B.C. report urges ecological approach to watershed management, limits on aquaculture to protect wild salmon
Larry Pynn
February 5, 2009
The Vancouver Sun
Posted February 5th, 2009
VANCOUVER - A report commissioned by the B.C. government recommended today wide-ranging changes to the management of wild salmon, including creation of a single agency to take an ecological approach to all watershed developments that might threaten salmon habitat.
The B.C. Pacific Salmon Forum’s proposed Water and Land Agency would oversee the cumulative impact on salmon habitat of all resource activities, from traditional sectors such as logging and mining to modern threats such as run-of-the-river hydro projects.
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See full report: BC Pacific Salmon Forum Final Report & Recommendations To the Government of British Columbia, January 2009
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