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The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) coordinates a variety of scholarship awards and bursaries to support new generations of salmon leaders and scientists, providing financial benefits to post-secondary students who are pursuing an education related to salmon. Two students in the Fisheries and Aquaculture Diploma Program at Vancouver Island University (VIU) each received a $1,000 award […]
June 22, 2022 Today, just before the vast majority of B.C. salmon farm licenses were set to expire, the Government of Canada has issued an update on their mandate to transition away from open-net pen salmon aquaculture in British Columbia. The statement outlines work anticipated by Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) over the course of […]
Salmon Health Program poised for further advances thanks to North Family Foundation gift. Two recent peer-reviewed papers out of PSF’s Salmon Health Program (successor to the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative) help shed light on the impact disease may have on wild salmon in B.C. Dr. Andrew Bateman, Manager of the Salmon Health program, led a […]
Fraser 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 the bacterial pathogen Tenacibaculum maritimum when swimming past Discovery Island salmon farms than at other points along the migratory […]
Vancouver, 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 research into the cumulative ecological stressors facing salmon at a time when half of populations are in decline. PSF’s […]
The 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 on aquaculture to the committee. Brian Riddell & Andrew Bateman (speaker) – opening statement On behalf of Dr. Brian Riddell […]
Wild Pacific salmon face several obstacles and perils through their life-cycle moving from freshwater to open oceans and back to their natal streams to spawn. Natural human-derived stressors like climate change and open-net pen aquaculture create additional pressure. For a decade now, PSF researchers have conducted studies on the health of wild Pacific salmon to […]
We at PSF are delighted to hear that Joyce Murray, the Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, has confirmed the federal government’s commitment to phase out open-net pen fish farms from British Columbia by 2025. Our independent research on the issue shows that open-net pens pose a substantial risk to Pacific salmon. […]
