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Watershed Watch Salmon Society

• Check out our new online shop! July 25, 2024
  Check out our new Watershed Watch online shop and purchase your own Watershed Watch t-shirt or sweatshirt today.
  Meghan Rooney
• Greg Taylor: 2024 Season Outlook July 18, 2024
  I’d like to start this update on the 2024 salmon fishing season with a shout out to Ocean Wise, a Canadian-based seafood eco-label that recently announced its seal of approval for 14 B.C. chinook and sockeye fisheries.  For the first time since the B.C. salmon fishery lost its internationally recognized Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)
  Greg Taylor
• Ocean Wise pulls sustainability recommendation for southeast Alaska salmon July 12, 2024
  Vancouver-based eco-label Ocean Wise has removed salmon harvested in southeast Alaska from its list of recommended sustainable seafood products.
  David Mills
• Let’s not drop the ball on drought preparedness July 2, 2024
  This year is looking a bit different than this time in 2023 when the province was holding press conferences calling on the public to take shorter showers in response to severe, widespread drought. Despite an alarmingly low snowpack, conditions heading into summer are not as severe this year for most of the province. But
  Meghan Rooney
• Flood funding snubs make a case for green flood solutions June 25, 2024
  The federal government has issued a wake-up call on preparing for a future of global warming by denying the bids of several B.C. communities for funding to support large flood infrastructure projects. The decisions to deny funding for major rebuilding projects proposed by Abbotsford, Merritt and Princeton underscore an urgent issue: It’s not just
  Lina Azeez
• Federal Government BANS open net-pen fish farms June 20, 2024
  There has been a mixed reaction to the federal government’s June 19 announcement on salmon farms but we want to be clear: Factory salmon farms have been issued their eviction notice in B.C.
  Meghan Rooney
• Introducing Watershed Watch’s summer staff June 19, 2024
  We are thrilled to welcome Stephanie and Emma to the Watershed Watch Salmon Society team for the summer. They will be supporting our communications and public engagement programs.
  Dene Moore
• Die-offs and exploding parasite levels at Nootka area fish farms June 11, 2024
  Following a tip, Watershed Watch's Stan Proboszcz kayaked out to witness the fallout from a large die-off of Atlantic salmon at a factory fish farm in Muchalat Inlet.
  Stan Proboszcz
• Watershed Watch’s 50/50 winner is… June 6, 2024
  Congratulations to Chris Tite of Coquitlam, who is the lucky winner of Watershed Watch’s 50-50 raffle! Chris won a grand total of $5810.
  Meghan Rooney
• Challenging Alaska’s sustainable salmon greenwash June 6, 2024
  David Mills, Watershed Watch Salmon Society Fisheries Advisor Salmon are among the most gracious species on earth. They return to their home rivers in such numbers to ensure the success of the next generation and to feed the bugs, birds, trees and bears, and all the other things that make salmon habitats
  David Mills