Biologist calls for judicial inquiry on salmon decline

Leah Hendry
October 3, 2009
CTV News

For years, aboriginals along the Broughton Archipelago on the north end of Vancouver Island have watched wild salmon numbers dwindle.

On Saturday, they were joined by hundreds of people at the Vancouver Art Gallery who share their concern that one of B.C.'s most treasured resources is being wiped out.

This year, returns on wild salmon fell off dramatically.

Some environmentalists say wild salmon that swam by open-net fish farms to get to their spawning grounds didn't make it and were killed off by sea lice associated with the fish farms.

See CTV News video report.

See related video of the request for a judicial inquiry at the Salmon Circle Rally .

Hear coverage of the Rally on CKNW.

See related story on the Digital Journal; October 3, 2009; "Protest against fish farms draws hundreds in Vancouver".

See related story in the Globe and Mail; October 5, 2009; "Why are Tories so quiet about salmon collapse?"

Read background news stories on the collapse of the Fraser River sockeye.