
Pacific Salmon Hatchery Review: weight and timing matter
BlogHatcheries were introduced in British Columbia in 1972 to help enhance salmon populations and conserve species at risk. Today B.C. hatcheries release approximately 300 million juvenile Pacific salmon each year.
While hatcheries can support…

PSF invests $1.1 million to boost community-led salmon conservation efforts
Blog, PressIn spring of 2022, the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s (PSF’s) Community Salmon Program distributed more than $1.1 million in funding to 116 community-led salmon conservation, enhancement, and habitat restoration projects across British Columbia.…

New research indicates pathogen levels are twelve times higher near salmon farms
Blog, PressFraser River sockeye salmon more likely to carry Tenacibaculum maritimum near open-net salmon farms in the Discovery Islands.
May 18, 2022
Vancouver, B.C. — New research indicates that Fraser sockeye were much more likely to harbour…

Salmon Health research to advance thanks to North Family Foundation gift
Blog, PressVancouver, B.C. – The Pacific Salmon Foundation Salmon Health Program launches today thanks to a $450,000 donation from the North Family Foundation, led by long-time salmon advocates Rudy and Patricia North. The donation will advance critical…

Salmon Health — PSF and the DFO research team
BlogOne of our core values at the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) is that we never go it alone. We work with partners — People for Salmon — across B.C. and the Yukon who share our passion and resolve to save and restore wild Pacific salmon.
One…

Columbia River salmon data now available in the Pacific Salmon Explorer
Blog, PressThe best publicly-available data for Pacific salmon in the Columbia River watershed is now available in the Pacific Salmon Explorer, an online data visualization tool developed by the Pacific Salmon Foundation’s (PSF) Salmon Watersheds Program,…

Statement to Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO): Open-net salmon farming in B.C.
BlogThe Pacific Salmon Foundation was invited to present at the recent Government of Canada Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans (FOPO). Pacific Salmon Foundation scientists Drs. Andrew Bateman and Brian Riddell provided the following statement…

The Strait of Georgia: Submerge into the data
BlogPSF’s evolving hub for marine data visualization.
The Strait of Georgia — a marine corridor between Vancouver Island and the southwestern mainland coast of B.C. — is a highly productive ecosystem with diverse habitat that supports more…

Earth Day 2022: Know Your Shores
BlogCelebrate B.C.’s coastal ecosystems on Earth Day with PSF.
Did you know that the Strait of Georgia— a marine corridor between Vancouver Island and the southwestern mainland coast of British Columbia — supports more than 3,000 species,…

Pacific Salmon Foundation: We have a new look!
BlogInspired by the passion of our community and their love of the “yellow fish,” we’re making it official!

Game Changer: Immediate success for salmon habitat restoration in the Fraser River
BlogCut off from their essential habitat for more than 100 years, threatened Fraser Chinook salmon find new passage via large-scale estuary project.
A salmon habitat restoration project creates an opening in a seven-kilometre-long structure…

Final frontier: Expedition provides data to solve Pacific salmon mystery
BlogThis week The International Year of the Salmon (IYS) initiative and the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission (NPAFC) announce the launch of two Canadian vessels — the Sir John Franklin and the Raw Spirit — as part of the 2022 IYS Pan-Pacific…