen fish farms out of B.C.’s coastal waters for good. - [Donate to Fishing Smarter](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-fishing-smarter/) - Donate to Watershed Watch's Fishing Smarter campaign. Your donation will support our work reform fisheries that are impacting B.C.'s wild salmon. - [Donate to restore habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-connected-waters/) - Donate to Watershed Watch's Connected Waters campaign. Your donation will support our work to make floodplains safer for salmon and communities! - [Donate to Salmon News](https://watershedwatch.ca/salmon-news/donate-to-salmon-news/) - [Donate to Water for Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-to-water-for-fish/) - Donate to Watershed Watch's Water for Fish campaign. Your donation helps us work to ensure BC rivers have enough water flow to support wild salmon. - [Donate to fight fish farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-safe-passage/) - Donate to Watershed Watch's Safe Passage campaign. Your donation will support our work to defend BC wild salmon from open net pen fish farms and their diseases - [Salmon Spawn Watch 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/salmon-spawn-watch/) - Help document 2024 Salmon returns at local streams by participating in Salmon Spawn Watch 2024. Submit your videos and photos on social media or by email. - [Tell the B.C. government to not destroy salmon habitat in the Vedder River.](https://watershedwatch.ca/vedder-gravel-mining/) - Take action and sign this letter to stop a massive gravel mining project in Chilliwack’s Vedder River, which will damage important pink salmon spawning habitat - [Meet with your MP!](https://watershedwatch.ca/meet-with-your-mp/) - [Alaskan Seafood is NOT sustainable](https://watershedwatch.ca/alaskan-seafood-is-not-sustainable/) - [Become a monthly donor $10](https://watershedwatch.ca/monthly-donor-ten/) - [Become a monthly donor $5](https://watershedwatch.ca/monthly-donor-five/) - [Giving Tuesday Other dollar donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/giving-tuesday-other-dollar-donation/) - Support Watershed Watch this Giving Tuesday by donating and help us reach our goal to raise $5,500 in support of our efforts to get fish farms out of B.C.! - [Giving Tuesday 50 dollar donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/giving-tuesday-50-dollar-donation/) - Support Watershed Watch this Giving Tuesday by donating $50 and help us reach our goal to raise $5,500 in support of our efforts to get fish farms out of B.C.! - [Giving Tuesday 20 dollar donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/giving-tuesday-20-dollar-donation/) - Support Watershed Watch this Giving Tuesday by donating $20 and help us reach our goal to raise $5,500 in support of our efforts to get fish farms out of B.C.! - [Giving Tuesday 100 dollar donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/giving-tuesday-100-dollar-donation/) - Support Watershed Watch this Giving Tuesday by donating $100 and help us reach our goal to raise $5,500 in support of our efforts to get fish farms out of B.C.! - [2023 Year End Appeal](https://watershedwatch.ca/2023-year-end-appeal/) - Support Watershed Watch Salmon Society this Christmas season and help defend B.C. wild salmon with your donation! - [Watershed Watch in the News](https://watershedwatch.ca/wwss-media-tracking-2023/) - [2023 Year in Review](https://watershedwatch.ca/2023-year-in-review/) - A look at Watershed Watch's 2023 Year in Review. Highlights from 2023 from our campaigns and the work we have done. - [Thank you for your Salmon Spawn Watch submission](https://watershedwatch.ca/salmon-spawn-watch/thank-you-for-your-submission/) - [Salmon News Sign Up](https://watershedwatch.ca/salmon-news-sign-up/) - Sign up for Watershed Watch Salmon Society's weekly media round-up of stories about salmon and their habitats. - [Watershed Watcher Newsletter](https://watershedwatch.ca/email-sign-up/) - Learn more about Watershed Watch Salmon Society and how to get involved. 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When you sign up, you get to join our Volunteer Facebook group and receive our monthly volunteer newsletter - [Water For Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/water-for-fish/) - Learn about our work to ensure B.C.’s waters are managed for salmon and their habitats, with more local control and industrial users paying their fair share. - [Fishing Smarter](https://watershedwatch.ca/fishing-smarter/) - Watershed Watch is working to change the way we fish for salmon in BC so we can continue to harvest abundant populations while rebuilding the depleted ones. - [WWSS Media Tracking 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/wwss-media-tracking-2022/) - [Fish Farms out of BC - starting with the Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/final-farm-decision/) - As the Fisheries Minister decides the fate of fish farms in the Discovery Islands, rotten apples at DFO released a report claiming parasitic lice aren't harming wild salmon. - [How to Plant Whips](https://watershedwatch.ca/how-to-plant-whips/) - [CodeBlue BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/codeblue-bc/) - [Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/heart-of-the-fraser/) - The Heart of the Fraser, the stretch of the Fraser River between Mission and Hope, is critical to the survival of Fraser River salmon. - [Tell your representatives to VOTE YES for wild salmon at UBCM 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/vote-yes-for-wild-salmon-at-ubcm-2022/) - Please stand up for wild salmon and use this editable tool to ask your local representatives to VOTE YES for wild salmon at UBCM 2022. - [Help defend Strawberry Island from development](https://watershedwatch.ca/defend_strawberry_island/) - Strawberry Island, floodplain land in the ecologically-rich Heart of the Fraser, is under threat from agricultural development. - [June 22 - Do Not Renew!](https://watershedwatch.ca/june-22-do-not-renew/) - Unclear promises have been made by our federal government to come up with a plan to transition from open net-pen salmon farms in B.C. by 2025. - [Watershed Watch in the Media](https://watershedwatch.ca/watershed-watch-in-the-media/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Shirts for the Holidays](https://watershedwatch.ca/watershed-watch-salmon-society-shirts-for-the-holidays/) - Get the salmon-lover in your life a Watershed Watch t-shirt and help defend B.C. wild salmon! Available in red, khaki green, and grey. - [Facebook Fundraising for Nonprofits](https://watershedwatch.ca/facebook-fundraising-for-nonprofits/) - Learn how to raise funds for WWSS. This toolkit will walk you through the steps to set up a Facebook fundraiser, and give you tips on how to reach your goals. - [Job Posting: Multimedia Storyteller](https://watershedwatch.ca/careers/job-posting-multimedia-storyteller/) - Work with Watershed Watch Salmon Society this summer as an Multi Media Story Teller! In this role you will create engaging content for our social media channels - [Donate to Fishing Smarter](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate-to-fishing-smarter/) - Donate to Watershed Watch Salmon Society's Fishing Smarter campaign. Your donation supports our work to advocate for a truly sustainable fishing regime in BC. - [Connected Waters Letter](https://watershedwatch.ca/connected-waters-letter/) - We have a historic opportunity to restore high value salmon habitats as we upgrade our flood protection systems along the lower Fraser and other B.C. rivers. - [Donate to help hold Trudeau to his fish farm promise!](https://watershedwatch.ca/donate_today/) - During the election, the Liberals and the NDP both vowed to get open-net fish farms off B.C.'s coast. Donate today to help us hold government to their word. - [June 22 - Do Not Renew! - with donation ask](https://watershedwatch.ca/tell-the-feds-not-to-renew-expiring-fish-farm-licences/) - [Tell Premier Horgan to Put Wild Salmon First](https://watershedwatch.ca/wsacletter/) - We have a moment of opportunity right now to make things better for B.C.’s wild salmon. Please take a minute to send a letter now. - [Thank You for Your Pledge!](https://watershedwatch.ca/thank-you-for-your-pledge/) - [Thank you for confirming your email](https://watershedwatch.ca/thank-you-for-confirming-your-email/) - [Fish Farms out of Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/fish-farms-out-of-discovery-islands/) - [We need jobs that rebuild wild salmon and protect our communities - letter writing tool May 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/greenfloodcontrol/) - Concerned about what economic recovery looks like in BC? We’ve got a solution that creates jobs, rebuilds wild salmon and protects our communities from floods. - [Help Protect People and Salmon - CW newmode tool](https://watershedwatch.ca/connectedwaters_letter/) - The Province is updating B.C.’s Emergency Program Act and accepting public submissions until January 31. Have your say and help BC wild salmon! - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/watershed-watch-salmon-society/) - [Sorry! Please check back later](https://watershedwatch.ca/sorry-please-check-back-later/) - [Defend Endangered Steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/defend-endangered-steelhead/) - [Join the call for fish friendly flood infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/join-the-call-for-fish-friendly-flood-infrastructure/) - Ask your Mayor and Council to VOTE YES for fish friendly flood infrastructure! Join the list of concerned residents who want flood mitigation done right. - [Letter to Pitt Meadows Mayor and Council](https://watershedwatch.ca/letter-to-pitt-meadows-mayor-and-council/) - [Letter to Chilliwack Mayor and Council](https://watershedwatch.ca/letter-to-chilliwack-mayor-and-council/) - [Watershed Watch Solutions Advisory Committee Members](https://watershedwatch.ca/watershed-watch-solutions-advisory-committee-members/) - [Sustainable Fisheries Pledge](https://watershedwatch.ca/sustainable-fisheries-pledge/) ## Media Releases - [DFO’s Salmon Monitoring Cuts Force an Impossible Choice: Fish Blind or Shut Down Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/dfos-salmon-monitoring-cuts-force-an-impossible-choice-fish-blind-or-shut-down-fisheries/) - [Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus welcomes renewed federal investment in Pacific Salmon, calls for concrete actions to recover salmon populations](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/mcc-federal-investment/) - [B.C. Budget does not “Secure the Future” for the Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-budget-does-not-secure-the-future-for-the-lower-fraser/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society welcomes federal ban on open-net factory salmon farms in B.C. coastal waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/watershed-watch-salmon-society-welcomes-federal-ban-on-open-net-factory-salmon-farms-in-b-c-coastal-waters/) - [Unprecedented spike in wild fish killed by B.C. salmon farms, documents reveal](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/unprecedented-spike-in-wild-fish-killed-by-b-c-salmon-farms-documents-reveal/) - The number of wild fish caught and killed in British Columbia open net-pen salmon farms is soaring: Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Clayoquot Action. - [Pollution spurs call for investigation into experimental salmon farm](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/pollution-spurs-call-for-investigation-into-experimental-salmon-farm/) - Clayoquot Action and Watershed Watch calling for answers about pollution from Cermaq’s experimental semi-closed containment system fish farm in Millar Channel. - [Math blunder by federal fisheries managers to be “fixed” by allowing fishing on depleted salmon and steelhead runs](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/math-blunder-by-federal-fisheries-managers-to-be-fixed-by-allowing-fishing-on-depleted-salmon-and-steelhead-runs/) - [Feds Skip Key Research in Discovery Islands Fish Farm Decision ](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/feds-skip-key-research-in-discovery-islands-fish-farm-decision/) - DFO omitted key science from its risk assessments examining the threat of open-net salmon farms to wild salmon according to science-based salmon advocacy group, Watershed Watch Salmon Society. - [Federal Scientists Fail to Disclose Industry Connections in Salmon Farm Virus Studies, Documents Reveal](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/federal-scientists-fail-to-disclose-industry-connections-in-salmon-farm-virus-studies-documents-reveal/) - The scientific reports publishing team is currently investigating the DFO research and its connections to the salmon farming industry. Photo credit: Eiko Jones - [Federal government stops monitoring B.C. salmon runs at the height of the season](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/federal-government-stops-monitoring-b-c-salmon-runs-at-the-height-of-the-season/) - [Evidence suggests Lois Lake fish farm may be operating illegally ](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/evidence-suggests-lois-lake-fish-farm-may-be-operating-illegally/) - [Ecojustice Submits Legal Demand Letters to Federal and Provincial Governments Over Destruction of Salmon Habitat in Norrish Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/ecojustice-submits-legal-demand-letters-to-federal-and-provincial-governments-over-destruction-of-salmon-habitat-in-norrish-creek/) - Ecojustice Submits Legal Demand Letters to Federal and Provincial Governments Over Destruction of Salmon Habitat in Norrish Creek. - [Dire situation for fish, wildlife, and habitat in BC leads to the formation of a new coalition calling for change](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/dire-situation-for-fish-wildlife-and-habitat-in-british-columbia-leads-to-the-formation-of-a-new-coalition-calling-for-change/) - [DFO allowed overfishing of Fraser River sockeye salmon in 2018: New data from spawning grounds - Iconic Adams River run among the hardest hit](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/dfo-allowed-overfishing-of-fraser-river-sockeye-salmon-in-2018-new-data-from-spawning-grounds-iconic-adams-river-run-among-the-hardest-hit/) - New data from spawning grounds shows that the iconic Adams River run is among the hardest hit. - [Controversial Federal Salmon Farm Data Ordered to be Released: Information Commissioner of Canada](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/controversial-federal-salmon-farm-data-ordered-to-be-released-information-commissioner-of-canada/) - The Information Commissioner of Canada has ordered D to fully disclose the records salmon farm data used in a controversial DFO science report. - [Canadian conservation groups file objection to Alaskan salmon “sustainable” certification](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/canadian-conservation-groups-file-objection-to-alaskan-salmon-sustainable-certification/) - SkeenaWild, Raincoast Conservation, Watershed Watch file formal objection with Marine Stewardship Council to Alaskan salmon fishery sustainable certification. - [Big win for nature as Federal Court upholds decision to keep open-net fish farms out of Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/big-win-for-nature-as-federal-court-upholds-decision-to-keep-open-net-fish-farms-out-of-discovery-islands/) - [Alaska salmon fishery objection dismissal ‘seriously undermines’ MSC credibility](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/alaska-salmon-fishery-objection-dismissal-seriously-undermines-msc-credibility/) - [B.C. conservation organizations welcome Ocean Wise decision to pull recommendation for southeast Alaska salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/b-c-conservation-organizations-welcome-ocean-wise-decision-to-pull-recommendation-for-southeast-alaska-salmon/) - Watershed Watch, SkeenaWild and Raincoast Conservation are pleased eco-label Ocean Wise has pulled sustainability recommendation for southeast Alaska salmon - [Industry lobbying skyrockets as B.C. salmon farm transition looms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/industry-lobbying-skyrockets-as-b-c-salmon-farm-transition-looms/) - Salmon farm industry lobbying of federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans officials skyrockets after Canada promise to get farms out of BC coastal waters. - [Media Statement: Federal Government Releases Salmon Farm Ban Plan](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-statement-farm-ban-plan/) - The federal government has released its draft plan to ban open net-pen salmon farms from B.C. coastal waters. Watershed Watch Salmon Society statement - [International call for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to remove salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/international-call-for-prime-minister-justin-trudeau-to-remove-salmon-farms-from-british-columbia-coastal-waters/) - [Fish-friendly floodgate project restores salmon migration route in Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fish-friendly-floodgate-project-restores-salmon-migration-route-in-lower-fraser/) - Watershed Watch and partners launch a fish-friendly floodgate installed on Joe’s Lake to help reconnect the Lower Fraser region and restore salmon migration. - [Media Statement on 6PPD response from minister](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-statement-on-6ppd-response-from-minister/) - Watershed Watch and conservation allies welcome federal decision to review 6PPD-q but request more urgent action on toxic chemical killing wild salmon. - [Marine Stewardship Council to review Canadian conservation groups’ objections to Alaskan salmon “sustainable” certification](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/marine-stewardship-council-to-review-canadian-conservation-groups-objections-to-alaskan-salmon-sustainable-certification/) - An objection by SkeenaWild, Raincoast Conservation and Watershed Watch Salmon Society to Alaskan salmon sustainable certification from MSC will proceed. - [BC Flood Strategy: Good work that falls short on funding](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-flood-strategy-good-work-that-falls-short-on-funding/) - On World Water Day, the Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition congratulates B.C. on its BC Flood Strategy, but wonders about about funding and implementation. - [Deadly virus found in BC's wild sockeye, same strain as found in European salmon farming industry](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/deadly-virus-found-in-bcs-wild-sockeye-same-strain-as-found-in-european-salmon-farming-industry/) - [Lower Fraser Floodplain Coalition: Budget 2024 fails to deliver on flood resilience](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/lower-fraser-floodplain-coalition-budget-2024-fails-to-deliver-on-flood-resilience/) - [Court’s decision suspending the ban on fish transfers to three Discovery Islands salmon farms is a poor outcome for wild salmon ](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/courts-decision-suspending-the-ban-on-fish-transfers-to-three-discovery-islands-salmon-farms-is-a-poor-outcome-for-wild-salmon/) - The Federal Court’s decision on suspending the ban on fish transfers to three Discovery Islands salmon farms is a poor outcome for B.C.'s wild salmon. - [BC Budget takes steps towards Building Back Better from climate disasters](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-budget-takes-steps-towards-building-back-better-from-climate-disasters/) - Hon. Katrine Conroy, Finance Minister unveils 2023 Budget, enhancing emergency capacity, investing in disaster risk management. - [B.C. Budget needs to address watershed health and security](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/b-c-budget-needs-to-address-watershed-health-and-security/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society wants to see BC Budget 2024 address watershed security and root causes of floods, wildfire and drought. - [Groups urge federal government to investigate tire chemical implicated in mass salmon deaths](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/groups-urge-federal-government-to-investigate-tire-chemical-implicated-in-mass-salmon-deaths/) - Ecojustice, for Raincoast Conservation, Watershed Watch, and Pacific Salmon Foundation, asks Canadian Environment Minister to investigate tire chemical in mass salmon deaths. - [Snowpack means B.C. must prepare for record drought this summer](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/snowpack-means-bc-must-prepare/) - Record-low snowpack means B.C. must prepare for worsening summer drought - [ADVISORY - Watershed Watch Salmon Society event](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/advisory-watershed-watch-salmon-society-event/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society and its project partners invite you to a site visit and photo opportunity to mark a milestone in the work to restore important fish passage through Bon Accord Creek in Surrey. - [On second anniversary of catastrophic flooding, flood forum report makes recommendations for actions](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/on-second-anniversary-of-catastrophic-flooding-flood-forum-report-makes-recommendations-for-actions/) - The report identifies three areas of focus for strategic action over the next two to three years and makes 20 specific recommendations. - [Lower Fraser Floodplains Forum brings together decision-makers and experts to chart a path forward for flood resilience.](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/lower-fraser-flood-forum-june-2023/) - [Fisheries Minister must stop new fisheries that will harm endangered Chinook salmon and killer whales](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fisheries-minister-must-stop-new-fisheries-that-will-harm-endangered-chinook-salmon/) - [Federal documents suggest strategic