By Paul Cooper on August 14th, 2009
Lots more in the papers today on what the Globe calls “the near total collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.”
Quick background for non-British Columbians: We BCers, though no longer hewers of wood and wrestlers of bears, still love the outdoors for the most part, and the noble salmon—especially the delicious sockeye—are a keystone in [...]
By Paul Cooper on July 17th, 2009
Salmon researchers are not a bunch of tweed-clad academics politely arguing over a cup of tea. Think sailors engaged in a bar fight instead.
The scientists who study wild salmon populations are locked in a fierce debate over salmon farms, the sea lice that thrive in them, and the destructive effect of those sea lice on [...]