Updated Data for North and Central Coast Salmon Now Available in the Pacific Salmon Explorer
July 24, 2019
The Salmon Watersheds Program is pleased to share three new years of data for all salmon Conservation Units (CUs) on the North and Central Coast of British Columbia (BC). This data update continues our investment in making ‘salmon data’ publicly available through our online data visualization tool, called the Pacific Salmon Explorer, and supporting the assessment of status and trends for salmon CUs across BC. ...
Read moreNass Salmon Data Live in the Pacific Salmon Explorer
January 30, 2019
The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) has collaborated with the Nisga'a, Gitanyow, and Gitxsan First Nations, LGL Limited, and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to bring together the best available data for describing the dynamics and characteristics of all genetically, ecologically, and geographically distinct populations of salmon (known as Conservation Units under Canada’s Wild Salmon Policy) in the Nass Region. All of the compiled information has been visualized and made accessible to the public through an online platform, called the Pacific Salmon Explorer. This dynamic and interactive platform allows the public to track and compare status and trends among Nass salmon Conservation Units and explore the cumulative human and environmental pressures facing freshwater salmon habitats in the region. ...
Read moreCentral Coast Data Live in the Pacific Salmon Explorer
October 10, 2018
A new study undertaken by First Nations and the Pacific Salmon Foundation has provided significant new insights into wild Pacific salmon along the Central Coast of British Columbia. However, it also reveals that more information is needed to understand the complete situation for more than half of the 114 ecologically, geographically, and genetically distinct groups of wild salmon found on the Central Coast, including 62 of 84 sockeye populations. ...
Read moreNew funding supports expansion of the Pacific Salmon Explorer
October 11, 2017
On October 10, 2017, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard announced that the Pacific Salmon Foundation’ Salmon Watersheds Program will receive $1.2 million through the Coastal Restoration Fund to expand the Pacific Salmon Explorer to key salmon-bearing watersheds in British Columbia (BC). ...
Read moreNew Data Visualization Tool – the Pacific Salmon Explorer!
June 15, 2016
We are excited to announce the launch of the Pacific Salmon Explorer!The Pacific Salmon Explorer is a customized, on-line data visualization tool that provides a deep understanding of the information that exists for salmon populations and habitat in the Skeena River watershed. ...
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