suppression of science report ahead of upcoming federal decision on Discovery Islands salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/strategic-suppression-of-science-report/) - [Canada abandons endangered salmon as COP15 opens](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-cop15/) - [BC group calls for better approach to spending $5 billion recovery fund, on eve of one-year anniversary of catastrophic floods](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bbbtc-flood-recovery-release/) - [Despite federal commitment to transition from salmon farming in B.C., feds approve three fish farm expansions](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/despite-federal-commitment-to-transition-from-salmon-farming-in-b-c-feds-approve-three-fish-farm-expansions/) - Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) recently approved three fish farm expansions in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, with no public consultation. - [Flood recovery groups call for building back better, take their message to UBCM](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/flood-recovery-groups-call-for-building-back-better-take-their-message-to-ubcm/) - [Fisheries minister stands strong for Fraser River sockeye while Americans abandon caution and go fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fisheries-minister-stands-strong-for-fraser-river-sockeye-while-americans-abandon-caution-and-go-fishing/) - “The latest test fishing data and run size estimates from the Pacific Salmon Commission show the minister did the right thing, and Americans should have too.” - [Bike the Pitt Meadows Dike with Watershed Watch Salmon Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bike-the-pitt-meadows-dike-with-watershed-watch-salmon-society/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society has launched its sixth annual Bike the Dike event, a month-long event encouraging people to ride along the Pitt Meadows dike. - [Press conference following Building Back Better Together forum on flood recovery, July 14, 3:30 pm](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/press-conference-following-building-back-better-together-forum-on-flood-recovery-july-14-330-pm/) - Leaders from lower Fraser Nations, municipalities and experts will be available for comment after the Building Back Better Together forum on July 14. - [Minister joins Lower Fraser Nations and local governments for flood recovery forum](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/minister-joins-lower-fraser-nations-and-local-governments-for-flood-recovery-forum/) - On July 14, the Building Back Better Together forum will tackle flood recovery investment in B.C. - [Conservationists pleased government has begun salmon farm transition, but impacts on wild salmon will continue until fish farms out](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservationists-pleased-government-has-begun-salmon-farm-transition-but-impacts-on-wild-salmon-will-continue-until-fish-farms-out/) - Government took steps toward keeping their promise to remove open-net pen salmon farms from B.C. waters by 2025, say conservationists. - [Conservationists available to discuss federal salmon farm decision to be announced before June 30, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservationists-available-to-discuss-federal-salmon-farm-decision-to-be-announced-before-june-30-2022/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society, Clayoquot Action and biologist, Alexandra Morton can comment on upcoming federal announcement on expiring salmon farm licences. - [Feds appear to cover-up inconvenient salmon lice science](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/feds-appear-to-cover-up-inconvenient-salmon-lice-science/) - [Judge sets aside federal decision to phase out salmon farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/judge-sets-aside-federal-decision-to-phase-out-salmon-farms-in-b-c-s-discovery-islands/) - A coalition of environmental groups is urging the minister to remain committed to phasing out open-net fish farms in BC's Discovery Islands and entire province. - [Project restoring crucial salmon habitat awarded $2.5 million to upgrade flood infrastructure in the lower Fraser region](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/project-restoring-crucial-salmon-habitat-awarded-2-5-million-to-upgrade-flood-infrastructure-in-the-lower-fraser-region/) - This funding will improve access to 40 hectares of crucial salmon habitat now blocked by flood structures, making life a little easier for wild Fraser salmon. - [Canadian groups ask Governor Dunleavy to stop Alaskan harvest of BC salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/canadian-groups-ask-governor-dunleavy-to-stop-alaskan-harvest-of-bc-salmon/) - A coalition of Canadian conservation organizations has written Alaskan Governor Mike Dunleavy, asking him to stop Alaska’s harvest of B.C. wild salmon. - [Fishery and conservation groups call for listing of endangered Interior Fraser River Steelhead under Canada’s Species at Risk Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fishery-and-conservation-groups-call-for-listing-of-endangered-interior-fraser-river-steelhead-under-canadas-species-at-risk-act/) - [Alaskan fishing fleet catching huge proportion of B.C. salmon: New report](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/alaskan-fishing-fleet-catching-huge-proportion-of-b-c-salmon-new-report/) - [Post-flood dike upgrades could threaten BC wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/post-flood-dike-upgrades-could-threaten-bc-wild-salmon/) - Billions of dollars are about to flow into BC communities to rebuild and upgrade dikes, pumps and flood protection infrastructure after an intense storm season. - [Salmon Farms Set to Expand Despite Federal Promise to Remove Them](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-farms-set-to-expand-despite-federal-promise-to-remove-them/) - [Environmental organizations, scientist, back in court to keep open-net fish farms out of Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/environmental-organizations-scientist-back-in-court-to-keep-open-net-fish-farms-out-of-discovery-islands/) - [Have DFO fishery managers gone rogue? ](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/have-dfo-fishery-managers-gone-rogue/) - [Environmental Groups Recommend New Approaches to Clean Electricity in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/environmental-groups-recommend-new-approaches-to-clean-electricity-in-bc/) - [Collapse of Fraser sockeye underscores urgency of water reform](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/collapse-of-fraser-sockeye-underscores-urgency-of-water-reform/) - [Canadian Salmon Fisheries Granted Eco-Certification: Conservation Groups Wary](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/canadian-salmon-fisheries-granted-eco-certification-conservation-groups-wary/) - [Contentious BC salmon fishery set to receive eco-certification](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/contentious-bc-salmon-fishery-set-to-receive-eco-certification/) - [Conservation groups warn consumers to avoid eco-certified Fraser River sockeye salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-warn-consumers-to-avoid-eco-certified-fraser-river-sockeye-salmon/) - [BC conservationists urge government to continue prudent management of banner sockeye salmon return](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-conservationists-urge-government-to-continue-prudent-management-of-banner-sockeye-salmon-return/) - [BC conservationists concerned sockeye fishery being kept open too long](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-conservationists-concerned-sockeye-fishery-being-kept-open-too-long/) - [Participants in sockeye Judicial Inquiry demanding salmon farm companies release critical disease, sea lice and stocking information](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/participants-in-sockeye-judicial-inquiry-demanding-salmon-farm-companies-release-critical-disease-sea-lice-and-stocking-information/) - [New research suggests salmon farms and sea lice are the main cause of a 7-fold decrease in coho productivity in the Broughton Archipelago](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-research-suggests-salmon-farms-and-sea-lice-are-the-main-cause-of-a-7-fold-decrease-in-coho-productivity-in-the-broughton-archipelago/) - [Water opinion poll reveals wide public support for protecting water,rivers, and wild salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/water-opinion-poll-reveals-wide-public-support-for-protecting-waterrivers-and-wild-salmon/) - [Conservationists commend sockeye inquiry judge for ordering the release of salmon farm disease, sea lice and stocking data](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservationists-commend-sockeye-inquiry-judge-for-ordering-the-release-of-salmon-farm-disease-sea-lice-and-stocking-data/) - [New study confirms: BC salmon farms amplify sea lice; controlling lice challenging](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-study-confirms-bc-salmon-farms-amplify-sea-lice-controlling-lice-challenging/) - [Half a million more farmed salmon being placed in the path of migrating Fraser River sockeye](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/half-a-million-more-farmed-salmon-being-placed-in-the-path-of-migrating-fraser-river-sockeye/) - [New research shows sea lice from salmon farms infect Fraser River sockeye salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-research-shows-sea-lice-from-salmon-farms-infect-fraser-river-sockeye-salmon/) - [From Sea to Poisoned Sea, Harper Government proposes new regulation that would facilitate toxic pesticide use on salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/from-sea-to-poisoned-sea-harper-government-proposes-new-regulation-that-would-facilitate-toxic-pesticide-use-on-salmon-farms/) - [Wild salmon are as culturally important to the people of British Columbia as the French language is to the people of Quebec](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/wild-salmon-are-as-culturally-important-to-the-people-of-british-columbia-as-the-french-language-is-to-the-people-of-quebec/) - [Conservation groups offer conditional support for MSC certification of B.C. pink salmon fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-offer-conditional-support-for-msc-certification-of-b-c-pink-salmon-fisheries/) - [Interview Opportunity Scientists available to assist with understanding the evidence presented at the Cohen Commission’s evidentiary hearings on diseases and aquaculture](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/interview-opportunity-scientists-available-to-assist-with-understanding-the-evidence-presented-at-the-cohen-commissions-evidentiary-hearings-on-diseases-and-aquaculture/) - [BC conservationists blast federal government for irresponsible salmon fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/bc-conservationists-blast-federal-government-for-irresponsible-salmon-fisheries/) - [New Study Confirms Lice from Farmed Salmon Imperil Wild Salmon, Refutes Flawed Study and Related Media Spin](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-study-confirms-lice-from-farmed-salmon-imperil-wild-salmon-refutes-flawed-study-and-related-media-spin/) - [Media Advisory: Interview Opportunity - Scientist available to assist with understanding the evidence presented at the Cohen Commission’s evidentiary hearings on hydro, water, and temperature](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-interview-opportunity-scientist-available-to-assist-with-understanding-the-evidence-presented-at-the-cohen-commissions-evidentiary-hearings-on-hydro-water-and-temperature/) - [Backgrounder: More Fraser sockeye populations in trouble than previously thought](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/backgrounder-more-fraser-sockeye-populations-in-trouble-than-previously-thought/) - [More Fraser sockeye populations in trouble than previously thought](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/more-fraser-sockeye-populations-in-trouble-than-previously-thought/) - [Salmon Inquiry shows need for government overhaul](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-inquiry-shows-need-for-government-overhaul/) - [Media Advisory: Interview Opportunity Scientists available to assist with understanding the evidence presented at the Cohen Commission’s evidentiary hearings on Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA)](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-interview-opportunity-scientists-available-to-assist-with-understanding-the-evidence-presented-at-the-cohen-commissions-evidentiary-hearings-on-infectious-salmon-anemia-isa/) - [Canadian Conservationists Challenge "Unsustainable" Alaskan Salmon Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/canadian-conservationists-challenge-unsustainable-alaskan-salmon-fisheries/) - [Scientists shed new light on sockeye salmon dynamics in ocean - Competition, climate, and salmon farms linked to Fraser sockeye declines](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/scientists-shed-new-light-on-sockeye-salmon-dynamics-in-ocean-competition-climate-and-salmon-farms-linked-to-fraser-sockeye-declines/) - [Virus discovered in Cultus Lake sport fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/virus-discovered-in-cultus-lake-sport-fish/) - [Countdown to Cohen - Scientists available to interpret the Final Report of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/countdown-to-cohen-scientists-available-to-interpret-the-final-report-of-the-cohen-commission-of-inquiry-into-the-decline-of-sockeye-salmon-in-the-fraser-river/) - [New report shows how to improve hydropower development in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-report-shows-how-to-improve-hydropower-development-in-british-columbia/) - [Media Advisory: Cohen Commission Final Report to be Made Public on October 31st - Scientists available to interpret findings of the Cohen Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-cohen-commission-final-report-to-be-made-public-on-october-31st-scientists-available-to-interpret-findings-of-the-cohen-inquiry-into-the-decline-of-sockeye-salmon-in-the-fraser-river/) - [Salmon Conservationists Commend Justice Cohen on his Final Report—But Will Government Listen?](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-conservationists-commend-justice-cohen-on-his-final-report-but-will-government-listen/) - [Reforestation Project Improves Habitat on Coquitlam River](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/reforestation-project-improves-habitat-on-coquitlam-river/) - [Nine-year study confirms sea lice outbreaks on farms cause wild salmon declines—better farm management a short-term solution](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/nine-year-study-confirms-sea-lice-outbreaks-on-farms-cause-wild-salmon-declines-better-farm-management-a-short-term-solution/) - [Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable kicks off watershed café series with presentation by Michael Lewis, Nov. 29th](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable-kicks-off-watershed-cafe-series-with-presentation-by-michael-lewis-nov-29th/) - [Four months after Cohen Final Report on Fraser River Sockeye - No passing grade for government](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/four-months-after-cohen-final-report-on-fraser-river-sockeye-no-passing-grade-for-government/) - [Media Advisory: B.C. Supreme Court to hear Holmes Hydro Project lawsuit on Wednesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-b-c-supreme-court-to-hear-holmes-hydro-project-lawsuit-on-wednesday/) - [Groups challenge the failure of B.C.’s environmental assessment office to do its job](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/groups-challenge-the-failure-of-b-c-s-environmental-assessment-office-to-do-its-job/) - [Government moving backwards? No positive action for wild salmon 6 months after Sockeye Inquiry Final Report](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/government-moving-backwards-no-positive-action-for-wild-salmon-6-months-after-sockeye-inquiry-final-report/) - [Ecojustice available to comment on Holmes Hydro judgment](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/ecojustice-available-to-comment-on-holmes-hydro-judgment/) - [Watershed Watch and Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable seeking feedback on ecosystem services and well-being in the Coquitlam watershed](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/watershed-watch-and-coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable-seeking-feedback-on-ecosystem-services-and-well-being-in-the-coquitlam-watershed/) - [Skeena sockeye collapse: BC fisheries closed while Alaskans keep fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/skeena-sockeye-collapse-bc-fisheries-closed-while-alaskans-keep-fishing/) - [New evidence shows thousands of unwanted salmon are needlessly killed when no one is watching the fishermen: Groups want oversight](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-evidence-shows-thousands-of-unwanted-salmon-are-needlessly-killed-when-no-one-is-watching-the-fishermen-groups-want-oversight/) - [DFO Response Misleads Public: Bows to Corporations](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/dfo-response-misleads-public-bows-to-corporations/) - [Conservation groups say federal investigation is scapegoating fishermen: “DFO and Pattison Group throwing a few fishermen under the bus won’t fix systemic problems”](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-release-conservation-groups-say-federal-investigation-is-scapegoating-fishermen-dfo-and-pattison-group-throwing-a-few-fishermen-under-the-bus-wont-fix-systemic-problems/) - [Media Advisory: Net impact—not possible to fish for pinks without harming other salmon at risk](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-net-impact-not-possible-to-fish-for-pinks-without-harming-other-salmon-at-risk/) - [NEWS CONFERENCE—Government response still missing one year after sockeye inquiry final report —scientists, First Nations and conservationists call for action](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/news-conference-government-response-still-missing-one-year-after-sockeye-inquiry-final-report-scientists-first-nations-and-conservationists-call-for-action/) - [Media Release: Conservation Groups Object to Marine Stewardship Council’s “Green Light” to Alaskan Harvest of Endangered Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-release-conservation-groups-object-to-marine-stewardship-councils-green-light-to-alaskan-harvest-of-endangered-salmon/) - [One year after $26 million sockeye inquiry ended and still no government action—Experts fear government is retreating instead](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-release-one-year-after-26-million-sockeye-inquiry-ended-and-still-no-government-action-experts-fear-government-is-retreating-instead/) - [Press Conference: Hazardous waste recycling facility given green light on location in flood plain adjacent to Fraser River, Chilliwack](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/press-conference-hazardous-waste-recycling-facility-given-green-light-on-location-in-flood-plain-adjacent-to-fraser-river-chilliwack/) - [First Nations, recreational, environmental and community groups unite against Aevitas hazardous waste site proposed for Fraser River floodplain](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/first-nations-recreational-environmental-and-community-groups-unite-against-aevitas-hazardous-waste-site-proposed-for-fraser-river-floodplain/) - [PRESS RELEASE: Public forum to share information on proposed hazardous waste treatment facility](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/press-release-public-forum-to-share-information-on-proposed-hazardous-waste-treatment-facility/) - [Conservation groups call on Auditor General due to lack of action on $26 million salmon inquiry recommendations funded by taxpayers](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-call-on-auditor-general-due-to-lack-of-action-on-26-million-salmon-inquiry-recommendations-funded-by-taxpayers/) - [Hello two new open-net salmon farms and a 100% increase in production by 2025? Goodbye public process and transparency](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/hello-two-new-open-net-salmon-farms-and-a-100-increase-in-production-by-2025-goodbye-public-process-and-transparency/) - [Ottawa’s move to allow overfishing of salmon draws united condemnation from First Nations, fishermen, and conservationists](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/ottawas-move-to-allow-overfishing-of-salmon-draws-united-condemnation-from-first-nations-fishermen-and-conservationists/) - [Fishing plans announced by Feds decrease protection for endangered salmon stocks in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fishing-plans-announced-by-feds-decrease-protection-for-endangered-salmon-stocks-in-bc/) - [We Can Save Our Salmon and Eat Them Too](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/we-can-save-our-salmon-and-eat-them-too/) - [Mount Polley Disaster: Fundraising Drive Launched for Independent Testing](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/mount-polley-disaster-fundraising-drive-launched-for-independent-testing/) - [Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows to get a musical treat inspired by love for local watersheds](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/maple-ridge-and-pitt-meadows-to-get-a-musical-treat-inspired-by-love-for-local-watersheds/) - [Protect the Fraser Coalition Site Tour Feb 6, 2015](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-release-protect-the-fraser-coalition-site-tour-feb-6-2015/) - [Media Advisory - Concerns Over Proposed Location for Hazardous Waste Plant to be Presented to Metro Vancouver Climate Action Committee on March 26, 