Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.
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A study of viral variants finds Piscine orthoreovirus continuously spills over from farmed salmon to wild salmon.
As climate change warms northern rivers and changes precipitation patterns, some types of cold-loving fish are failing.
Regulations have lowered mercury emissions globally, but the risks to ocean ecosystems and human health may be getting worse.
Pacific salmon are ingrained in the culture and economy of Canada. They are also a key link between ocean and land. But what happens if a pipeline failure contaminates their habitat?
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Associate professor, University of Guelph
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Conservation Planning Biologist, Wildlife Conservation Society Canada and Adjunct Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Saskatchewan
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Liber Ero Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia
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Adjunct professor, Simon Fraser University
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Postdoctoral fellow, Cooke Lab, Carleton University
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Professor and York University Research Chair in Global Change Biology; Director of the United Nations Institute for Training and Research Global Water Academy, York University, Canada
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Professor of Aquatic Ecology, Simon Fraser University
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Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology, Simon Fraser University