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Salmon conservation council calls for ecosystem based management

(July 24, 2008 – Vancouver) The ability and willingness of government agencies to protect wild salmon is deteriorating in the view of British Columbians, according to a report by the primary advisory organization on Pacific salmon conservation.

Wild salmon are under increasing threats and governments need to adopt better practices, including ecosystem based management, to help this important fish species survive, says the Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council (PFRCC).

Climate Effects On Pacific Salmon In The Ocean: Creating A Canadian Focus

Author:

Dave B. Preikshot Ph. D.

Publication Date:

05/05/2008

ISBN:

1-897110-40-5

The North Pacific Ocean is a vast ecosystem that changes not only with seasonal cycles, but also over decades and centuries. Ecosystem changes at this oceanic scale affect Canadian salmon populations, which spend most of their lives in the marine environment. Given that the effects of global warming, successful stewardship of Canadian Pacific Salmon will depend on better understanding how changes in climate affect the North Pacific environment. Creating a Canadian research group to deepen our understanding of how climate affects salmon in the North Pacific would best foster this kind of successful stewardship.

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Mountain Pine Beetle: Salmon are suffering too

Climate change, mountain pine beetles and salvage logging add to challenges facing BC’s spectacular Fraser salmon runs, says report for public. Click here for details.

Saving the Heart of the Fraser: Addressing Human Impacts to the Aquatic Ecosystem of the Fraser River, Hope to Mission, BC

Author:

Dr Marvin L. Rosenau and Mark Angelo

Publication Date:

11/26/2009

ISBN:

1-897110-35-9

The Heart of the Fraser is the gravel reach extending from Mission to Hope and with its complex system of islands, gravel bars and vegetation, supports an amazing array of life. This includes a spawning run of the more than ten million pink salmon, the largest run in BC. The same stretch of river is also a migration corridor for some of the largest spawning runs of sockeye salmon in North America and is home to more than 30 other different species of fish including at least eight that are considered to be at risk.

Helping Pacific Salmon Survive the Impact of Climate Change on Freshwater Habitats

Author:

M. Nelitz, K. Wieckowski, D. Pickard, K. Pawley, D.R. Marmorek, ESSA Technologies Ltd.

Publication Date:

10/04/2007

ISBN:

1-897110-33-2

For many generations in western Canada, five species of Pacific salmon have provided a defining role to native and non-native peoples. As a reflection of this cultural importance, there has been a long-standing tradition of communities and governments taking action to help salmon cope with both natural and human pressures on their survival.

Recently, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has clearly indicated that humans, by burning fossil fuels and changing the landscape, are responsible for unnatural changes in the world’s climate. In turn, hese changes are leading to significant effects on our continents, in our oceans, and in freshwater streams and lakes.

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Fort Langley:
Saving the Heart of the Fraser

Sechelt:
Straight of Georgia Ecosystem Report

Both:
Helping Pacific Salmon Survive the Impact of Climate Change on
Freshwater Habitats
Annual Report 2006

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Annual Report 2006

Author:

Pacific Fisheries Resource Conservation Council

Publication Date:

07/18/2007

ISBN:

1-897110-35-9

Council’s annual report for 2006 is now available. Activities, reports and provision of advice to governments on Pacific salmon and steelhead are summarized. Highlights include the provision of advice on implementation of the habitat and ecosystem components of DFO’s Wild Salmon Policy and the call for more innovation to solve the fisheries problems of the day.