2015](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-concerns-over-proposed-location-for-hazardous-waste-plant-to-be-presented-to-metro-vancouver-climate-action-committee-on-march-26-2015/) - [Feds propose increased fishing on endangered salmon runs - Salmon society asks British Columbians to speak out](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/feds-propose-increased-fishing-on-endangered-salmon-runs-salmon-society-asks-british-columbians-to-speak-out/) - [Fraser River sockeye runs were overfished in 2014 by 1.4 million](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fraser-river-sockeye-runs-were-overfished-in-2014-by-1-4-million/) - [100,000+ signature petition presented in B.C. legislature](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/100000-signature-petition-presented-in-b-c-legislature/) - [Conservation groups call on DFO to modify their fisheries in the face of extreme conditions for salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-call-on-dfo-to-modify-their-fisheries-in-the-face-of-extreme-conditions-for-salmon/) - [Suzuki, groups call for moratorium on new salmon farm tenures](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/suzuki-groups-call-for-moratorium-on-new-salmon-farm-tenures/) - [Fishery Debacle: Emails Reveal Deception By DFO](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fishery-debacle-emails-reveal-deception-by-dfo/) - [New study highlights need for re-connecting waterways in the lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-study-highlights-need-for-re-connecting-waterways-in-the-lower-fraser/) - [SFU Report Shows Flood Infrastructure Impact Fraser Salmon: UVic research reveals huge gap in oversight](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/sfu-report-shows-flood-infrastructure-impact-fraser-salmon-uvic-research-reveals-huge-gap-in-oversight/) - [Conservation Groups Applaud Investigation of Provincial Fish Health Lab](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-applaud-investigation-of-provincial-fish-health-lab/) - [Government Science Mired in Salmon Farming Industry Secrecy: Conservation Groups Question Integrity of Federal Science Review Process](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/government-science-mired-in-salmon-farming-industry-secrecy-conservation-groups-question-integrity-of-federal-science-review-process/) - [Washington State Phases out Salmon Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/washington-state-phases-out-salmon-farms/) - B.C. groups hailed the move by Washington State today to phase out salmon farming in State waters at the conclusion of current leases. - [Conservation Groups Urge Action on Salmon Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-urge-action-on-salmon-farms/) - Conservation groups urge the Provincial government to refuse to renew salmon farm tenures in the Broughton Archipelago when they expire in June. - [Local Governments Pass Resolutions Against Open Net-pen Salmon Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/local-governments-pass-resolutions-against-open-net-pen-salmon-farms/) - At the annual meeting of the Association of Vancouver Island and Coastal Communities, two important resolutions on open-net fish farms were passed. - [Community, business, and Indigenous leaders launch ‘Declaration in Defence of Wild Salmon’](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/community-business-and-indigenous-leaders-launch-declaration-in-defence-of-wild-salmon/) - The declaration seeks to draw together growing number of voices calling on the B.C. government to refuse to renew fish farm leases expiring in June 2018. - [Conservation Groups Agree with Auditor General Report: Government is Failing to Protect Wild Salmon from Salmon Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservation-groups-agree-with-auditor-general-report-government-is-failing-to-protect-wild-salmon-from-salmon-farms/) - The Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable Development says Fisheries and Oceans Canada is not doing enough to protect wild salmon from salmon farming. - [Municipalities Vote for Fish-Friendly Flood Control at LMLGA](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/municipalities-vote-for-fish-friendly-flood-control-at-lmlga/) - At the Lower Mainland Local Government Association meeting, representatives of 33 municipalities passed a resolution to improve salmon habitat in lower Fraser. - [Citizens call on Province to end fish farm tenures in Broughton Archipelago](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-citizens-call-on-province-to-end-fish-farm-tenures-in-broughton-archipelago/) - Safe Salmon, a cross-sector initiative supported by small businesses, unions, First Nations and everyday citizens, is hosting rallies in five BC communities. - [BC Marine Tourism Business Owners and Associations speak out for Wild Salmon Protection](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-bc-marine-tourism-business-owners-and-associations-speak-out-for-wild-salmon-protection/) - A group of tourism operators are demanding immediate action to protect wild fisheries, and the marine tourism industry, from the impacts of salmon farms. - [Statement: Conservation organizations respond to Province’s fish farm announcement](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/statement-conservation-organizations-respond-to-provinces-fish-farm-announcement/) - Policy announcement is a significant step towards defending wild salmon against the threats posed by open net-pen salmon farms. - [Union of BC Municipalities Vote to Reject Open Net-pen Salmon Farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/union-of-bc-municipalities-vote-to-reject-open-net-pen-salmon-farms/) - At the annual meeting of the Union of B.C. Municipalities in Whistler, representatives of communities across B.C. voted against open-net fish farms. - [MEDIA ADVISORY: Watershed Watch Available to Respond to Today’s Three Wild Salmon Announcements](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-watershed-watch-available-to-respond-to-todays-three-wild-salmon-announcements/) - The Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson launched Canada's celebration of the International Year of the Salmon, introducing the Wild Salmon Policy Implementation Plan. - [Conservationists applaud salmon farm recommendations from First Nation and B.C. governments](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservationists-applaud-salmon-farm-recommendations-from-first-nation-and-b-c-governments/) - Watershed Watch commends First Nations and the provincial government for providing a 5-year roadmap to remove salmon farms from the Broughton Archipelago. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society receives $50,000 grant from Clif Bar Family Foundation](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/watershed-watch-salmon-society-receives-50000-grant-from-clif-bar-family-foundation/) - The grant will support our work to protect wild salmon from habitat loss, and to promote the restoration of depleted salmon runs and degraded waterways. - [Salmon conservationists give 2019 BC Budget a mixed review](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-conservationists-give-2019-bc-budget-a-mixed-review/) - The B.C. government’s process for developing a “made-in-B.C. wild salmon strategy” has been heavily criticized. - [Conservationists respond to recommendations from B.C. Wild Salmon Advisory Council](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/conservationists-respond-to-recommendations-from-b-c-wild-salmon-advisory-council/) - Salmon conservation and science experts have reviewed the report, Recommendations for a Made-in-B.C. Wild Salmon Strategy, by the Wild Salmon Advisory Council. - [Federal government turning a blind eye to wild fish kills on salmon farms, report says](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/federal-government-turning-a-blind-eye-to-wild-fish-kills-on-salmon-farms-report-says/) - A report released today by Watershed Watch Salmon Society raises concern about wild fish caught in industrial, open-net salmon farms throughout B.C. - [Wild Salmon Threat Increases with New Fish Farm, Feds Fail Again](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/wild-salmon-threat-increases-with-new-fish-farm-feds-fail-again/) - Conservation groups called DFO “irresponsible”for the federal government’s intention to grant a new salmon farm licence on the West coast of Vancouver Island. - [Alaskans hitting endangered Canadian salmon hard](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/alaskans-hitting-endangered-canadian-salmon-hard/) - The new Pacific Salmon Treaty between the US and Canada does not hold Alaska accountable for their impacts on at-risk sockeye salmon swimming to BC to spawn. - [New analysis raises concern about water shortages in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/new-analysis-raises-concern-about-water-shortages-in-british-columbia/) - A new report on water stress in BC by Watershed Watch Salmon Society calls for increased efforts to safeguard our water for the survival of wild salmon. - [Fisheries and Oceans Canada is failing British Columbia’s salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/fisheries-and-oceans-canada-is-failing-british-columbias-salmon/) - Canada’s Pacific salmon fishery is losing its Marine Stewardship Council eco-certification because DFO ignored issues identified in independent fishery audits. - [B.C. Environmental groups urge Prime Minister to keep election promise](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/b-c-environmental-groups-urge-prime-minister-to-keep-election-promise/) - Environmental groups call on PM Justin Trudeau to direct transition of B.C. salmon farms to closed containment in his mandate to DFO minister Bernadette Jordan. - [Study reveals hidden risks of estuary development for young salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/study-reveals-hidden-risks-of-estuary-development-for-young-salmon/) - A SFU-led research team has found that human activity in estuaries is impacting juvenile Pacific and Atlantic salmon. Photo credit: Tavish Campbell - [Conservation group available to comment on today’s federal government announcement of commercial salmon fishing closures and license retirements](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/commercial-salmon-fishing-closures-and-license-retirements/) - [All salmon farms given one-year licence expiry notice: Businesses and conservation groups](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/all-salmon-farms-given-one-year-licence-expiry-notice/) - Campbell River and Tofino, B.C. - A group of 20 businesses and organizations from across the province issued salmon farm companies MOWI, Cermaq, Creative Salmon and Grieg Seafood a reminder notice of the expiry of all their federal licences in one year. - [Salmon virus originally from the Atlantic, spread to B.C. wild salmon from farms: study](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/salmon-virus-originally-from-the-atlantic-spread-to-b-c-wild-salmon-from-farms-study/) - [Environmental organizations, scientist, in court to fight for fish farm phase out in Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/environmental-organizations-in-court-to-fight-for-fish-farm-phase-out/) - [City of Pitt Meadows being taken to task over salmon habitat  ](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/city-of-pitt-meadows-being-taken-to-task-over-salmon-habitat/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Ecojustice have sent a letter to City of Pitt Meadows advising against moving forward with a fish-killing pump replacement. - [$27 million investment in BC watershed jobs will make our province stronger, healthier and more secure](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/27-million-investment-in-bc-watershed-jobs-will-make-our-province-stronger-healthier-and-more-secure/) - [Watershed Watch calls for closure of controversial commercial pink salmon fishery in Great Bear Rainforest until independent monitoring in place](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/area6-chum-overfishing-2020/) - [MEDIA ADVISORY: Conservation Advocates Available to Respond to Fraser Chinook Management Measures](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/media-advisory-conservation-advocates-available-to-respond-to-fraser-chinook-management-measures/) - [Federal government measures failed to protect endangered Chinook salmon in 2019](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/federal-government-measures-failed-to-protect-endangered-chinook-salmon-in-2019/) - Federal government measures failed to protect endangered Chinook salmon in 2019. Protection under Canada’s Species at Risk Act is needed for Fraser River salmon. - [Noted Conservationist Receives 2018 Haig-Brown Conservation Award](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-releases/noted-conservationist-receives-2018-haig-brown-conservation-award/) - The Totem Flyfishers have awarded noted conservationist and Watershed Watch board member, Eric Hobson, the 2018 Haig-Brown Conservation Award. ## Media Advisories - [Conservation groups available for comment following federal Pacific salmon announcement](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/conservation-groups-available-for-comment-following-federal-pacific-salmon-announcement/) - [Statement: $74M in Insured Losses Masks the True Cost of Flooding in the Lower Fraser says Floodplains Coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/statement-74m-in-insured-losses-masks-the-true-cost-of-flooding-in-the-lower-fraser-says-floodplains-coalition/) - [2025 Pacific Salmon Treaty Talks begin in Vancouver](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/2025-pacific-salmon-treaty-talks-begin-in-vancouver/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust urge Canadian leaders to take a strong approach to Pacific Salmon Treaty renewal negotiations with the U.S. - [Media Advisory - May Snowpack Data](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/media-advisory-may-snowpack-data/) - BC River Forecast Centre will release snowpack data on May 9. Members of the BC Watershed Security Coalition are available to comment on snowpack and drought. - [Watershed Security Coalition on BC Snowpack](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/wsc-snowpack/) - Record-low snowpack so far this winter is a strong predictor of the potential for another year of record drought this summer. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society event](https://watershedwatch.ca/media-advisories/watershed-watch-salmon-society-event/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society and its project partners invite you to a site visit and photo opportunity to mark a milestone in the work to restore important fish passage through Bon Accord Creek in Surrey. ## Resources - [Scientific weight of evidence against open net-pen salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/scientific-weight-of-evidence-against-open-net-pen-salmon-farms/) - A significant body of peer-reviewed evidence has been published in science journals on open net-pen salmon farms and their negative impacts on wild fish in B.C. - [Internal BC Government Records on Salmon Farming Policy (FOI) - JED-2025-51078-1](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/internal-bc-government-records-on-salmon-farming-policy-foi-jed-2025-51078-1/) - [$74M in Insured Losses Masks the True Cost of Flooding in the Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/74m-in-insured-losses-masks-the-true-cost-of-flooding-in-the-lower-fraser/) - $74M in Insured Losses Masks the True Cost of Flooding in the Lower Fraser - [Federal Court of Appeals Decision On Fish Farm Removal From The Discovery Islands - January 29, 2026](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/federal-court-of-appeals-decision-on-fish-farm-removal-from-the-discovery-islands-january-29-2026/) - [2025 Year in Review](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/2025-year-in-review/) - This Resource leads to Watershed Watch's highlights for 2025. - [Letter acknowledging Access to Information and Privacy re: fish farm sea lice data](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-letter-access-to-information-re-sea-lice-science-report/) - Letter acknowledging Access to Information and Privacy re: fish farm sea lice data - [DFO Access to Information re: transport vessel fish die-off at Millar Channel](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-access-to-information-re-transport-vessel-fish-die-off-at-millar-channel/) - DFO Access to Information re: transport vessel fish die-off at Millar Channel - [DFO Access to Information re: T. maritimum (mouth-rot bacterium), 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-access-to-information-re-t-maritimum-mouth-rot-bacterium/) - [Letter to DFO Re: Designating the Heart of the Fraser as an Ecologically Significant Area](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/designating-the-heart-of-the-fraser-as-an-ecologically-significant-area/) - [Comments on the Proposed Plan of Priorities](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/comments-on-the-proposed-plan-of-priorities/) - [Cohen Inquiry Highlights: Synopsis of Key Evidence from the Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-inquiry-highlights/) - [Cermaq's Notice of Civil Claim in BCSC action against Minister 1-2](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cermaqs-notice-of-civil-claim-in-bcsc-action-against-minister-1-2/) - [Briefing note for local governments on fish-friendly infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/briefing-note-for-local-governments-on-fish-friendly-infrastructure/) - A summary of the need for flood control solutions that allow for fish passage and ecosystem health. - [Best Practices, Recommendations for Releasing Marine Recreationally Captured Chinook or Coho](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/best-practices-recommendations-for-releasing-marine-recreationally-captured-chinook-or-coho/) - [Bank Stabilization for Flood Resilience and Healthier Habitats In British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/bank-stabilization-for-flood-resilience-and-healthier-habitats-in-british-columbia/) - [Backgrounder: The 2019 Fishery and Endangered Fraser Chinook](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/backgrounder-the-2019-fishery-and-endangered-fraser-chinook/) - In 2019, DFO committed to protect endangered Fraser Chinook by limiting mortality to 5%. Unfortunately, this target was exceeded, likely by many times. - [Backgrounder on the Impacts of Alaskan Interception Fisheries on Canadian and Southern U.S. Salmon and Steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/backgrounder-on-the-impacts-of-alaskan-interception-fisheries-on-canadian-and-southern-u-s-salmon-and-steelhead/) - [B.C. Water Leaders’ Statement of Essential Elements for Freshwater Protection](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/b-c-water-leaders-statement-of-essential-elements-for-freshwater-protection/) - This position paper developed by B.C. water leaders identifies priorities to advance freshwater protection in British Columbia in 2019 and beyond. - [Alaskan Interceptions of BC Salmon: State of Knowledge](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/alaskan-interceptions-of-bc-salmon-state-of-knowledge/) - [A Citizen's and Lawyers Guide to Private Prosecutions in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/a-citizens-and-lawyers-guide-to-private-prosecutions-in-british-columbia/) - A Citizen's and Lawyers Guide to Private Prosecutions in British Columbia. - [Report - Gravel mining, governance, and the future of flood management in the Lower Fraser River](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/gravel-mining-governance-and-the-future-of-flood-management-in-the-lower-fraser-river/) - PDF resource of Erin Stakiw's report "Gravel mining, governance, and the future of flood management in the Lower Fraser River". - [ October 22, 2025 Ecojustice Letter to DFO Re West Coast Fishculture and Lois Lake. ](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/october-22-2025-ecojustice-letter-to-dfo-re-west-coast-fishculture-and-lois-lake/) - October 22, 2025 Ecojustice letter to DFO regarding the Lois Lake fish farm that was supposed to be removed by August 31. - [Fish Farm Diesel Spill FOI](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fish-farm-diesel-spill-foi/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2024/) - Read our 2024 Annual Report to see the full story of last year’s wins and how they’re shaping the fight for salmon today. - [Fraser River Sockeye Update- Fisheries Notice](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fraser-river-sockeye-update/) - [Retraction of 2023 DFO CSAS report — July 30, 2025 ](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/retraction-of-2023-dfo-csas-report-july-30-2025/) - [Flood Recovery, Resilience and Reconciliation in the Lower Fraser (Report from Build Back Better Together form, July 14, 2022)](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/flood-recovery-resilience-and-reconciliation-in-the-lower-fraser-report-from-build-back-better-together-form-july-14-2022/) - Flood Recovery, Resilience and Reconciliation in the Lower Fraser (Report from Build Back Better Together form, July 14, 2022 - [Letter to WLRS: Norrish Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-wlrs-norrish-creek/) - [Letter to DFO: Norrish Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-dfo-norrish-creek/) - [Millar Channel Experimental Farm Pollution ATIP](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/millar-channel-experimental-farm-pollution-atip/) - [An Open Letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney: Canada’s next Fisheries Minister should come from British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/open-letter-bc-fisheries-minister/) - An open letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney, calling on him to appoint a Fisheries Minister from British Columbia. - [Response from DFO re: petition no. 0492 to the Auditor General of Canada](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/response-from-dfo-re-petition-no-0492-to-the-auditor-general-of-canada/) - [Information Commissioner’s final report re: DFO withholding sea lice data](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/information-commissioners-final-report-re-dfo-withholding-sea-lice-data/) - Information Commissioner’s final report re: DFO withholding sea lice data - [2024 Year in Review](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/2024-year-in-review/) - [Letter Regarding Closed Containment Salmon Farming](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-regarding-closed-containment-salmon-farming/) - Letter expressing concern regarding closed containment systems licensing consideration in the Draft Salmon Aquaculture Transition Plan for British Columbia. - [Watershed Watch Letter to the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-letter-to-the-canadian-veterinary-medical-association/) - Watershed Watch's letter to the Canadian Veterinary Medical Association regarding fish farms. This letter is in response to one the Association sent to the Canadian Fisheries Minister. - [Letter from Ryan Turnbull, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, regarding the Salmon Aquaculture Transition Plan](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-from-ryan-turnbull-parliamentary-secretary-to-the-minister-of-innovation-science-and-industry-regarding-the-salmon-aquaculture-transition-plan/) - Letter from Ryan Turnbull, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, regarding the Salmon Aquaculture Transition Plan - [Salmon Aquaculture Transition Plan for British Columbia (DRAFT)](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/salmon-aquaculture-transition-plan-for-british-columbia-draft/) - Salmon Aquaculture Transition Plan for British Columbia (DRAFT) - [Agreed statement of facts for Lois Lake Fish Farm Case](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/agreed-statement-of-facts-for-lois-lake-fish-farm-case/) - Agreed statement of facts for Lois Lake Fish Farm Case - [In-River Gravel Mining as a Flood Mitigation Tool: Impacts on Pacific Salmon and Alternative Solutions](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/in-river-gravel-mining-as-a-flood-mitigation-tool-impacts-on-pacific-salmon-and-alternative-solutions/) - In-River Gravel Mining as a Flood Mitigation Tool: Impacts on Pacific Salmon and Alternative Solutions. - [Lower Fraser Flood Coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/lower-fraser-flood-coalition/) - A PDF resource of the Floodplains Dialogue: First Nations and Farmers in the Lower Fraser Valley at the Shxwhá:y Village Community Centre on February 14, 2023. