#bcmarinelife — Public Fediverse posts

Atlantic #wildsalmon driven to extinction.

🇨🇦 Federal Fisheries Department reports:

🐟 "Though #ClimateChange and predation also have negative impacts, the effects of aquaculture operations near the Conne River are the most significant probable factor"

🐟 local wild salmon population shrank by 92 per cent between 1986 and 2022

Issue also for #BCpoli #BCmarinelife #FoodSecurity

https://www.thecanadianpressnews.ca/environment/study-says-aquaculture-likely-driving-wild-salmon-extinction-in-newfoundland/article_c05144cf-610e-5ef7-9c57-e70e1031ef36.html