We have filed a formal notice of objection with the Marine Stewardship Council in response to the proposed re-certification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as 'sustainable'. SkeenaWild Watershed Watch Salmon Society raincoast.org/press/conserva…

Certifying Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable is greenwashing. #wildsalmon #PacificSalmon #AlaskasDirtySecret #BCsalmon #salmon

Organizations that include SkeenaWild, Raincoast Conservation Foundation
Conservation Foundation and Watershed Watch Salmon Society
have filed a formal notice of objection to the recertification of Alaskan salmon fisheries as sustainable under the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC) standard.

intrafish.com/legal/ngos-dem…

1/3 Our new videos on protecting & managing wild salmon for wildlife, ecosystems & people. 1st one is about why we care & the philosophy behind our
Raincoast Conservation Foundation #salmon work. Kristen Walters Auston Chhor
Allison Dennert

2/3 Video #2 on why the use /reliance on hatcheries needs to change if we hope to recover wild #salmon in wild rivers

Two B.C. conservation groups have filed a notice of objection to the the world’s premier sustainable #fisheries body calling on it to reject the re-certification of Alaska’s #salmon fisheries as 'sustainable'...Raincoast Conservation Foundation SkeenaWild burnabynow.com/highlights/bc-… via Burnaby NOW News

3/3 And finally, Is there a better way to fish? Yes. Move away from mixed stock fisheries to harvesting at the river where salmon originate

This is also extremely worrying for Okanagan streams that rely on snowmelt for flow in the summer. While I was at an environmental flows conference last month I learned that many of these streams are already overallocated for agriculture. No snow = no water for fish or people.

““In a declining population…the greater the lag time between knowledge and mitigation, the more draconian the recovery actions needed.” ⁦Misty MacDuffee⁩ ⁦Raincoast Conservation Foundation⁩ #BrightExtinction raincoast.org/2024/04/study-…

.Raincoast Conservation Foundation Wild Salmon Program Director Misty MacDuffee said focusing on Alaska wasn’t about giving B.C. a pass, but making sure consumers weren’t duped. #salmon #fisheries biv.com/news/resources… via BIV News

Great description of the chinook salmon management benefits to #SRKW identified by ⁦Raincoast Conservation Foundation⁩ & ⁦⁦Oceans Initiative⁩ et al in our latest paper examining killer whales, #Chinook #salmon , & #brightExtinction 🙏⁦WildFishConservancy⁩ theorcasonian.com/new-research-s…

Marine Stewardship Coun. expected to recertify Alaska's salmon fisheries when the current certificate expires in May. They're NOT AT ALL SUSTAINABLE, including 3M BC wild salmon killed in Alaskan nets last year.
#Greenwashing #wildsalmon #alaskasalmon

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Heartbreaking news...Scientists warn efforts 'urgently needed' to save B.C.'s endangered southern resident killer whales vancouversun.com/news/local-new… via The Vancouver Sun

Dark extinction describes the loss of species before they are discovered & named. We are watching the decline of #SRKW , one of the most well-studied & understood species in the world. Raincoast Conservation Foundation scientists and others are calling this a 'bright extinction.'
vancouversun.com/news/local-new…

# SRKW orcas hurtling toward extinction, new study finds #BrightExtinction seattletimes.com/seattle-news/c… via The Seattle Times

Peter Corkeron NOAA Fisheries Thanks Peter. We felt it was important to contrast Boehm’s concept of dark extinction (losing species before they’re even documented scientifically) with the populations we risk losing in plain sight

#BrightExtinction

nature.com/articles/s4324…

And Oceans Initiative new term, 'bright extinction' -
the noticeable and documented precipitous decline of a data-rich population toward extinction

NOAA Fisheries gift to the world - a perfect descriptor for data-rich conservation failure.

Study a lot, do bugger all...

A new population analysis reveals the fish-eating orcas that hunt in Puget Sound are facing an ever-increasing risk of extinction. st.news/4aiVi8r