Save the salmon
canada has barred fishing of sockeye salmon, an important Pacific Ocean salmon specie, after officials discovered that fewer fish returned to their river spawning grounds than had been expected. Commercial and recreational fishermen were ordered not to catch sockeye salmon bound for the Fraser River basin after the department of fisheries estimated that only three million of the expected eight million fish would return to their spawning ground.
The sockeye run has been one of the most important source of dispute with the us where fishermen can also catch salmon bound for rivers across the border. Officials said they would also discuss the issue with Indian tribes along the Fraser river who have a constitutional right to catch salmon for food and ceremonial purposes.