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2023](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2023/) - The WWSS team had some big wins this year with steady progress in our campaigns. Read our Annual Report to learn about our efforts to defend wild salmon in 2023. - [DFO- 2016 SALMON OUTLOOK](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-2016-salmon-outlook/) - [2023 year in review](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/2023-year-in-review/) - [Fraser Basin LiveMap: An Interactive Salmon and Water Atlas](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fraser-basin-livemap/) - [Lower Fraser Flood Coalition Brief 2023](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/lower-fraser-flood-coalition-brief-2023/) - An PDF of the Lower Fraser Flood Coalition Brief from April 2023 - [Maps for the Paddle the Slough Challenge, 2023](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/map-for-the-paddle-the-slough-challenge-2023/) - Check out the routes for the 2022 Paddle the Slough Challenge. - [DFO Access to Information Re: Discovery Islands 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-access-to-information-re-discovery-islands-2022/) - DFO Access to Information Re: Discovery Islands 2022 - [DFO Access to Information Re: Sea Lice 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-access-to-information-re-sea-lice-2022/) - DFO Access to Information Re: Sea Lice 2022 - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2022/) - The WWSS team had some big wins this year with steady progress our campaigns. Read our Annual Report to learn about our efforts to defend wild salmon in 2022. - [Letter from EcoJustice to Comptroller of Water Rights re: Strawberry Island, June 24, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-from-ecojustice-to-comptroller-of-water-rights-re-strawberry-island-june-24-2022/) - [Letter from EcoJustice to Minister Murray re: Strawberry Island, July 11, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-from-ecojustive-to-minister-joyce-murray-re-destruction-of-fish-habitat-in-and-around-strawberry-island-july-11-2022/) - [Testimony to the Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans by Stan Proboszcz, May 12, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/testimony-to-the-standing-committee-on-fisheries-and-oceans-by-stan-proboszcz-may-12-2022/) - [Letter to AK Governor, Hon. Mike Dunleavy re Alaskan interception fisheries, March 17, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-ak-governor-hon-mike-dunleavy-re-alaskan-interception-fisheries-march-17-2022/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society, SkeenaWild, Raincoast and Coastal Rivers Conservancy wrote Alaskan governor about impacts of SE Alaskan fisheries on BC salmon. - [Letter to Ministers Steven Guilbeault & Joyce Murray re. listing Interior Fraser Steelhead under the Species at Risk Act, Jan. 24, 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-ministers-steven-guilbeault-joyce-murray-re-listing-interior-fraser-steelhead-under-the-species-at-risk-act-jan-24-2022/) - [Flood Control In Action](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/flood-control-in-action/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2021/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2020/) - [Action and Results - 2021 update](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/action-and-results-2021-update/) - [Salmon Leaks Part 1: The Beginning](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/salmon-leaks-1/) - [Map for Bike the Dike, 2021](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/map-for-bike-the-dike-2021/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2007](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2007/) - [Review of groundwater-salmon interactions in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/review-of-groundwater-salmon-interactions-in-british-columbia/) - [Video: Stan Proboszcz's presentation on gravel mining at the Water Wealth Project's Lunch & Learn](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-stan-proboszczs-presentation-on-gravel-mining-at-the-water-wealth-projects-lunch-learn/) - [Video: Wild Salmon in Trouble](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/wild-salmon-in-trouble/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2013](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2013/) - Watershed Watch’s “hybrid” approach to salmon conservation is a blend of fact-and-values-based advocacy, scientific expertise, fiscal responsibility, and a recent transition to engagement organizing. - [Salmon Leaks: Backgrounder](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/salmon-leaks-backgrounder/) - [Our Land and Water: Negotiating a Fair Price for Water, Ecosystem Services and Human Well-being](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/our-land-and-water-negotiating-a-fair-price-for-water-ecosystem-services-and-human-well-being/) - [Groundwater and Healthy Salmon Streams: it's all connected](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/groundwater-and-healthy-streams-its-all-connected/) - [Video: North Coast Chum Discards - Footage from August 4, 2013](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/north-coast-chum-discards/) - [Cohen Aquaculture Daily: August 31, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-aquaculture-daily-august-31-2011/) - [The Fraser Sockeye Inquiry / Cohen Aquaculture Daily](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-fraser-sockeye-inquiry-cohen-aquaculture-daily/) - [Video: Conville Bay Salmon Farm](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/conville-bay-salmon-farm/) - [Video: Aquacultural Revolution](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-aquacultural-revolution/) - [Video: Bute Inlet Flyover](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-bute-inlet-flyover/) - [Video: Save the Upper Pitt River](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-save-the-upper-pitt-river/) - [Interview with Watershed Watch's Craig Orr & Stan Proboszcz](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/videointerview-with-watershed-watchs-craig-orr-and-stan-proboszcz/) - [Cohen Aquaculture Evidentiary Documents](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-aquaculture-evidentiary-documents/) - [Links](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/links/) - [Status Update for Fraser River Late-Run Summer Steelhead, October 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/status-update-for-fraser-river-late-run-summer-steelhead-october-2020/) - Please consider asking your provincial election candidates what concrete action they will take to protect and rebuild these once-mighty salmon runs. - [Response from Pitt Meadows City Council Re: Approval of Non-Fish-Friendly Flood Infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/response-from-pitt-meadows-city-council-re-approval-of-non-fish-friendly-flood-infrastructure/) - [Response from DFO Re: Pitt Meadows City Council Approval of Non-Fish-Friendly Flood Infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/response-from-dfo-re-pitt-meadows-city-council-approval-of-non-fish-friendly-flood-infrastructure/) - [Lower Coquitlam River Productivity Monitoring Program Summary (2000-2019)](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/lower-coquitlam-river-productivity-monitoring-program-summary-2000-2019/) - This summary outlines the Lower Coquitlam River Productivity Monitoring Program, its overall objectives, management questions and monitoring approach. - [Reducing Water Extraction and Increasing Environmental Flows in the Coquitlam River](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/reducing-water-extraction-and-increasing-environmental-flows-in-the-coquitlam-river/) - The Coquitlam River is threatened by numerous cumulative factors, including the Coquitlam Dam, development and diking, population growth, and climate change. - [Letter to Pitt Meadows City Council Re: Approval of Non-Fish-Friendly Flood Infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-pitt-meadows-city-council-re-approval-of-non-fish-friendly-flood-infrastructure/) - [ Action and Results - Highlights from 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/action-and-results-highlights-from-2020/) - One thing the pandemic has made clear, is that in troubled, insecure times like these, our wild salmon and rivers provide a form of security and solace we depend on. - [Action and Results - Highlights from 2019](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/action-and-results-highlights-from-2019/) - The following is a summary of our main activities and accomplishments so far in 2019. Please get in touch if you have any questions. - [Letter to Ministers McKenna & Jordan re. the need for salmon habitat consideration in flood mitigation infrastructure funding](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-ministers-mckenna-and-jordan-from-ministers-johns-and-bacharach-regarding-the-need-for-salmon-habitat-consideration-in-flood-mitigation-infrastructure-funding/) - Letter to Ministers McKenna and Jordan regarding the consideration of salmon habitat when flood mitigation infrastructure projects are approved for federal funding. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2019](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2019/) - 2019 was a busy year for Watershed Watch Salmon Society and our supporters. Read about our activities. - [Letter to DFO re. closing Area 6 seine fishery until monitoring is implemented, Aug. 7, 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-dfo-re-closing-seine-fishery-in-great-bear-rainforest-until-monitoring-is-implemented-aug-7-2020/) - Re. DFO should close seine fishery in Great Bear Rainforest until independent compliance monitoring is implemented. - [Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau: Natural Infrastructure is an Integral Part of Green Recovery, May 20, 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-prime-minister-trudeau-natural-infrastructure-is-an-integral-part-of-green-recovery-may-20-2020/) - [Tamed Rivers: A Guide to River Diversion Hydropower in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/tamed-rivers-a-guide-to-river-diversion-hydropower-in-british-columbia/) - BC is a global testing ground for river diversion hydroelectricity. Yet these hydropower projects can be controversial, as can BC’s policies to promote them. - [Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus key salmon priorities for federal government](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/pacific-marine-conservation-caucus-key-salmon-priorities-for-federal-government-nov-12-2019/) - A letter from the Pacific Marine Conservation Caucus, sent Nov. 12, 2019, outlines the key salmon priorities for the new federal government. - [Disconnected Waters: Flood Control Infrastructure Impacting Salmon Habitat in the Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/disconnected-waters-flood-control-infrastructure-impacting-salmon-habitat-in-the-lower-fraser/) - [Letter Regarding Salmon Farm Commitments](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-regarding-salmon-farm-commitments-nov-6-2019/) - Read the etter to PM Justin Trudeau, and party leaders MP Jagmeet Singh, and MP Elizabeth May holding them to their promises to get fish farms on B.C.'s coast. - [WWSS letter to PM Trudeau re. lower Fraser flood management and salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/wwss-letter-to-pm-trudeau-re-lower-fraser-flood-management-and-salmon-nov-8-2019/) - Watershed Watch Salmon Society's letter to PM Trudeau regarding lower Fraser flood management and salmon habitat, sent November 8, 2019. - [The Risks of Open Net Pen Salmon Farms to Wild Pacific Salmon: Summary of Scientific Findings](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-risks-of-open-net-pen-salmon-farms-to-wild-pacific-salmon-summary-of-scientific-findings/) - This report was prepared for Wild Salmon Forever by Lawrence M. Dill, PhD FRSC, Professor Emeritus, Simon Fraser University. - [Letter: 130 scientists reject PNW LNG](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-130-scientists-reject-pnw-lng/) - [Appeals Court ruling on Northern Gateway- June 2016](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/appeals-court-ruling-on-northern-gateway-june-2016/) - [Ecosystemic Effects of Salmon Farming Increase Mercury Contamination in Wild Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/ecosystemic-effects-of-salmon-farming-increase-mercury-contamination-in-wild-fish/) - [Speaking for the Salmon: Summit of Scientists on Aquaculture and the Protection of Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/speaking-for-the-salmon-summit-of-scientists-on-aquaculture-and-the-protection-of-wild-salmon/) - [Estimated Sea Louse Egg Production from Marine Harvest Canada Farmed Atlantic Salmon in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, 2003–2004](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/estimated-sea-louse-egg-production-from-marine-harvest-canada-farmed-atlantic-salmon-in-the-broughton-archipelago-british-columbia-2003–2004/) - [Sea Lice and Salmon: a Science Primer](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/sea-lice-and-salmon-a-science-primer/) - [Dynamics of outbreak and control of salmon lice on two salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dynamics-of-outbreak-and-control-of-salmon-lice-on-two-salmon-farms-in-the-broughton-archipelago-british-columbia/) - [Sea Louse Infection of Juvenile Sockeye Salmon in Relation to Marine Salmon Farms on Canada’s West Coast](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/sea-louse-infection-of-juvenile-sockeye-salmon-in-relation-to-marine-salmon-farms-on-canada’s-west-coast/) - [Better than the Rest? A Resource Guide to Farmed Salmon Certifications](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/better-than-the-rest-a-resource-guide-to-farmed-salmon-certifications/) - [Watershed Watch Letter to Minister in Support of Fish Farm Occupations, Sep 18, 2017](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-letter-to-minister-in-support-of-fish-farm-occupations-sep-18-2017/) - [Collaborative Solutions for Finfish Aquaculture Farms in the Broughton Area: Steering Committee Recommendations](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/collaborative-solutions-for-finfish-aquaculture-farms-in-the-broughton-area-steering-committee-recommendations/) - [Wild Fish Trapped: Incidental Catch in the Salmon Farming Industry](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/wild-fish-trapped-incidental-catch-in-the-salmon-farming-industry/) - [Letter to DFO re. Grieg Seafood BC Ltd. aquaculture licence application for Lutes Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/letter-to-dfo-re-grieg-seafood-bc-ltd-aquaculture-licence-application-for-lutes-creek/) - [Proceedings of Salmon and Nutrients: a seminar on science and policy, December 8, 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/proceedings-of-salmon-and-nutrients-a-seminar-on-science-and-policy-december-8-2008/) - [DFO-Minister Tootoo Briefing Documents Released](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/dfo-documents-released/) - [The Protection of Pacific Wild Salmon: Understanding potential risk factors and seeking solutions - Recommendations from a think tank of scientists](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-protection-of-pacific-wild-salmon-understanding-potential-risk-factors-and-seeking-solutions-recommendations-from-a-think-tank-of-scientists/) - Think tank included national and international scientists and examined the status of B.C. wild salmon and threats and solutions to reduce risk factors. - [The Right to be Responsible: A framework for the rebuilding and conservation of inshore rockfish and lingcod on the BC coast](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-right-to-be-responsible-a-framework-for-the-rebuilding-and-conservation-of-inshore-rockfish-and-lingcod-on-the-bc-coast/) - [Water and salmon issues and options for conservation and governance improvements in the lower Fraser River](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/water-and-salmon-issues-and-options-for-conservation-and-governance-improvements-in-the-lower-fraser-river/) - The Pacific Salmon Foundation contracted Watershed Watch Salmon Society to prepare an overview on water issues relevant for salmon conservation. - [Review of the 2006 Fraser River Sockeye Fishery](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/review-of-the-2006-fraser-river-sockeye-fishery/) - [Design possibilities for a regional resource management board for the implementation of the Wild Salmon Policy within the MTTC First Nations' territories: Discussion Paper](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/design-possibilities-for-a-regional-resource-management-board-for-the-wild-salmon-policy-within-the-mttc-first-nations-territories-discussion-paper/) - [Transferable shares in British Columbia's commercial salmon fishery](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/transferable-shares-in-british-columbias-commercial-salmon-fishery/) - [A Think Tank on Transferable Shares in the Salmon Fishery: A Special Seminar of the Speaking for the Salmon Series, May 23, 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/a-think-tank-on-transferable-shares-in-the-salmon-fishery-a-special-seminar-of-the-speaking-for-the-salmon-series-may-23-2008/) - [Fraser, Port Mann Bridge-Douglas Island Eulachon Study 2008-2009, Interim Report](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fraser-port-mann-bridge-douglas-island-eulachon-study-2008-2009-interim-report/) - [Knowledge Integration in Salmon Conservation and Sustainability Planning: Towards Effective Implementation of Wild Salmon Policy Strategy Four](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/knowledge-integration-in-salmon-conservation-and-sustainability-planning-towards-effective-implementation-of-wild-salmon-policy-strategy-four/) - [Fraser River, Port Mann Bridge-Douglas Island Eulachon Study, 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fraser-river-port-mann-bridge-douglas-island-eulachon-study-2009/) - [Adapting to Change: Managing Fraser Sockeye in the Face of Declining Productivity and Increasing Uncertainty - Statement from Think Tank of Scientists](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/adapting-to-change-managing-fraser-sockeye-in-the-face-of-declining-productivity-and-increasing-uncertainty-statement-from-think-tank-of-scientists/) - [Reconciling the conservation of wild salmon and the production of enhanced salmon under Canada’s Wild Pacific Salmon Policy: A discussion, Feb. 23-24, 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/reconciling-the-conservation-of-wild-salmon-and-the-production-of-enhanced-salmon-under-canada’s-wild-pacific-salmon-policy-a-discussion-feb-23-24-2009/) - [A review of the December 7, 2011 draft MSC assessment of B.C. pink salmon fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/a-review-of-the-december-7-2011-draft-msc-assessment-of-b-c-pink-salmon-fisheries/) - [Draft Salmon Stock Outlook 