The federal government is touting its new $647 million, five year plan to save collapsing Pacific salmon stocks as the "largest and most transformative" salmon investment in history. The Pacific Salmon Strategy will put money into four pillars: conservation and stewardship, hatcheries, harvest transformation and integrated management. The foreign owned fish farms have launched legal action against the government. Jordan said addressing the decline in Pacific salmon won't be a quick fix. and Insights West found declining salmon stocks the top social and environmental concern of British Columbians, tied with COVID-19 and poverty.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2021 20:37 UTC