DFO forecast a poor 2025 sockeye return. Instead they are sky-rocketing! This lineage of sockeye crashed in 2009, triggering the Cohen Inquiry and recommendation #19 was removal of salmon farms from the Discovery Islands. Minister Jordan did this in Dec 2020 and now sockeye numbers are rising.
August 15, 2025 at 6:17 PM
DFO forecast a poor 2025 sockeye return. Instead they are sky-rocketing! This lineage of sockeye crashed in 2009, triggering the Cohen Inquiry and recommendation #19 was removal of salmon farms from the Discovery Islands. Minister Jordan did this in Dec 2020 and now sockeye numbers are rising.
The 2024 chum salmon are the 1st that went to sea AFTER salmon farms were removed from the Discovery Islands and their survival is off the charts! The Salmon are Talking.
November 14, 2024 at 1:32 AM
The 2024 chum salmon are the 1st that went to sea AFTER salmon farms were removed from the Discovery Islands and their survival is off the charts! The Salmon are Talking.