(I used to post salmon crisis news every day, but got frustrated that all the attention was being given to the effect on sport and commercial fishing, and not on the impacts to indigenous communities and culture. Finally, an article emerges… 
By Colleen Kimmett, The Tyee
Sharolise Baker is waiting for, and fearing, the day when no [...]
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(Why the hell does recreational fishing take priority over First Nations use? Ask yourself that.)
Judith Lavoie, Times Colonist
Vancouver Island First Nations are among bands being asked to ration their catch of Fraser River sockeye and determine how to share the fish between them.
Sockeye returns to the Fraser are expected to be dismal this summer, with [...]
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Salmon decline is a wake-up call
As families, communities and local businesses try to deal with the consequences of this year’s fishery collapse, scientists are working to understand the causes. Rising to the top of that list — the 800-pound gorilla in the room — is global warming. As ocean temperatures rise, snow pack declines and [...]
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(I apologize for not posting more salmon news, like I said I would. It’s just that I have a hard time reading about this issue. Like so many things in he world, the decline in salmon stocks is far more serious that we are led to believe, and the impacts on indigenous communities is STILL [...]
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(I know I said this would be a daily feature, but the past week I haven’t had much time in front of a computer. Here are a selection of articles from the past few days)
Salmon make a splash in restoration
The release of salmon fry is not only environmentally important but culturally significant to Okanagan First [...]
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(So, given the increasing number of salmon related news in the media lately, and my own new focus, this has turned into a daily feature of Save Feral Human Habitat, and will continue to be as long as there are at least four interesting wild salmon related articles per day.)
North Coast declared off-limits for fish [...]
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Upper Pitt River power project might not be dead after all
They have few options, but they are not out of options. The company behind a controversial power project on the Upper Pitt River says the plug has not been pulled yet.
B.C. suspends issuing licences for salmon farms tidal waters
VICTORIA — B.C. will not issue new [...]
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(Here’s a selection of headlines related to wild salmon, weeded out of a plethora of articles found online today. These are the ones that don’t trumpet the opening of some new seafood restaurant or suggest new smoked salmon recipes.)
First Nations concerned over proposed floating fishing lodge
The proposal to place a luxurious 23-room floating sports -fishing [...]
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Animal group files suit to stop sea lion killings
PORTLAND, Oregon (Reuters) - Animal protection groups filed a lawsuit on Monday to prevent Washington state and Oregon from killing sea lions that feed on dwindling U.S. Pacific Northwest salmon populations.
Groups sue to halt killing of sea lions
PORTLAND — The Humane Society of the United States, Wild [...]
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(I search the online news pretty much every day for salmon related news. My biggest beef with the way the media is handling this is that when you do a news search, you get many articles explaining that fish farms, urban and agricultural run-off and air-pollution, over-fishing and dams (to name just a few things) [...]
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