Pacific Salmon Treaty

Significant numbers of salmon returning to spawn in British Columbia are being caught in southeast Alaskan fisheries, hindering Canada's efforts to preserve and rebuild stocks that are declining to historic lows, B.C. salmon advocates say.

Almost 50 per cent of the world's shared fish stocks will shift their habitat ranges and migration routes due to climate change, posing a challenge for international co-operation, a new study says.

Commercial fishers in southeast Alaska are netting large numbers of threatened B.C. salmon while most of Canada’s Pacific fleet is shorebound to save plummeting stocks, a new study indicates.