2012](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/draft-salmon-stock-outlook-2012/) - [2012 Skeena Watershed Inland Commercial Sockeye Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/2012-skeena-watershed-inland-commercial-sockeye-fisheries/) - [North Coast Discards to August 4, 2013](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/north-coast-discards-to-august-4-2013/) - [Alaskan Salmon Fisheries Sustainability and Eco-certification – A Backgrounder](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/alaska-salmon-fisheries-sustainability-and-ecocertification-a-backgrounder/) - [DFO- PRELIMINARY 2016 SALMON OUTLOOK](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/preliminary-2016-salmon-outlook/) - [Integrated Fisheries Management Plan - Salmon Southern BC 2015-2016](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/pacific-region-integrated-fisheries-management-plan-salmon-southern-bc-2015-2016/) - [Howe Sound Seine ATIP 2015](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/howe-sound-seine-atip-2015/) - [Resource: Summary of salmon returns and major fisheries for BC and Alaska – July 22, 2016](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/summary-of-salmon-returns-and-major-fisheries-to-date-for-bc-and-alaska-july-22-2016/) - [Watershed Watch Letter to Minister McKenna re. Reforms to the Environmental Assessment Act, Sep. 9, 2017](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-letter-to-minister-mckenna-re-reforms-to-the-fisheries-act-sep-9-2017/) - Watershed Watch met with Minister McKenna to discuss the review of the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act in Vancouver. - [PUTTING CANADA’s WILD SALMON POLICY INTO ACTION: Questions & Answers — November 2017](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/putting-canadas-wild-salmon-policy-into-action-questions-answers-november-2017/) - [Fish Out of Water: Tools to Protect British Columbia's Groundwater and Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fish-out-of-water-tools-to-protect-british-columbias-groundwater-and-wild-salmon/) - [Tapped Out: A Special Report on Water Scarcity and Water Solutions in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/tapped-out-a-special-report-on-water-scarcity-and-water-solutions-in-british-columbia/) - Tapped Out was prepared by Watershed Watch Salmon Society to highlight, and offer solutions for, the pressing issue of water scarcity in B.C. - [Coquitlam’s sturgeon legacy: As we approach the 2010 Olympics, shouldn’t we be doing more for BC’s Ultimate Marathoner?](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/coquitlam’s-sturgeon-legacy-as-we-approach-the-2010-olympics-shouldn’t-we-be-doing-more-for-bc’s-ultimate-marathoner/) - [Sturgeon Telemetry Update, November 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/sturgeon-telemetry-update-november-2010/) - [Wild Salmon Poll Results](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/wild-salmon-poll-results/) - [Sturgeon Reach: Shifting Currents at the Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/sturgeon-reach-shifting-currents-at-the-heart-of-the-fraser/) - [WWSS Letter re. Bridge Crossings at Herrling and Carey Islands, Chilliwack, Fraser River, Jan. 2018](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/wwss-letter-re-bridge-crossings-at-herrling-and-carey-islands-chilliwack-fraser-river-jan-2018/) - [Speaking for the Salmon: Hatcheries and the Protection of Wild Salmon, June 2002](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/speaking-for-the-salmon-hatcheries-and-the-protection-of-wild-salmon-june-2002/) - [Lower Coquitlam River Fish Habitat and Flooding Assessment](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/lower-coquitlam-river-fish-habitat-and-flooding-assessment/) - [An Interactive Look at the Disconnected Waters of the Lower Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/disconnected-waters-of-the-lower-fraser-river-interactive-map/) - [Legal Review of Flood Management and Fish Habitat in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/legal-review-of-flood-management-and-fish-habitat-in-british-columbia/) - [Resilient Waters : Managing Floods for All](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/resilient-waters-managing-floods-for-all/) - In June 2019, Watershed Watch Salmon Society convened a two-day meeting in Abbotsford to help stakeholders collaboratively tackle flood management. - [The Uncertain Future of Fraser River Sockeye - Volume 1: The Sockeye Fishery](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-uncertain-future-of-fraser-river-sockeye-volume-1-the-sockeye-fishery/) - [The Uncertain Future of Fraser River Sockeye - Volume 2: Causes of the Decline](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-uncertain-future-of-fraser-river-sockeye-volume-2-causes-of-the-decline/) - [The Uncertain Future of Fraser River Sockeye - Volume 3: Recommendations - Summary - Process](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/the-uncertain-future-of-fraser-river-sockeye-volume-3-recommendations-summary-process/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2008/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2009/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2010/) - Following a disastrous return in 2009, last year’s modern-day record breaking numbers of Fraser sockeye were a welcome surprise, and 2010 may well be remembered as the ‘year of the sockeye.’ - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2011/) - Watershed Watch works hard to protect wild salmon and the ecosystems that rely on and support them. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2012](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2012/) - Wild salmon are one of B.C.’s most iconic animals. Besides being inextricably linked to our culture, wild salmon are incredibly important to our coastal and river ecosystems. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report - 2014/2015](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-20142015/) - For 17 years Watershed Watch has been exposing threats to salmon and their habitats, calling for conservation action, and promoting solutions. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2016](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2016/) - Since 1998, Watershed Watch Salmon Society has been exposing threats to salmon and their habitats, calling for conservation action, and promoting solutions. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2017](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2017/) - In 2017, we hit our stride in organizing citizens to stand up for wild salmon. - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society Annual Report – 2018](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/watershed-watch-salmon-society-annual-report-2018/) - This year marked Watershed Watch’s 20th year of standing up for B.C.’s wild salmon. Read about our work in 2018. - [Video: Safe Passage for Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/safe-passage-for-salmon/) - [Fraser River Sockeye: So what's at stake?](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/fraser-river-sockeye-so-whats-at-stake/) - [Recommendations for Responsible Clean Electricity Development in British Columbia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/recommendations-for-responsible-clean-electricity-development-in-british-columbia/) - [Cohen Report Card](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-report-card/) - [Flood control structures research links](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/flood-control-structures-research-links/) - [Video: Safeguarding Salmon Part I - Justice Cohen's Blueprint](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-safeguarding-salmon-part-i-justice-cohens-blueprint/) - [Video: Saving Wild Salmon by Changing the Way We Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/video-saving-wild-salmon-by-changing-the-way-we-fish/) - [WWSS letter to B.C. Review of Professional Reliance in Natural Resources, Jan. 12, 2018](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/resource-wwss-letter-to-professional-reliance-review-jan-12-2018/) - [Cohen Commission Letter, December 22, 2011 - Recommendations for Supplementary Funding](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-letter-december-22-2011-recommendations-for-supplementary-funding/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2147: Goldes, S - A Critique on ISAv Detection Capabilities of the Canadian Fish Health Protection Regulations, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2147-goldes-s-a-critique-on-isav-detection-capabilities-of-the-canadian-fish-health-protection-regulations-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2138: Aquatic Animal Health's Technical Briefing re Reported Suspect Finding of ISAV in BC, Conference Call Nov 10 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2138-aquatic-animal-healths-technical-briefing-re-reported-suspect-finding-of-isav-in-bc-conference-call-nov-10-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2136: Email from P Wright to S Johnson et al, re Inconclusive as a [sic] Interpretation, Nov 18 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2136-email-from-p-wright-to-s-johnson-et-al-re-inconclusive-as-a-sic-interpretation-nov-18-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2115: Email Exchange btw M Kibenge and S Jones, re Paper, ending on Jan 12 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2115-email-exchange-btw-m-kibenge-and-s-jones-re-paper-ending-on-jan-12-2006/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2114: Email exchange btw M Kibenge and S Jones, re ISAV Sequences, ending on Feb 14 2005](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2114-email-exchange-btw-m-kibenge-and-s-jones-re-isav-sequences-ending-on-feb-14-2005/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2113: Kibenge (M), Presence of ISAV Nucleotide Sequences in Wild Pacific Salmon, undated draft, with multiple email exchanges btw M Kibenge, N Gagne et al, May-Jun 2004](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2113-kibenge-m-presence-of-isav-nucleotide-sequences-in-wild-pacific-salmon-undated-draft-with-multiple-email-exchanges-btw-m-kibenge-n-gagne-et-al-may-jun-2004/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2112: Surveillance Plan for ISAV, IPNV and IHNV in Anadromous Salmonids in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2112-surveillance-plan-for-isav-ipnv-and-ihnv-in-anadromous-salmonids-in-bc/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2110: Email from J Beres to C Kiley et al, re Fwd - The Early Bird - Nov 9 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2110-email-from-j-beres-to-c-kiley-et-al-re-fwd-the-early-bird-nov-9-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2104: Email from K Klotins to C Kiley, re Laboratory Result Notification of a Negative Test Result, Nov 24 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2104-email-from-k-klotins-to-c-kiley-re-laboratory-result-notification-of-a-negative-test-result-nov-24-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2101: Email from T Davis to K Klotins and V Pedersen re PEI, Oct 19 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2101-email-from-t-davis-to-k-klotins-and-v-pedersen-re-pei-oct-19-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2087: Comparison of AVC and DFO Procedures for ISAV Testing](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2087-comparison-of-avc-and-dfo-procedures-for-isav-testing/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2040: Email thread btw C Crystal and N Gagne re Good news? Bad news? Resultats homogenats 2011-226, ending on Nov 4 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2040-email-thread-btw-c-crystal-and-n-gagne-re-good-news-bad-news-resultats-homogenats-2011-226-ending-on-nov-4-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2038: Technical Information for DFO Moncton, based on Sample Sets for Lab Assessment Regarding ISA in BC Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2038-technical-information-for-dfo-moncton-based-on-sample-sets-for-lab-assessment-regarding-isa-in-bc-salmon/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2034: Kibenge, Kibenge and Massoud, ISAV RIngtest - Validation of the ISAV Diagnostic Process using Vireus-spiked Fish Tissues and ISAV Taqman real-time RT-PCR, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2034-kibenge-kibenge-and-massoud-isav-ringtest-validation-of-the-isav-diagnostic-process-using-vireus-spiked-fish-tissues-and-isav-taqman-real-time-rt-pcr-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2033: Nylund, Report on Testing of Gill Samples from Salmonids collected in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2033-nylund-report-on-testing-of-gill-samples-from-salmonids-collected-in-bc/) - [Cohen Commission #2029: No Confirmed Cases of ISA in BC - Nov. 8, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-2029-no-confirmed-cases-of-isa-in-bc-nov-8-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2014: Testing of gill samples from juvenile Oncorhynchus nerka (sockeye salmon) collected in Rivers Inlet](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2014-testing-of-gill-samples-from-juvenile-oncorhynchus-nerka-sockeye-salmon-collected-in-rivers-inlet/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2009: Testing Records - Alexandra Morton samples (Sockeye, Coho, Pink)](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2009-testing-records-alexandra-morton-samples-sockeye-coho-pink/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2010: Email from F Kibenge to A Morton, re Samples, Oct 31 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2010-email-from-f-kibenge-to-a-morton-re-samples-oct-31-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2004: Statement - Federal Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Canada - Dec. 2, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2004-statement-federal-minister-of-fisheries-and-oceans-canada-dec-2-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #2007: Email from F Kibenge to A Morton, re Update, Nov 1 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-2007-email-from-f-kibenge-to-a-morton-re-update-nov-1-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1845: Wright and Arianpoo, Technologies for Viable Salmon Aquaculture - draft, May 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1845-wright-and-arianpoo-technologies-for-viable-salmon-aquaculture-draft-may-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1838: Report, CAAR and LOS, Better than the rest? A resource guide to farmed salmon certifications, Apr 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1838-report-caar-and-los-better-than-the-rest-a-resource-guide-to-farmed-salmon-certifications-apr-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1836: Report, CAIA-DFO California trip report](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1836-report-caia-dfo-california-trip-report/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1835: Office of the Commissioner of Lobbying of Canada, lobbying statement for CAIA filed by Ruth Salmon, Jun 23 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1835-office-of-the-commissioner-of-lobbying-of-canada-lobbying-statement-for-caia-filed-by-ruth-salmon-jun-23-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1833: Aquaculture Innovation and Market Access Program 2009-10](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1833-aquaculture-innovation-and-market-access-program-2009-10/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1824: Email string Davis, Richards, Thomson and others re "Brian Riddell article", Aug 19 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1824-email-string-davis-richards-thomson-and-others-re-brian-riddell-article-aug-19-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1816: Email from K. Miller-Saunders to M. Saunders, Briefing report, Oct 5 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1816-email-from-k-miller-saunders-to-m-saunders-briefing-report-oct-5-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1812: Email from Brad Thompson to Mark Higgins et al, Nadina Gill Samples, May 24 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1812-email-from-brad-thompson-to-mark-higgins-et-al-nadina-gill-samples-may-24-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1811: David Patterson and Mike Bradford, 2007 Late Run Research on Pre-Spawning Mortality](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1811-david-patterson-and-mike-bradford-2007-late-run-research-on-pre-spawning-mortality/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1810: Memo from Pacific Biological Station to R. Stitt and D. Lofthouse](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1810/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1806: Email from B. Riddell to A. Cass et al, Cultus Lake Prespawning Mortality 2006, Dec 8 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1806-email-from-b-riddell-to-a-cass-et-al-cultus-lake-prespawning-mortality-2006-dec-8-2006/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1976: Morton, What is Happening to the Fraser Sockeye?](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1976-morton-what-is-happening-to-the-fraser-sockeye/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1782: Saksida and Downey, Overview of Sea Lice Issues and Risks for Farmed and Wild Salmon in British Columbia, Jan 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1782-saksida-and-downey-overview-of-sea-lice-issues-and-risks-for-farmed-and-wild-salmon-in-british-columbia-jan-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1781: Email from Saksida to Saunders et al, Sockeye salmon health program, April 23 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1781-email-from-saksida-to-saunders-et-al-sockeye-salmon-health-program-april-23-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1734: Email from Walling to Rundle et al Re: Sampling Program, Aug 18 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1734-email-from-walling-to-rundle-et-al-re-sampling-program-aug-18-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1729: Struthers, Aquaculture innovation and market access program (AIMAP), Mar 1 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1729-struthers-aquaculture-innovation-and-market-access-program-aimap-mar-1-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1656: Letter from FNFC to Swerdfager re Draft Pacific Aquaculture Regulations and BC First Nations Engagement, Aug 27 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1656-letter-from-fnfc-to-swerdfager-re-draft-pacific-aquaculture-regulations-and-bc-first-nations-engagement-aug-27-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1735: Email from Thomson to Radford FW: Meeting between yourself, SADM McClung and Mary Ellen Walling of the BCSFA, July 14 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1735-email-from-thomson-to-radford-fw-meeting-between-yourself-sadm-mcclung-and-mary-ellen-walling-of-the-bcsfa-july-14-2006/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1726: Email Hoyseth to Leone, etal, RE: Letter to Mainstream, Feb 25 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1726-email-hoyseth-to-leone-etal-re-letter-to-mainstream-feb-25-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1725: Email from McNabb to Taccogna et al. Public reporting question - reports not received, June 21 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1725-email-from-mcnabb-to-taccogna-et-al-public-reporting-question-reports-not-received-june-21-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1722: Email from Hoyseth to Morton re Cecil Island , Dec 13 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1722-email-from-hoyseth-to-morton-re-cecil-island-dec-13-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1721: Email string including Hoyseth Sept,Oct, 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1721-email-string-including-hoyseth-septoct-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1720: Email string including Hoyseth, Morton, July-Aug 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1720-email-string-including-hoyseth-morton-july-aug-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1719: Email string including Fanos, Leone and Hoyseth, May 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1719-email-string-including-fanos-leone-and-hoyseth-may-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1718: Email string including Leone, Hoyseth, May 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1718-email-string-including-leone-hoyseth-may-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1696: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2010, Jan. 1, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1696-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2010-jan-1-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1695: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2009, Jan. 1, 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1695-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2009-jan-1-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1694: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2008, Jan. 1, 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1694-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2008-jan-1-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1693: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2007, Jan. 1, 2007](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1693-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2007-jan-1-2007/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1692: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2006, Jan. 1, 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1692/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1691: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2005, Jan. 1, 