Monday March 9, 2026
The Globe and Mail —
Reductions to federal counting of salmon stocks have left researchers unable to assess the well-being of nearly half Canada’s Pacific salmon populations, a study from Simon Fraser University has found.
The number of annual counts of salmon spawning populations performed by researchers is down 32 per cent since Canada adopted its Wild Salmon Policy in 2005, a study at the Burnaby, B.C., institution concluded.