Conversations That Matter - Ep 87 - Brian Riddell - Where have the Coho and Chinook gone?

Episode 87

Brian Riddell - What happen to the Chinook and Coho Salmon?

Conversations That Matter features Brian Riddell on the mass disappearance of Chinook and Coho in the Salish Sea. Riddell says the number of fish that have vanished is extraordinary and he along with a host of other agencies on both sides of the Canada US Border are working to understand what is happening.

Riddell says it’s an environmental disaster with huge financial impacts, “when we talk about losing production from chinook and coho salmon, what we really lost was 90% of the catch and we lost about $750 million a year to local communities.”

The Salish Sea Marine Survival Project is identifying and cataloguing the issues and over the next five years will work with governments and NGOs to develop and enhance effective strategies to help revive these precious species.

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