2005](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1691-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2005-jan-1-2005/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1690: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2004, Jan. 1, 2004](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1690-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2004-jan-1-2004/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1689: Spreadsheet, BC Salmon Farmers Association Sea Lice Module Files 2003, Jan. 1, 2003](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1689-spreadsheet-bc-salmon-farmers-association-sea-lice-module-files-2003-jan-1-2003/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1687: Vike, Preventive Fish Health Work, Oslo, April 27, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1687-vike-preventive-fish-health-work-oslo-april-27-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1686: Email from Garver to Traxler, Jan. 28, 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1686-email-from-garver-to-traxler-jan-28-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1685: Histolopathology, Virology, Husbandry, Bacterial, Environment, etc. 2004-2007](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1685-histolopathology-virology-husbandry-bacterial-environment-etc-2004-2007/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1683: 2004 Fish Health 1](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1683-2004-fish-health-1/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1681: Email string- LaPratte, Swerdfager Feb. 25, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1681-email-string-lapratte-swerdfager-feb-25-2010/) - [Cohen Commission #1682: Email chain between Champagne, Mills and others, April 30, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-1682-email-chain-between-champagne-mills-and-others-april-30-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1238: Letter To Minister Shea From FN Leadership Council Re Proposed Regulations](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1238-letter-to-minister-shea-from-fn-leadership-council-re-proposed-regulations/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1646: Fisheries Vol 34 No 10, American Fisheries Society, Oct 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1646-fisheries-vol-34-no-10-american-fisheries-society-oct-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1645: Speaking for the Salmon-Summit of Scientists on Aquaculture and the Protection of Wild Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1645-speaking-for-the-salmon-summit-of-scientists-on-aquaculture-and-the-protection-of-wild-salmon/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1641: Affidavit of Trevor Swerdfager, Nov 5 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1641-affidavit-of-trevor-swerdfager-nov-5-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1637: DFO National Aquaculture Communications and Outreach Approach](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1637-dfo-national-aquaculture-communications-and-outreach-approach/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1589: Pacific Marine Finfish Aquaculture Application Form](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-158/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1573: Nylund et al. 1994](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1573-nylund-et-al-1994/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1984: Beamish, Assessing the Impact of Salmon Farming on Pacific Salmon at the Population Level in BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1984/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1528: Email From K Miller-Saunders To K Garver, Nov 12 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1528-email-from-k-miller-saunders-to-k-garver-nov-12-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1525: Email From K Miller-Saunders To M Saunders, Oct 5 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1525-email-from-k-miller-saunders-to-m-saunders-oct-5-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1540: Dill Report - Impacts of Salmon Farms on FRSS](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1540-dill-report-impacts-of-salmon-farms-on-frss/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1536: Noakes Report - Impacts of Salmon Farms on FRSS](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1536-noakes-report-impacts-of-salmon-farms-on-frss/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1533: Email From L Richards to K Miller-Saunders](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1533/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1522: Timeline of Dr. Miller's Research](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1522-timeline-of-dr-millers-research/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #558: Miller et al. 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-558-miller-et-al-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1486: Walker and Winton 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1486-walker-and-winton-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1485: Reno 1998](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1485-reno-1998/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1484: Menerat et al. 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1484-menerat-et-al-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1482: Rimstad, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1482-rimstad-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1471: Publicly available PCR test results for ISAV in BC, 2003-2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1471-publicly-available-pcr-test-results-for-isav-in-bc-2003-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1457: IHNV in FRSS and VHSV in Atlantic Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1457-ihnv-in-frss-and-vhsv-in-atlantic-salmon/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1333: Memo from D Bevan to P MacGillivray Sept 17, 2004](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1333-memo-from-d-bevan-to-p-macgillivray-sept-17-2004/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #413: Fraser River Integrated Sockeye Spawning Initiative](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-413-fraser-river-integrated-sockeye-spawning-initiative/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #737: Quigley and Harper 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-737-quigley-and-harper-2006/) - [Cohen Commission Status Report, October 12, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-status-report-october-12-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Interim Report, October 29, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-interim-report-october-29-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #9: Transferable Shares in British Columbia's Commercial Salmon Fishery](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-9-transferable-shares-in-british-columbias-commercial-salmon-fishery/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #11: Statement from Think Tank of Scientists](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-11-statement-from-think-tank-of-scientists/) - [Cohen Commission Ruling: December 8, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-ruling-december-8-2010/) - [August 2011 E-newsletter: Keep Up to Date With Cohen Aquaculture Hearings](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/august-2011-e-newsletter-keep-up-to-date-with-cohen-aquaculture-hearings/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 30, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-30-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 31, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-31-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 1, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-1-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 2, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-2-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 3, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-3-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 6, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-6-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 7, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-7-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 8, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-8-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 13, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-13-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 14, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-14-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 15, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-15-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 16, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-16-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 17, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-17-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 27, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-27-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 28, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-28-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, June 30, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-june-30-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, July 4, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-july-4-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, July 5, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-july-5-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #887: Memo for the Minister (Info Only) re Emergency Listing Request for Two Sockeye Salmon Populations Under SARA, Feb 24 2004 - CAN076051](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-887-memo-for-the-minister-info-only-re-emergency-listing-request-for-two-sockeye-salmon-populations-under-sara-feb-24-2004-can076051/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #888: Memo from D Bevan to ADG Resource Mgmt re SARA Listing Decision Process for Cultus and Sakinaw Sockeye, May 28 2004 - CAN039472](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-888-memo-from-d-bevan-to-adg-resource-mgmt-re-sara-listing-decision-process-for-cultus-and-sakinaw-sockeye-may-28-2004-can039472/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #889: SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Jun 30 2004 - CAN010030](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-889-sara-listing-summary-draft-for-discussion-jun-30-2004-can010030/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #889A: SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Jul 20 2004 - CAN004685](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-889a-sara-listing-summary-draft-for-discussion-jul-20-2004-can004685/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #889B: SARA Listing Summary, Draft for Discussion Aug 18 2004 - CAN004664](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-889b-sara-listing-summary-draft-for-discussion-aug-18-2004-can004664/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #903: Hutchings et al, Is Scientific Inquiry Incompatible with Government Information Control, Feb 1997 - CAN252088](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-903-hutchings-et-al-is-scientific-inquiry-incompatible-with-government-information-control-feb-1997-can252088/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1065: Letter to GVRD from Environment Canada - Warning Respecting an Alleged Violation, Mar 20 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1065-letter-to-gvrd-from-environment-canada-warning-respecting-an-alleged-violation-mar-20-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1066: Letter from D Fast (EC) to D Clairmont (City of Vancouver) re City Council's Recommendations re the GVRD LWMP, May 15 2001 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1066-letter-from-d-fast-ec-to-d-clairmont-city-of-vancouver-re-city-councils-recommendations-re-the-gvrd-lwmp-may-15-2001-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1067: Letter from B Wilson (EC) to K Cameron (GVRD) re GVRD Liquid Waste Mgmt Plan, June 14 2001 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1067-letter-from-b-wilson-ec-to-k-cameron-gvrd-re-gvrd-liquid-waste-mgmt-plan-june-14-2001-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1061: Wastewater - Greater Vancouver Sewerage & Drainage District Quality Control Annual Report 2009 [MetroVan] - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1061-wastewater-greater-vancouver-sewerage-drainage-district-quality-control-annual-report-2009-metrovan-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1085: Letter from M Church to A Griffin (Strategic Mitigation Programs EMBC), 30 Mar 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1085-letter-from-m-church-to-a-griffin-strategic-mitigation-programs-embc-30-mar-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #1055: GVS & DD Monitoring Results for Operating Certificate, Iona Island WWTP Effluent, Jun-Oct 2010 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-1055-gvs-dd-monitoring-results-for-operating-certificate-iona-island-wwtp-effluent-jun-oct-2010-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #826: Cohen Commission Technical Report 2 - Water Pollution - Feb 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-826-cohen-commission-technical-report-2-water-pollution-feb-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 17, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-17-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #827: Errata for Exhibit 826, Project 2 - Cohen Commission Technical Report 2 - Water Pollution - Feb 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-827-errata-for-exhibit-826-project-2-cohen-commission-technical-report-2-water-pollution-feb-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #77: Public Review Board, Fraser River Sockeye 1994, Problems & Discrepancies](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-77-public-review-board-fraser-river-sockeye-1994-problems-discrepancies/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #606: 2004 Southern Salmon Fishery Post-Season Review](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-606-2004-southern-salmon-fishery-post-season-review/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #868: Memo for the Deputy Minister re Disposition of FR FSC Fish in Cold Storage in the Fraser Valley (Info Only)](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-868-memo-for-the-deputy-minister-re-disposition-of-fr-fsc-fish-in-cold-storage-in-the-fraser-valley-info-only/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #870: Operational Intelligence Assessment - Project Ice Storm, Nov 27, 2006](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-870-operational-intelligence-assessment-project-ice-storm-nov-27-2006/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 11, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-11-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 18, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-18-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 12, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-12-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 10, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-10-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 9, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-9-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 6, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-6-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 5, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-5-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 4, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-may-4-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #748: Technical Report 10 - Fraser River Sockeye Production Dynamics](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-748-technical-report-10-fraser-river-sockeye-production-dynamics/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #736: Harper & Quigley - Comparison of the Areal Extent of Fish Habitat Gains and Losses Associated with Selected Compensation Projects in Canada](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-736-harper-quigley-comparison-of-the-areal-extent-of-fish-habitat-gains-and-losses-associated-with-selected-compensation-projects-in-canada/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #735: Technical Report 12 - Fraser River Sockeye Habitat Use in the Lower Fraser and Strait of Georgia](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-735-technical-report-12-lower-fraser-and-strait-of-georgia-habitat-use/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #718: Technical Report 7 - Fraser River Sockeye Fisheries and Fisheries Management and Comparison with Bristol Bay Sockeye Fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-718/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, May 2, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-hearing-transcripts-may-2-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, April 21, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-hearing-transcripts-april-21-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, April 20, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-hearing-transcripts-april-20-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, April 19, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-hearing-transcripts-april-19-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, April 18, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-april-18-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcript, April 7, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcript-april-7-2011/) - 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[June 2011 E-newsletter: 2010 Annual Report Now Online](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/june-2011-e-newsletter-2010-annual-report-now-online/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #562: Cohen Commission Technical Report 3 - Freshwater Ecology & CU Status - Feb 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-562-cohen-commission-technical-report-3-freshwater-ecology-cu-status-feb-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #553: Cohen Commission Technical Report 9 - Climate Change - Feb 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-553-cohen-commission-technical-report-9-climate-change-feb-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit, PPR7 Recreational Salmon Fishing: Licensing, Management and Related Issues, Feb 7 2011 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-ppr7-recreational-salmon-fishing-licensing-management-and-related-issues-feb-7-2011-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit, PPR6 Commercial Salmon Fishing - Licensing, Allocation, and Related Issues, 22 Dec 2010 - NonRT](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-ppr6-commercial-salmon-fishing-licensing-allocation-and-related-issues-22-dec-2010-nonrt/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #448: Briefing Note for the Minister, prepared by Brent Hargreaves, Draft 2000](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-448-briefing-note-for-the-minister-prepared-by-brent-hargreaves-draft-2000/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #441: Pacific Salmon Selective Fishing Program Evaluation, Draft Feb 11 2005](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-441-pacific-salmon-selective-fishing-program-evaluation-draft-feb-11-2005/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #440: Memo for the RDG (Decision Sought) - Selective Fishing in the 2004 Area A & B Seine Fisheries, with attached May 13 2004 email from Chris Ashton](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-440-memo-for-the-rdg-decision-sought-selective-fishing-in-the-2004-area-a-b-seine-fisheries-with-attached-may-13-2004-email-from-chris-ashton/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #412: Letter from Wilson, Orr and Young to Paul Ryall, Feb 28 2007 re FRSSI/WSP Pilot](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-412-letter-from-wilson-orr-and-young-to-paul-ryall-feb-28-2007-re-frssiwsp-pilot/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #413: FRSSI Report, prepared by Ken Wilson for UFFCA , Mar 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-413-frssi-report-prepared-by-ken-wilson-for-uffca-mar-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #170: Presentation to RMC, WSP Implementation Strategy, Aug 9, 2005](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-170-presentation-to-rmc-wsp-implementation-strategy-aug-9-2005/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #120: Email from Susan Farlinger to Carol Cross, Jun 1, 2005 - FW-The Funding of the WSP](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-120-email-from-susan-farlinger-to-carol-cross-jun-1-2005-fw-the-funding-of-the-wsp/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #33.7: DG Aquaculture Management Directorate](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-33-7-dg-aquaculture-management-directorate/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #73: PSC - Synthesis of Evidence from a Workshop on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye, June 15-17, 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-73-psc-synthesis-of-evidence-from-a-workshop-on-the-decline-of-fraser-river-sockeye-june-15-17-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #72: Late-Run Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, BC - Early Migration & High Mortality](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-72-late-run-sockeye-salmon-in-the-fraser-river-bc-early-migration-high-mortality/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #15: DFO Presentation - Organizational Structure Oct. 29 - 