UpStream will explore the people, culture, science and of course the salmon, from all across The Skeena Watershed. The Skeena is one of North America’s last remaining intact watersheds where Humans and salmon co-exist. Northwest BC is filled with diverse voices, communities and economies that relay on a healthy watershed. We’ll dive into the work being done everyday on the ground to ensure our way of life and salmon have a future and that the Skeena stays Wild.
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July 9, 2024
SkeenaWild Director of Science Dr. Michael Price, Wet’suwet’en Fisheries Technologies Brian Mitchell and other members from Wet’suwet’en fisheries up at the smolt camp on Morice lake. It’s early May but it still feel pretty wintery, especially when the cold wind picks up off the lake. Dr. Price is assisting the Wet’suwet’en fisheries department with their smolt program – a multiyear research study of first and second year juveniles coming out of the lake, heading for the ocean. It’s the first month of the field season in the Skeena Watershed and this is where is all begins for little baby salmon.
April 16, 2024
Fishers in Southeast Alaska intercept and sell millions of salmon and steelhead migrating to British Columbia, Washington and Oregon in non-selective net fisheries that don't adequately report their bycatch. All while our local fisheries are closed in the hopes of rebuilding dwindling stocks. Seafood certification organizations like Marine Stewardship Council have turned a blind eye to much of this, maintaining that Alaska has 'sustainable' certification. But are fisheries that profit by harvesting another country’s endangered fish really sustainable? Consumers want to buy ethically sourced seafood that is right for their families. But, Southeast Alaskan fishers catch more Pacific Northwest Salmon than all the fisheries in BC, Washington, and Oregon combined. That clearly isn't fair, and nowhere near sustainable. Wild salmon are essential to the culture of the Pacific Northwest. When they are absent, our communities suffer and keystone species like Southern Resident Killer Whales, eagles, and Grizzly bears starve. Fisheries in Alaska are scooping up Canadian salmon before they reach their home rivers to spawn. Meanwhile, B.C.'s salmon and steelhead have hit record lows. First Nations are not meeting their food needs, commercial fishers are out of work and hard-working B.C. families can no longer catch a salmon to bring home for dinner. The solution is easy—Alaska needs to move its dirty interception fisheries away from areas where B.C. salmon are returning to spawn, to inside waters where Alaskans can still catch their own fish. In partnership with Watershed Watch Salmon Society SkeenaWilds Fisheries Biologist Kaitlyn Yahle and Watershed Watch’s Fisheries Campaigner David Mills, have been working tirelessly to dig deep on this issue and expose Alaska’s Dirty Secret.
April 15, 2024
The Skeena Watershed is a significant and unique environment not only for Canada but the world and at SkeenaWild we want to highlight and celebrate how Indigenous nations, local communities and cutting-edge research are pulling out all the stops to ensure our way of life and salmon have a future in the Skeena and beyond. Join us on the third season UpStream where we’ll explore the people, Culture, science and of course the salmon from across The Skeena Watershed. Northwest BC is filled with diverse voices, communities and economies that relay on a healthy watershed. We’ll dive into the work being done every day on the ground to ensure our way of life and salmon have a future and that the Skeena stays Wild. Subscribe to this podcast on Apple, Spotify or wherever you find podcasts or check out SkeenaWild.org, and don’t forget to tell your friends. Thanks for listening.
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