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Beyond Recovery: What Makes Salmon Resilient?

Pacific salmon are spectacularly resilient. From their first days after hatching to braving the ocean and a gruelling upstream migration, individual salmon routinely beat the odds to survive and spawn. But the collective resilience of salmon is being tested by unprecedented threats. How can we strengthen pathways toward salmon resilience?

The latest on open-net pen salmon farms in B.C.

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With three critical years left until the ban on open-net pen salmon aquaculture takes effect, PSF is building on more than a decade of peer-reviewed science. By continuing research on risks of pathogen transmission from farmed to wild salmon, PSF is helping shape an evidence-based path forward.

A decade of tracking salmon biodiversity

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Over the past 15 years, PSF has consolidated fragmented data into a publicly accessible tool, the Pacific Salmon Explorer. Beginning with the Skeena watershed in 2016 and expanding most recently to the Yukon in 2025, the Explorer now spans all major Pacific salmon-bearing regions in Canada.

New research shows high levels of shoreline modifications in communities on Vancouver Island’s east coast

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Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) found that decades of coastal development have altered approximately 35 per cent of nearshore habitats critical for juvenile salmon and other coastal wildlife on a large portion of the east coast of Vancouver Island.

Meet Farlyn Campbell, Salmon Stamp Artist

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An experienced skipper, salmon fisher, and researcher based in the Discovery Islands, Farlyn Campbell is the artist behind the 2026-27 Salmon Conservation Stamp.

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