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-15-dfo-presentation-organizational-structure-oct-29-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit, PPR2 Int Law Relevant To Conservation And Management - Fraser River Sockeye Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-ppr2-int-law-relevant-to-conservation-and-management-fraser-river-sockeye-salmon/) - 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[Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, April 4, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-april-4-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Hearing Transcripts, March 17, 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-hearing-transcripts-march-17-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #640: Memo for the Minister - Strategy to Address the Issue of Sea Lice and Salmon Farms in Pacific Region](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-640-memo-for-the-minister-strategy-to-address-the-issue-of-sea-lice-and-salmon-farms-in-pacific-region/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #639: K Miller, Proposed 2010 DFO Funded Genomic Research relating to Sockeye Declines, Apr 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-639-k-miller-proposed-2010-dfo-funded-genomic-research-relating-to-sockeye-declines-apr-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #621: Action Request from A Webb re PSC Workshop Report Synthesis of Evidence from a Workshop on the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye, Sep 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-621-action-request-from-a-webb-re-psc-workshop-report-synthesis-of-evidence-from-a-workshop-on-the-decline-of-fraser-river-sockeye-sep-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #636: Letter from G Shea to A Morton, Mar 3 2011](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-636-letter-from-g-shea-to-a-morton-mar-3-2011/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #557: Proceedings, Conference on Early Migration & Premature Mortality in FR Late-Run Sockeye Salmon, Jun 16-18, 2008](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-557-proceedings-conference-on-early-migration-premature-mortality-in-fr-late-run-sockeye-salmon-jun-16-18-2008/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #628: Email thread from K Miller-Saunders to M Saunders re Version 2, ending Nov 4 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-628-email-thread-from-k-miller-saunders-to-m-saunders-re-version-2-ending-nov-4-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #626: Email from T Robbins to L Richards re SP Fraser River Sockeye Overview, Oct 6 2009, with attached Draft Speaking Notes for a Member of Parliament Sep 17 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-626-email-from-t-robbins-to-l-richards-re-sp-fraser-river-sockeye-overview-oct-6-2009-with-attached-draft-speaking-notes-for-a-member-of-parliament-sep-17-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #624: Email from A Webb to L Richards re Sea Lice Speech, Oct 5 2009 with attached Draft Speaking Notes for a Member of Parliament Oct 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-624-email-from-a-webb-to-l-richards-re-sea-lice-speech-oct-5-2009-with-attached-draft-speaking-notes-for-a-member-of-parliament-oct-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #623: Email thread between D Lake et al re Sample Speeches and Templates, ending Sep 29 2009](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-623-email-thread-between-d-lake-et-al-re-sample-speeches-and-templates-ending-sep-29-2009/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #616: Memo for the Minister re Potential Causes of Poor Returns of FRSS- with Focus on Sea Lice Impacts, Mar 2 2010](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-616-memo-for-the-minister-re-potential-causes-of-poor-returns-of-frss-with-focus-on-sea-lice-impacts-mar-2-2010/) - [Cohen Commission Exhibit #612: Email Invitation to Science Mtg on Factors Affecting 2009 Fraser Sockeye Return](https://watershedwatch.ca/resource/cohen-commission-exhibit-612-email-invitation-to-science-mtg-on-factors-affecting-2009-fraser-sockeye-return/) - 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[PRV](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/prv/) - [Watershed Watch Salmon Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-watch-salmon-society/) - [invasive species](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/invasive-species/) - [Cohen Inquiry](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/cohen-inquiry/) - [Coquitlam River Watershed Roundtable](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/coquitlam-river-watershed-roundtable/) - [Patagonia](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/patagonia/) - [World Water Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/world-water-day/) - [Fisheries and Oceans](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fisheries-and-oceans/) - [Skeena](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/skeena/) - [video](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/video/) - [steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/steelhead/) - [Lina Azeez](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lina-azeez/) - [engagement](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/engagement/) - [volunteer](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/volunteer/) - [Watershed Watch; media conference](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-watch-media-conference/) - [freshwater](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/freshwater/) - [Chilliwack](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/chilliwack/) - [Katzie Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/katzie-slough/) - [donate](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/donate/) - [yoga](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/yoga/) - [Fraser sockeye](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fraser-sockeye/) - [Pitt Meadows](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pitt-meadows/) - [Coquitlam](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/coquitlam/) - [Earth Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/earth-day/) - [canoe](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/canoe/) - [Fish farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-farms/) - [hook and vice](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hook-and-vice/) - [fundraising](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fundraising/) - [Katzie](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/katzie/) - [Connected Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/connected-waters/) - [srkw](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/srkw/) - [orca](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/orca/) - [salmon habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-habitat/) - [Heart of the Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/heart-of-the-fraser/) - [sturgeon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sturgeon/) - [local government](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/local-government/) - [spawning](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/spawning/) - [a](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/a/) - [beach](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/beach/) - [wild](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wild/) - [World Rivers Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/world-rivers-day/) - [rivers](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/rivers/) - [species at risk](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/species-at-risk/) - [endangered species](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/endangered-species/) - [Water for Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-for-fish/) - [flood management](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-management/) - [WSA](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wsa/) - [BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc/) - [Tanis Gower](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/tanis-gower/) - [jobs](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/jobs/) - [Operations Director](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/operations-director/) - [Artifishal](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/artifishal/) - [wild slamon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wild-slamon/) - [Greg Taylor](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/greg-taylor/) - [Giving Tuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/giving-tuesday/) - [flooding](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flooding/) - [Resilient Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/resilient-waters/) - [Shayla Walker](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/shayla-walker/) - [field work](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/field-work/) - [Meghan Rooney](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/meghan-rooney/) - [Emergency Program Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/emergency-program-act/) - [emergency planning](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/emergency-planning/) - [floods](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/floods/) - [codebluebc](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/codebluebc/) - [codeblue](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/codeblue/) - [nestle](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nestle/) - [job](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/job/) - [Aquaculture Act](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/aquaculture-act/) - [open net pen](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/open-net-pen/) - [Fernando Lessa](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fernando-lessa/) - [Ken Ashley](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ken-ashley/) - [BCIT](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bcit/) - [Tides Canada](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/tides-canada/) - [Big Bar](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/big-bar/) - [fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fishing/) - [climate](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/climate/) - [puzzle](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/puzzle/) - [crossword](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/crossword/) - [COVID-19](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/covid-19/) - [Blue Fish Canada](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/blue-fish-canada/) - [COVID](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/covid/) - [flood](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood/) - [fish-friendly](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-friendly/) - [outreach](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/outreach/) - [Nicomen Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nicomen-slough/) - [fish farms out](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-farms-out/) - [Discovery Islands](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/discovery-islands/) - [salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-farms/) - [herring lice](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/herring-lice/) - [greenjobs](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/greenjobs/) - [Canada summer jobs](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/canada-summer-jobs/) - [fish passage](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-passage/) - [dams](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dams/) - [fishing update](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fishing-update/) - [Advocacy](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/advocacy/) - [lice](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lice/) - [Nootka rose](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nootka-rose/) - [native plants](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/native-plants/) - [maple](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/maple/) - [hardhack](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hardhack/) - [tule](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/tule/) - [cleanup](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/cleanup/) - [podcasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/podcasts/) - [Code Blue BC](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/code-blue-bc/) - [watershed](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed/) - [water management](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-management/) - [waterways](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/waterways/) - [communities](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/communities/) - [photo contest](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/photo-contest/) - [photography](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/photography/) - [UBCM](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ubcm/) - [UBCM 2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ubcm-2020/) - [flood control](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-control/) - [bc rivers day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-rivers-day/) - [election](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/election/) - [environment](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/environment/) - [vote](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/vote/) - [BC election](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-election/) - [NDP](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ndp/) - [Liberal](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/liberal/) - [Green Party](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/green-party/) - [bcelxn2020](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bcelxn2020/) - [voting](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/voting/) - [get out the vote](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/get-out-the-vote/) - [Revelstoke](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/revelstoke/) - [Big lar landslide](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/big-lar-landslide/) - [donor](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/donor/) - [haircare](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/haircare/) - [salmon returns](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-returns/) - [Watersed Watch Salmon Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watersed-watch-salmon-society/) - [#givingtuesday](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/givingtuesday/) - [charity](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/charity/) - [giving season](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/giving-season/) - [giving through donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/giving-through-donation/) - [charity donations](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/charity-donations/) - [RAPP](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/rapp/) - [donation](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/donation/) - [giving](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/giving/) - [simon fraser university](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/simon-fraser-university/) - [BC NDP](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-ndp/) - [BC cabinet](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-cabinet/) - [mandate letters](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/mandate-letters/) - [design contest](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/design-contest/) - [art contest](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/art-contest/) - [prizes](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/prizes/) - [t-shirt design](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/t-shirt-design/) - [t-shirt design contest](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/t-shirt-design-contest/) - [apparel design](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/apparel-design/) - [Kennedy Pump Station](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/kennedy-pump-station/) - [zero waste](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/zero-waste/) - [gifting giving](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/gifting-giving/) - [zero waste gifting](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/zero-waste-gifting/) - [eco-friendly holiday](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/eco-friendly-holiday/) - [holiday season](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/holiday-season/) - [Pacific salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pacific-salmon/) - [salmon outlook](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-outlook/) - [salmon redds](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-redds/) - [hiking](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hiking/) - [dogs](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dogs/) - [invasives](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/invasives/) - [streamkeeping](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/streamkeeping/) - [Himalayan blackberry](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/himalayan-blackberry/) - [NBS](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nbs/) - [nature based solutions](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nature-based-solutions/) - [fish habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-habitat/) - [the narwhal](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/the-narwhal/) - [Urban Salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/urban-salmon/) - [global warming](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/global-warming/) - [POLIS](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/polis/) - [seawall](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/seawall/) - [gill bar](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/gill-bar/) - [abbotsford](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/abbotsford/) - [ATV](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/atv/) - [off-roading](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/off-roading/) - [podcast](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/podcast/) - [Freshwater Stream](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/freshwater-stream/) - [Yorkson Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/yorkson-creek/) - [Fraser Valley](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fraser-valley/) - [Roxanna Froese](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/roxanna-froese/) - [@intherivervalley](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/intherivervalley/) - [code blue](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/code-blue/) - [Shannon Macphail](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/shannon-macphail/) - [MOWI](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/mowi/) - [lower mainland](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lower-mainland/) - [stormwater](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/stormwater/) - [littering](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/littering/) - [dumping](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dumping/) - [water quality testing](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-quality-testing/) - [fieldwork](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fieldwork/) - [agassiz](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/agassiz/) - [June 2022](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/june-2022/) - [watersheds](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watersheds/) - [Mark Angelo](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/mark-angelo/) - [federal budget](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-budget/) - [provincial budget](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/provincial-budget/) - [Watershed Watch shirts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-watch-shirts/) - [Karen Leung](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/karen-leung/) - [salmon shirts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-shirts/) - [camp/hope slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/camp-hope-slough/) - [Paddling](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/paddling/) - [kayak](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/kayak/) - [FOPO](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fopo/) - [Emiliano Di Cicco](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/emiliano-di-cicco/) - [Similkameen](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/similkameen/) - [Okanagan](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/okanagan/) - [Danielle Paydli](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/danielle-paydli/) - [Lauren Terbasket](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lauren-terbasket/) - [dlife](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dlife/) - [wildlife coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wildlife-coalition/) - [IUU](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/iuu/) - [gill netting](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/gill-netting/) - [Atlantic salmon farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/atlantic-salmon-farms/) - [Nass](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nass/) - [Unuk](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/unuk/) - [Tara Marsden](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/tara-marsden/) - [Trixie Bennett](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/trixie-bennett/) - [birding](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/birding/) - [birdwatching](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/birdwatching/) - [The Freshwater Stream](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/the-freshwater-stream/) - [jennifer