Category: Resources
The 2023 SkeenaWild Annual Report Is Out Now
Over the last 12 months, SkeenaWild, our collaborators, and many of you in our communities have contributed to many accomplishments benefiting the Skeena Watershed and its salmon and steelhead. These include a reduction on the impacts of fisheries and an increase in Indigenous-led land use planning initiatives and habitat protection efforts. These proactive approaches not only protect critical habitats but also foster sustainable development and job opportunities for local communities.
SkeenaWild comments on Environmental Assessment for the Ksi Lisims LNG Project proposed for the Nass estuary.
We recently submitted our comments on the Environmental Assessment for the proposed Ksi Lisims LNG – Natural Gas Liquefaction and Marine Terminal Project (Ksi Lisims LNG).
Read on to see our comments on how this project impacts our wild salmon, their habitats, and Canada’s climate targets.
Mining Updates
October has been a busy month for BC mining. Here we give you a quick run down of what’s been happening.
Skeena Steelhead and the Impact of Southeast Alaskan Fisheries in 2023
A few weeks ago, we spotlighted the aggressive harvest occurring in Southeast Alaskan commercial mixed-stock salmon fisheries this season and its impacts on Skeena salmon and steelhead.
Now it’s mid-September, commercial fisheries are closed or winding down, and most of this year’s salmon have entered the Skeena, past the Tyee, and are settling into their home rivers. So, how did the numbers add up?
Meanwhile… Alaska is still “steeling” our salmon
While Canadian marine commercial fisheries at the mouth of the Skeena ended on August 3rd in response to a declining in-season return estimate of Skeena sockeye, Southeast Alaskan fishers are in the peak of an aggressive year of harvest – intercepting and killing millions of salmon bound for BC waters.
Thanks to the abundance of pink salmon across the north coast this year, Southeast Alaskan seine fisheries alone have already harvested nearly 14 million salmon – more than double the rate of harvest from this time last year – and the season is not over yet. But it’s not just Alaskan salmon they are harvesting… over 2 million Canadian salmon have likely been intercepted as they try to make their way back home.
Support Ecstall River Monitoring Program
Your donation to SkeenaWild will go directly to the new Ecstall River Monitoring Program, an initiative developed following the massive landslide in the Ecstall River.
North Coast Salmon Update – September 6th 2022
Decisions on fisheries identified for longer-term closures
or additional mitigation requirements are provided in Appendix 10 of the IFMP.
Alaskan Fishing Fleet Catching Huge Proportion Of B.C. Salmon: New Report
The report, which includes a detailed analysis on each B.C. salmon species caught in Southeast Alaskan interception fisheries, was commissioned by Watershed Watch Salmon Society and SkeenaWild Conservation Trust and comes as Canada and the United States begin their annual review of bilateral management under the Pacific Salmon Treaty.