LinksArticle from Alaska on salmon bycatch The following article was published in the Anchorage Daily News. It talks about the large number of salmon that are caught as a by-product of the pollock fishery. Fraser Basin Council The Fraser Basin Council is a non-profit society that brings people together to find solutions to long standing issues and conflicts, and to take advantage of opportunities to advance sustainability in the Fraser River Basin and beyond. The Fraser Basin Council works to ensure that the decisions made today will protect and advance the social, economic, environmental dimensions of sustainability into the future. Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC Fresh Water Fisheries Society of BC site. Assist in the operation of sturgeon hatcheries in BC. New edition of Freshwater Fishes of BC The newest edition of the "Freshwater Fishes of British Columbia" is available. The author is J.D. McPhail from UBC. This book will be an important resource, with 81 species accounts. Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance Upper Fraser Fisheries Conservation Alliance (UFFCA) www.bcfisheries.gov.bc.ca Ministry of Environment, Fish and Habitat website www.frafs.ca Fraser River Aboriginal Fisheries Secretariat (FRAFS). Look here for online editions of "Watershed Talk" an Aboriginal fisheries newsletter for fisheries representatives and their organizations. www.frasersturgeon.com Site for conservation of the Fraser River population of White Sturgeon. Rick Hansen is involved with the conservation efforts of this group. www.nechakowhitesturgeon.org This website features updates on the Nechako White sturgeon, photos from the juvenile release in Vanderhoof and more. |