houghton](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/jennifer-houghton/) - [stan swinarchuk](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/stan-swinarchuk/) - [grand forks](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/grand-forks/) - [mental health](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/mental-health/) - [BLUEWAYS](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/blueways/) - [shop local](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/shop-local/) - [prize winners](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/prize-winners/) - [2021 salmon forecast](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/2021-salmon-forecast/) - [salmon fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-fishing/) - [Fmaily-friendly](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fmaily-friendly/) - [family activities](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/family-activities/) - [Anna Kemp](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/anna-kemp/) - [summer podcasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/summer-podcasts/) - [fishing podcasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fishing-podcasts/) - [2021 podcasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/2021-podcasts/) - [environmental podcasts](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/environmental-podcasts/) - [Raingardens](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/raingardens/) - [Port Coquitlam](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/port-coquitlam/) - [Laura Dupont](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/laura-dupont/) - [the fraser valley](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/the-fraser-valley/) - [do not renew](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/do-not-renew/) - [Bike the dike](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bike-the-dike/) - [bicycle](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bicycle/) - [drought](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/drought/) - [wildfires](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wildfires/) - [summer reading](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/summer-reading/) - [BC reads](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-reads/) - [BC books](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-books/) - [Nature books](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nature-books/) - [Terry Beech](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/terry-beech/) - [federal liberal party](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-liberal-party/) - [factory fish farming](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/factory-fish-farming/) - [where to see salmon spawn](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/where-to-see-salmon-spawn/) - [salmon spawn](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawn/) - [#salmonspawnwatch](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmonspawnwatch/) - [citizen science](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/citizen-science/) - [Federal election](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-election/) - [biking](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/biking/) - [dike bike ride](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dike-bike-ride/) - [Trudeau](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/trudeau/) - [Jagmeet Singh](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/jagmeet-singh/) - [annamie paul](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/annamie-paul/) - [Erin O'Toole](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/erin-otoole/) - [#fishfarmsout](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fishfarmsout/) - [video premiere](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/video-premiere/) - [oskar von wahl](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/oskar-von-wahl/) - [salmon restoration](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-restoration/) - [ecosystem restoration](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ecosystem-restoration/) - [win a getaway](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/win-a-getaway/) - [raffle](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/raffle/) - [river rafting](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/river-rafting/) - [off the grid](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/off-the-grid/) - [salmon spawning](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawning/) - [nahatlach river](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nahatlach-river/) - [restort getaway](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/restort-getaway/) - [Salmon Spawn Watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawn-watch/) - [the fraser river](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/the-fraser-river/) - [Bowker Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bowker-creek/) - [Victoria](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/victoria/) - [Friends of Bowker Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/friends-of-bowker-creek/) - [eco tourism](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/eco-tourism/) - [whitewater rafting](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/whitewater-rafting/) - [fraser canyon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fraser-canyon/) - [boston bar](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/boston-bar/) - [judicial review](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/judicial-review/) - [pinks](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pinks/) - [chums](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/chums/) - [4WDABC](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/4wdabc/) - [Friends of Bell Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/friends-of-bell-slough/) - [rain garden](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/rain-garden/) - [merchandise](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/merchandise/) - [Salish Sea Orca Squad Protection Society](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salish-sea-orca-squad-protection-society/) - [Osprey](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/osprey/) - [salmon fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-fisheries/) - [BC storm](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-storm/) - [Aaron Hil](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/aaron-hil/) - [Chinook salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/chinook-salmon/) - [MakeWay](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/makeway/) - [sponsors](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sponsors/) - [shoreline cleanup](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/shoreline-cleanup/) - [rapid response team](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/rapid-response-team/) - [BC floods](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-floods/) - [interception fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/interception-fisheries/) - [BC fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-fisheries/) - [watershed security](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-security/) - [codeblue bc](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/codeblue-bc/) - [Elanor Teel](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/elanor-teel/) - [Vancouver Island](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/vancouver-island/) - [BC parks](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-parks/) - [Lawrence Gunther](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lawrence-gunther/) - [safe passage](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/safe-passage/) - [Flowerstone Soap](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flowerstone-soap/) - [Karina Zobolotny](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/karina-zobolotny/) - [2022 salmon forecast](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/2022-salmon-forecast/) - [Governor Dunleavy](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/governor-dunleavy/) - [Arzeena Hamir](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/arzeena-hamir/) - [Alaska's dirty secret](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/alaskas-dirty-secret/) - [Georgia Ohm](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/georgia-ohm/) - [Watershed Security Strategy](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-security-strategy/) - [fish farm](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-farm/) - [water bottling](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-bottling/) - [Strawberry Island](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/strawberry-island/) - [sup](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sup/) - [#2022paddletheslough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/2022paddletheslough/) - [2022 fisheries update](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/2022-fisheries-update/) - [corporate donor](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/corporate-donor/) - [Saltwater Digital](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/saltwater-digital/) - [Alaskan Interceptions](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/alaskan-interceptions/) - [wild salmom](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wild-salmom/) - [sustainable fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sustainable-fishing/) - [safe salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/safe-salmon/) - [joyce murray](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/joyce-murray/) - [fundraise](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fundraise/) - [Dave Mills](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dave-mills/) - [watershed security fund](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-security-fund/) - [healthy watersheds](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/healthy-watersheds/) - [Staff](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/staff/) - [contests](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/contests/) - [Roxanna Kooistra](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/roxanna-kooistra/) - [kwikwetlem sockeye restoration project](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/kwikwetlem-sockeye-restoration-project/) - [PSSI](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pssi/) - [Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pacific-salmon-strategy-initiative/) - [build back better](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/build-back-better/) - [Hope Slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hope-slough/) - [Dawn Roumieu](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dawn-roumieu/) - [Kwikwetlem Sockeye Restoration](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/kwikwetlem-sockeye-restoration/) - [salmon policy](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-policy/) - [paddle the slough](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/paddle-the-slough/) - [Lower Fraser Floodplains Coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/lower-fraser-floodplains-coalition/) - [flood resiliency](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-resiliency/) - [flood planning](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-planning/) - [natural defences](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/natural-defences/) - [interceptions](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/interceptions/) - [david mills](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/david-mills/) - [Vedder River](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/vedder-river/) - [Gravel Mining](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/gravel-mining/) - [Gravel Extraction](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/gravel-extraction/) - [data collection](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/data-collection/) - [Ford Creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ford-creek/) - [B.C. Rivers Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/b-c-rivers-day/) - [Rivers Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/rivers-day/) - [spawning salmon](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/spawning-salmon/) - [wildfire](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wildfire/) - [interception](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/interception/) - [Illegal fishing](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/illegal-fishing/) - [North Pacific](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/north-pacific/) - [Salmon Spawn Watch 2023](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawn-watch-2023/) - [Dr. Jonathan Moore](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dr-jonathan-moore/) - [herring](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/herring/) - [dene moore](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/dene-moore/) - [board](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/board/) - [shop](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/shop/) - [world wetlands day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/world-wetlands-day/) - [wetlands](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/wetlands/) - [Salmon War](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-war/) - [bc budget](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-budget/) - [forest fires](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/forest-fires/) - [flood risk](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-risk/) - [provincial government](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/provincial-government/) - [BC Flood Strategy](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-flood-strategy/) - [#6ppd](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/6ppd/) - [50/50](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/50-50/) - [prize](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/prize/) - [conservation raffle](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/conservation-raffle/) - [fish kill](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-kill/) - [open net](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/open-net/) - [open](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/open/) - [about us](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/about-us/) - [net pens](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/net-pens/) - [factory fish farms](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/factory-fish-farms/) - [merch](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/merch/) - [t-shirt](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/t-shirt/) - [sweatshirt](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sweatshirt/) - [hoodie](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hoodie/) - [salmon spawn watch 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawn-watch-2024/) - [Salmon Day](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-day/) - [transition plan](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/transition-plan/) - [election 2024](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/election-2024/) - [fresh water](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fresh-water/) - [watershed security coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/watershed-security-coalition/) - [6PPD-q](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/6ppd-q/) - [stormwater management](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/stormwater-management/) - [environmental violations](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/environmental-violations/) - [private prosecutions](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/private-prosecutions/) - [Environmental Law Centre](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/environmental-law-centre/) - [catch and release](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/catch-and-release/) - [recreational fisheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/recreational-fisheries/) - [fishing smarter](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fishing-smarter/) - [Fisheries Update](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fisheries-update/) - [Pete Broomhall](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pete-broomhall/) - [Fly Fishers Federation](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fly-fishers-federation/) - [sustainable](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sustainable/) - [seafood](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/seafood/) - [federal election 2025](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-election-2025/) - [Sean Cooper](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/sean-cooper/) - [summer outreach and engagement](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/summer-outreach-and-engagement/) - [public engagement](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/public-engagement/) - [floodplain](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/floodplain/) - [worth creeK](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/worth-creek/) - [norrish creek](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/norrish-creek/) - [water scarcity](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-scarcity/) - [fisheries recap](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fisheries-recap/) - [Diesel Spilll](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/diesel-spilll/) - [Nuchatlaht First Nation](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/nuchatlaht-first-nation/) - [polluter pays](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/polluter-pays/) - [Zeballos](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/zeballos/) - [fundraiser](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fundraiser/) - [Hatchery Fish](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/hatchery-fish/) - [marine heatwave](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/marine-heatwave/) - [ocean conditions](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ocean-conditions/) - [ocean temperatures](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/ocean-temperatures/) - [the blob](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/the-blob/) - [spawn watch](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/spawn-watch/) - [Salmon Spawn Watch 2025](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-spawn-watch-2025/) - [Thompson steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/thompson-steelhead/) - [Chilcotin steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/chilcotin-steelhead/) - [Interior Fraser Steelhead](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/interior-fraser-steelhead/) - [Giving Tuesday 2025](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/giving-tuesday-2025/) - [water rates](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-rates/) - [water rental rates](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/water-rental-rates/) - [federal budget 2025](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-budget-2025/) - [SRIF](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/srif/) - [salmon monitoring](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/salmon-monitoring/) - [Pacific Salmon Treaty](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/pacific-salmon-treaty/) - [melissa desousa](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/melissa-desousa/) - [operations](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/operations/) - [chilcotin](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/chilcotin/) - [Mark Carney](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/mark-carney/) - [Fish Farm Ban](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/fish-farm-ban/) - [Federal Government](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/federal-government/) - [Jack Emberly](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/jack-emberly/) - [Budget Submisison](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/budget-submisison/) - [BC Poli](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/bc-poli/) - [flood safety](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/flood-safety/) - [Area 6](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/area-6/) - [Creekwalkers](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/creekwalkers/) - [Charter patrol](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/charter-patrol/) - [Guardians](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/guardians/) - [Babine](https://watershedwatch.ca/category_tags/babine/) ## Topic area - [Salmon Farming](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/salmon-farming/) - [Cohen Commission Materials](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/cohen-commision-materials/) - [Heart Of The Fraser](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/heart-of-the-fraser/) - [Connected Waters](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/connected-waters/) - [Salmon Habitat](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/salmon-habitat/) - [Hatcheries](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/hatcheries/) - [Legislation and policy](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/legislation-and-policy/) - [Water Issues](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/water-issues/) - [Fisheries Management](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/fisheries-management/) - [Annual Reports](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/annual-reports/) - [Green Infrastructure](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/green-infrastructure/) - [Coquitlam River](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/coquitlam-river/) - [Lower Fraser Flood Coalition](https://watershedwatch.ca/topic-area/lower-fraser-flood-coalition/)