Desperately seeking chum salmon returns


By Pat Johnson / Squamish Chief
‘Without a healthy chum population, the other salmon populations are going to perform poorly,’ local fisher

The numbers of chum salmon returning to spawn in the Squamish River and nearby waterways this year is being called “abysmal” and the lowest in years by local fishers. And while chum are not highly prized for human consumption, they are essential to a healthy ecosystem in the area—including everything from insects to grizzly bears.…

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December 11, 2018

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