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Article: BC Pacific Salmon Forum Releases New Study That Spotlights Complex Factors Impacting Wild Salmon in the Broughton Archipelago.
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- Canadian Corporate News
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- April 28, 2008
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NANAIMO, BRITISH COLUMBIA, Apr 28, 2008 (Marketwire via COMTEX) -- A new study published by the BC Pacific Salmon Forum throws light on environmental and other conditions and events in the Broughton Archipelago over nearly 60 years.
Broughton Archipelago: A State of Knowledge, by Dr. Isobel A. Pearsall, contains more than 600 pages of data on salmon escapements, commercial salmon harvests, farmed salmon production, sea lice counts on wild and farmed salmon, climate and rainfall, river discharges, ocean currents, waste management and marine escapes, forest harvesting and watershed assessments. Dr. Pearsall pulled these data together from a wide variety of government sources ...