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VIDEO: UBC fish expert urges action despite uncertainty in salmon run collapse

By Tyee Staff and Contributors June 15, 2010 03:27 pm 2 comments

As the Cohen Commission -- a federal inquiry into the disappearance of 10 million Fraser River sockeye salmon -- gets underway in Vancouver this week, this video from the Common Sense Canadian is a timely reminder that, though we may not be able to stop the effects of global warming on aquatic ecosystems, we do have control over other factors that harm wild salmon.

Here, Dr. Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia Fisheries Centre urges a precautionary approach to factors like salmon farms, habitat destruction from logging, and over fishing. Video by Damien Gillis.

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  • Illahie

    1 year ago

    Is the Environmental Crowd getting nervous?

    Is the Environmental Crowd getting nervous about what may be coming out in the Cohen Commission hearings?

  • Bernard

    1 year ago

    Just letting everyone know I am not Illahie

    Since people keep thinking I am Illahie, I thought I would take a moment let you know that I post under my own name on here

    Bernard von Schulmann

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