Representatives of Gitanyow First Nation, including Hereditary Chiefs, and the B.C. government are celebrating 10 years of a landmark land-use plan that has reduced land-based conflicts and guided sustainable development in Gitanyow’s territory.

Provincial scientists are asking for help as they investigate several unexpected white sturgeon deaths in the Lower Fraser and Nechako rivers.

From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2022/08/government-of-canada-and-province-of-british-columbia-support-14-fish-and-seafood-innovation-projects.html

From the Government of Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/fisheries-oceans/news/2022/08/government-of-canada-and-province-of-british-columbia-double-funding-and-extend-pacific-salmon-program.html

Due to increased grizzly bear activity in the upper Chilko River area, access to Chilko-Newton Road, south of Henry’s Crossing, will be closed to the public during salmon spawning season from Sept. 1 to Oct. 31, 2022.

When staff at B.C.’s Invasive Mussel Defence Program were notified that a high-risk watercraft heading for the Lower Mainland appeared to be covered in invasive zebra mussels, inspectors with the Conservation Officer Service (COS) immediately took action.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship and Minister Responsible for Fisheries, and Fin Donnelly, Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture, have released the following statement in response to Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s decision today on salmon-farm licensing in British Columbia.

Josie Osborne, Minister of Land, Water and Resource Stewardship and Minister Responsible for Fisheries, and Fin Donnelly, Parliamentary Secretary for Fisheries and Aquaculture, have released the following statement to mark B.C. Wild Salmon Day:

The Province will provide as many as six research grants of $25,000 to university graduate students to help guide effective wildlife stewardship in B.C. and support the goals of the Together for Wildlife strategy.