WWSS Media Tracking 2023
January
Flawed DFO Sea Lice Report reveals a pro-industry bias, yet again
Van Isle News, Jan 31, 2023
February
‘Serious scientific failings’: experts slam DFO report downplaying threat of salmon farms
Ainslie Cruickshank, The Narwhal, Feb 2, 2023
Discovery Islands fish farming future uncertain
Tanya Hill, Powell River Peak, Feb 2, 2023
Feds quietly backed off while Coastal GasLink pipeline work killed fish in B.C.
Matt Simmons, February 8, 2023, Salmon Arm Observer
‘We should avoid monitoring’: feds quietly backed off while Coastal GasLink pipeline work killed fish
Matt Simmons, The Narwhal, Feb 8, 2023
B.C. salmon returns 2022
Greg Taylor, Watershed Sentinel, Feb 14, 2023
March
Local scientists, fishermen laud decision to shut down ‘problematic’ Discovery Islands fish farms
Brandon Barrett, March 2, 2022, Pique Newsmagazine
VIDEO: Hope Slough saw Chilliwack volunteers planting trees over the weekend
Jennifer Feinberg, Chilliwack Progress, March 28, 2023
April
‘We think it can be done’ Despite setbacks, stewards work to bring salmon back to Coquitlam River
Marissa Tiel, Tri-cities Dispatch, April 4, 2023
Comment: B.C.-born salmon from dwindling runs increasingly caught by Alaskan fleet
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist, April 5, 2023
‘Shockingly huge’ steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C.’s Lois Lake ecosystem
Rochelle Baker, National Observer, April 15, 2023
Under investigation: Lois Lake Fish Farm
Roy Hales, Cortes Current, April 18, 2023
The little Coho that could: captured salmon fosters positive implications for fish in Agassiz Slough
Adam Louis, Hope Standard, April 19, 2023
Company that set up illegal fish farm to get second chance, says B.C. government
Stefan Labbe, Times Colonist, April 19, 2023
May
Draft report for Bell Slough restoration pinpoints need for better flow, water quality
Jennifer Feinberg, The Chilliwack Progress, May 1, 2023
Canada’s DFO accused of using shoddy science by group of academics, Emmanuel Smoglou, Seafood Source, May 1, 2023
To feed endangered whales, Alaska ordered to stop intercepting B.C.-bound salmon
Stefan Labbe, Delta Optimist, May 5, 2023
Alaskans poaching Canadian salmon top concern for federal fisheries minister
Rochelle Baker, National Observer, May 9, 2023
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