Grizzlies starve as salmon disappear

As salmon numbers drop, bears are also few and far between along B.C.”s wild central coast – signalling what conservationists say is an unfolding ecological disaster.

“The chum runs have been fished out. We”ve seen the biological extinction of a [salmon] species, and now we”re seeing the impact on bears.”

“This should be a huge red flag for DFO … but they continue to manage British Columbia’s salmon fishery in a total state of denial,” he said. “Even as we speak, they are still considering more [salmon fishing] openings when not enough fish have returned to the rivers.

The worst salmon disaster this year has been on the Fraser River, on the south coast, where 10.6 million sockeye were expected, but only about 1.6 million returned… Read Full Article