After the dramatic collapse of sockeye salmon stocks in the Fraser River
last year, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans quickly identified
the three “most likely” causes – including a mysterious disease that
causes brain lesions in fish. Read more of Mark Hume’s Globe & Mail article here
Article by Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail. “A look at the small print in Mr. Junger’s recommendations makes it clear
B.C. raced to its conclusion that the mine would have ‘no significant
adverse effects’ and that it placed little weight on the concerns of
first nations.” Read article
Article by Mark Hume in the Globe and Mail.
Jim Cooperman, President of the Shuswap Environmental Action Society: “There aren’t many places where you can see a mass migration. There’s wildebeest in East Africa, monarch butterflies [in Mexico], there’s the caribou migration in the Arctic, but other than that there aren’t too many places that are comparable.
“The Adams is a natural wonder, a treasure, and we should really be treating the salmon better.”
Tthe Kwicksutaineuk/Ah-Kwa-Mish First Nations hope to convince the courts that government has so badly mismanaged the fish-farming industry that native rights have been violated. By Mark Hume in the April 14, 2010 Globe and Mail. Read article
Article by Mark Hume in the March 29, 2010 Globe and Mail about a hard-hitting report issued by the Salmon & Trout Association of the United Kingdom. Read article
Article by Mark Hume in the March 27, 2010 Globe and Mail about the Great Bear Rainforest and the proposed Enbridge Northern Gateway pipeline. Read article