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Podcast: The Blue Fish Radio Show
Episode: 2017 Wild Pacific Salmon Returns Raise Concern
Description: As anticipated, 2017 is proving to be a difficult year for BC’s wildsalmon. Pacific Ocean temperatures in 2015 were much warmer than average, attracting competitors and predators from southern waters, and reducing the quantity and quality of prey for salmon. Making matters worse, BC’s wild salmon are being forced to share their diminished food supply with a record number of salmon being released from hatcheries in Alaska, Russia, and Japan. Greg Taylor, Senior Fisheries Advisor with Watershed Watch’s Salmon Society recently released a regional breakdown of the 2017 wild salmon returns along Canada’s Pacific coast, and shares his find...