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Alaska Plunders BC Bound Salmon While Our Fleet Sits Idle | North Isle News
March 22, 2022
By Van Isle News Staff | North Isle News | January, 2022 Salmon don’t carry passports. Individual countries are responsible for looking after the streams, creeks and rivers in which salmon spawn and reproduce....
Read MoreAlaskan fishers intercepting B.C. salmon at 'jarring' rate | Delta Optimist
March 22, 2022
By Stefan Labbé | Delta Optimist | January 11, 2022 Alaskan fishing fleets are catching a large proportion of the salmon bound for B.C. waters at a time many local fishers have been...
Read MorePacific Salmon Treaty failing to address Alaskan harvest of struggling B.C. stocks, advocates say | CBC News
March 22, 2022
By Brenna Owen | The Canadian Press | February 16, 2022 Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks...
Read MoreU.S. fisheries hindering B.C.'s ability to rebuild struggling salmon stocks: advocates | BC CTV News
March 22, 2022
By Brenna Owen | The Canadian Press | February 16, 2022 Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and...
Read MoreTŝilhqot’in government ‘outraged’ by Alaskan commercial harvest of salmon bound for B.C. | Global News
March 22, 2022
By Elizabeth McSheffrey | Global News | January 14, 2022 The Tŝilhqot’in Nation says it’s “outraged” by reports that commercial fishers in Alaska have harvested hundreds of thousands of salmon bound for British Columbia. According to a report published this week, commercial...
Read MoreAlaskan commercial fishery ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon | National Observer
March 22, 2022
By Rochelle Baker | News, Island Insider | January 12th, 2022 Commercial fish harvesters in southeast Alaska are netting significant amounts of threatened B.C. salmon even though the bulk of Canada’s Pacific fleet is stranded on shore to...
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