Six leading scientists to advise Cohen Commission

Mark Hume
April 22nd, 2010
The Globe and Mail

A federal judicial inquiry into sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River has appointed a team of six leading fisheries scientists to serve as advisors.

Brian Wallace, Senior Commission Counsel for the inquiry headed by British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen, said the panel will be led Dr. David Levy, a salmon biologist with over 30 years experience in the Fraser watershed.

“The members of our scientific advisory panel are widely respected experts in their fields with impeccable credentials whose expertise will be valuable in our examination of the decline of Fraser River sockeye,” said Mr. Wallace.

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Posted April 22nd, 2010