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Salmon Counts in Crisis | Vancouver News
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For forty years, Ralph Nelson has kayaked and hiked remote streams to count salmon — a vital job now fading as Fisheries and Oceans Canada slashes its patrol force. With critical data missing, First Nations like the Heiltsuk step in, but it’s unsustainable. Salmon runs have collapsed from 40 million to just four million in the Fraser River — yet DFO claims no major changes to its monitoring. As veteran counters age out and younger people walk away, some still paddle on, determined to keep watch — even if their data never reaches the government.
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