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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