By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News Salmon populations aren\u2019t being monitored as much as they were in the past, according to a recent study from a non-profit out of British Columbia. The report, entitled \u201cMonitoring for fisheries or for fish? Declines in monitoring of salmon spawners continue despite a conservation crisis,\u201d was published on Sept. 10 in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. The Pacific Salmon Foundation found that there\u2019s been a decline in the monitoring of spawning salmon since the 1986 across British Columbia and the Yukon. The study said there was an average decline of 41 monitored populations per year. However, the Yukon-specific context is unique. \u201cThere is sort of a combination of reduced monitoring in some places, but also poor reporting of… <\/p>\n
By Talar Stockton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter, Yukon News Salmon populations aren\u2019t being monitored as much as they were in the past, according to a recent study from a non-profit out of British Columbia. The report, entitled \u201cMonitoring for fisheries or for fish? Declines in monitoring of salmon spawners continue despite a conservation crisis,\u201d was published on Sept. 10 in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. The Pacific Salmon Foundation found that there\u2019s been a decline in the monitoring of spawning salmon since the 1986 across British Columbia and the Yukon. The study said there was an average decline of 41 monitored populations per year. However, the Yukon-specific context is unique. \u201cThere is sort of a combination of reduced monitoring in some places, but also poor reporting of... <\/p>\n