Little red fish flock to our creeks
September 20, 2009 by Lake Windermere Project
Filed under Columbia Valley, Feature stories, Nature
Kokanee Salmon in Columbia River at Fairmont Hot Springs (Photo by CVNews)
If you go down to some of our local creeks, streams and rivers, you may experience an exciting event, the Salmon Run. The unique Kokanee Salmon return to their birthplace every year from September to December to complete their life cycle. The Kokanee Salmon run attracts visitors from all over, including bears and eagles. [Read more]
Fish farming endangers wild salmon
June 9, 2009 by CVNews
Filed under BC news, Canada government, Environment, Nature
Male and female sockeye salmon. Sockeye is one of five main commercial salmon species in British Columbia. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Message from Alexandra Morton in Norway, disease and sea lice are not under control in Norwegian salmon farms and BC stands to lose all.
I have been in Norway for 10 days because 92% of fish farming in British Columbia is Norwegian owned. I have met with many Norwegian scientists, members of the Mainstream and Marine Harvest boards, been to their AGMs, toured the area with fishermen, examined a closed-containment facility, met the Norwegians fighting for their fish and joined a scientific cruise. [Read more]
