Final yr, solely 70 steelhead returned to the long-lasting Thompson River. For many years, the runs of Inside Fraser River steelhead in Southern British Columbia have been allowed to utterly collapse.
Restoration plans haven’t been enacted, and a earlier emergency try to offer essential protections beneath Canada’s Species at Danger Act (SARA) has been derailed by managing companies. At the moment a brand new effort is underway to guard and rebuild these wild steelhead populations earlier than they’re misplaced utterly.
To assist perceive the tragic scenario, the subsequent steps required, and the teachings and warnings for wild steelhead anglers all over the place, we reached out to Aaron Hill of Watershed Watch Salmon Society and Jesse Zeman of the BC Wildlife Federation for this episode of the Adipose podcast.
