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A roadmap to recovery for Upper Fraser Chinook

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Upper Fraser Chinook salmon are integral to B.C.’s cultures and ecosystems. The Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFFCA) and Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) are tackling declines through a solutions-oriented approach.

Ashes in the current: hope and recovery in B.C.’s most famous salmon river

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Witnessing the sockeye salmon migration at the Adams River is one of Canada’s greatest natural events. Every four years during a ‘dominant’ cycle, millions of bright red sockeye salmon make the 450-kilometre journey from the mouth of Fraser River near Vancouver, all the way into the Interior of British Columbia. It’s a gruelling journey through canyons and rapids, all while avoiding predators, battling low flows, and persisting through high river temperatures.
A red sockeye salmon underwater

State of Salmon: Edition 3.0

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation released its third State of Salmon Report, finding that 51 per cent of populations in B.C. and the Yukon are in long-term decline.

Community Bursary Spotlight: Alyssa Joseph

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Meet Alyssa Joseph, a Malahat Nation Marine Guardian, graduate student, and steward whose work is helping document changes in salmon habitats. Each year, the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) awards multiple $2,500 bursaries to emerging salmon leaders like Alyssa. 
An aerial view of ppen-net pen salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago in 2022. Photo by Brandon Deepwell.

Viral heart disease far more widespread on B.C. open-net pen salmon farms than previously reported, new study finds

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A new study has found that Heart and Skeletal Muscle Inflammation (HSMI), a disease caused by Piscine Orthoreovirus (PRV), is far more widespread on open-net pen Atlantic salmon farms in B.C. than previously documented.

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