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Michael Price

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Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University

Impact assessments, fisheries protections and species-at-risk legislation are not administrative inconveniences; they are safeguards designed to manage environmental risk before damage occurs. (Fengkai Liu/Unsplash)

July 29, 2026

Canada’s infrastructure projects could damage Pacific salmon habitats

Michael Price, Simon Fraser University

Biodiversity policies fail because governments lack the safeguards, accountability mechanisms and political commitment needed to implement them consistently.

Coho salmon swim at the Fisheries and Oceans Canada Capilano River Hatchery, in North Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

February 8, 2026

Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most

Michael Price, Simon Fraser University and Jonathan Moore, Simon Fraser University

Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.

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