B.C. salmon runs face ‘meaningful chance of extinction’ due to Big Bar landslide: officials
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Scientists are warning some salmon runs in B.C.’s Fraser River could disappear completely, as a landslide that came down a year ago continues to block a critical fish migration route.
In a presentation to the Pacific Salmon Commission last month, Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists said there is a “meaningful chance of extinction” for three salmon runs due to the Big bar landslide: the early Stuart sockeye and the Mid-Fraser and Upper Fraser spring 1.3 chinook populations.
Guest: Dean Werk
President of the Fraser Valley Salmon Society
Scientists are warning some salmon runs in B.C.’s Fraser River could disappear completely, as a landslide that came down a year ago continues to block a critical fish migration route.
In a presentation to the Pacific Salmon Commission last month, Fisheries and Oceans Canada scientists said there is a “meaningful chance of extinction” for three salmon runs due to the Big bar landslide: the early Stuart sockeye and the Mid-Fraser and Upper Fraser spring 1.3 chinook populations.
Guest: Dean Werk
President of the Fraser Valley Salmon Society