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.

A $410 million investment injects hope into the future of Pacific salmon

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Today, the Government of Canada announced a $410 million investment in wild Pacific salmon conservation as part of a new $3.8 billion federal strategy to protect nature. This comes as a welcome addition just weeks after the federal government committed to renewing the British Columbia Salmon Restoration and Innovation Fund.

New boat gives everyone, everywhere the chance to fish

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A new, fully accessible boat, aptly named Everyone Everywhere, is removing barriers to the outdoors for people with disabilities in British Columbia.

Major workshop celebrates research into Pacific herring

Pacific Salmon Foundation recently held a workshop with First Nations partners near Qualicum Beach to celebrate the achievements of a multi-year collaborative research project.

Bringing Chinook Back to Maria Slough

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With support from PSF’s Community Salmon Program in 2025, Seabird Island Band and DFO crews redistributed spawning gravel throughout the channel and added boulders and logs to cool the water, boost oxygen, and keep flows moving through summer heat.

$195K to power local salmon restoration efforts

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The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) has released $194,989 in grant funding to support 42 community-led salmon restoration, enhancement, education, and stewardship projects in B.C. and the Yukon.

How tech is driving innovation for salmon

Innovative technology like artificial intelligence (AI), tracking chips, and drones is helping expand monitoring capacity and gather the data needed to drive salmon conservation.

After the fish farms

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The Discovery Islands, an archipelago east of Campbell River, form a key migratory channel for Fraser River salmon. Both adult salmon coming back to spawn and young salmon headed out to the open ocean travel through these waters. Local salmon populations also rear, feed, and grow nearby.