Pacific Salmon Foundation

Pacific Salmon Foundation The Pacific Salmon Foundation is dedicated to the recovery of wild Pacific salmon and their habitat in B.C. and the Yukon.
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Donations to the Pacific Salmon Foundation support volunteer programs across the province that address salmon conservation and habitat renewal. Since 1989, Pacific Salmon Foundation has provided these groups with $9.2 million for 1,279 projects which was then leveraged locally for a total impact of $64 million for salmon and the environment. The Foundation also manages major initiatives on the Ske

ena and Fraser rivers in partnership with industry, government, First Nations and other foundations. Through evidence-based science the Foundation promotes solutions for the challenges facing Pacific salmon and their environment. The Foundation also serves as a voice in Victoria and Ottawa for conservation of Pacific salmon and the ecosystems that depend on them for survival.

08/21/2026

Why do some herring spend their summers in the Strait of Georgia?

Most herring in the Strait spawn in the spring, then migrate to the west coast of Vancouver Island to feed throughout the summer.

But some remain, feeding in the deep waters of the northern Strait all season. First Nations, stewards, and anglers have observed these fish for generations, and many believe summer herring populations have grown in recent years.

PSF's Herring Team and A-Tlegay Fisheries Society are on the water, using acoustic surveys and jigging to monitor these fish and better understand what's driving the changes and the impacts on salmon. 🚤

As PSF’s Jess Qualley explains, herring are the most abundant forage fish in the Strait and prey for many animals like seabirds, marine mammals, and, of course, Pacific salmon.

PSF is delighted to host our 2026 Comox Valley Gala Dinner & Auction on Saturday, September 26 at the Florence Filberg C...
08/19/2026

PSF is delighted to host our 2026 Comox Valley Gala Dinner & Auction on Saturday, September 26 at the Florence Filberg Centre!

Join us for a cocktail hour with seafood appetizers, complimentary champagne, featured raffles, and a decadent dinner, plus exciting auctions featuring luxury eco-tourism experiences, angling adventures, unique artwork, and other items.

Come and celebrate the Comox Valley community and the tremendous impact you've had on restoring salmon 🐟

Secure your tickets today: https://psf.ca/events/comox-gala-dinner-auction-september-26-2026/

We thank our sponsors: Gee Gibson & Associates - IG Private Wealth Management, Forbidden Timber, Chris Flynn - Re/Max Ocean Pacific Realty, and Gilman Deters Private Wealth - Harbourfront Wealth Group.

📷: Brooklyn Creek Watershed Society, Eiko Jones

Drought. Fire. Flooding. Summers are getting harder for salmon in B.C. 🐟ㅤBut across the province, PSF is funding urgent ...
08/18/2026

Drought. Fire. Flooding. Summers are getting harder for salmon in B.C. 🐟
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But across the province, PSF is funding urgent action to restore three important salmon rivers: the Adams, the Nicola, and the Muchalat. These restoration projects can make an immediate difference for salmon coming into this fall's spawning season.
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You can help. Every dollar you give is matched until August 31.
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Double your impact →
🔗 psf.ca/restore

Two months away from the 2026 B.C. Salmon Recovery & Resilience Conference, and today we're announcing five more breakou...
08/15/2026

Two months away from the 2026 B.C. Salmon Recovery & Resilience Conference, and today we're announcing five more breakout sessions! 📣

▪️ Technological Advancements in Salmon Monitoring
▪️ Water for Salmon: Managing Flows, Habitat, and Resilience
▪️ Advancing Hatchery Adaptation: From Strategies to Actions
▪️ Creative Financing for Salmon Recovery and Resilience
▪️ Mountain to Marine: Process-Based Salmon Recovery

If you work in salmon recovery, science, fisheries, or conservation, you belong at this conference.

🗓️ October 15–16, 2026
📍 Vancouver Convention Centre

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Presented by the Pacific Salmon Foundation
In partnership with the Province of British Columbia and the First Nations Fisheries Council of B.C.

🔗 Register now → psf.ca/conference

Do you know a student passionate about salmon? PSF’s Stewardship Community Bursary offers $2,500 to students in B.C. or ...
08/13/2026

Do you know a student passionate about salmon? PSF’s Stewardship Community Bursary offers $2,500 to students in B.C. or the Yukon enrolled in a program related to salmon conservation or restoration.

Here are the details:
📚 Open to students in at least their 2nd year of post-secondary education
💸 Must demonstrate financial need
🌱 Preference for those with experience in streamkeeping or stewardship

Tag anyone who could benefit from this bursary below.

Applications close on October 30, 2026.

Learn more: https://vist.ly/5eqhx

08/12/2026

B.C.'s wild salmon are facing a hard summer. 🐟

Drought, fire, and flooding are pushing salmon to a breaking point. But there's a narrow window to act before the fall spawning season.

Right now, PSF is helping to restore three of B.C.'s most vital salmon rivers: the Adams, the Nicola, and the Muchalat near Gold River.

And here's the good news: every dollar you give is matched, dollar for dollar, until Aug 31. That means your $50 becomes $100: twice the impact for salmon.

Donate today and double your impact.

🔗 psf.ca/restore

08/07/2026

Extreme climate events, including droughts, floods, and fires, are on the rise in British Columbia. These events can pose life-threatening challenges to Pacific salmon, compromising their survival and migration.

Pacific Salmon Foundation is ready to help. Since it was launched in 2023, PSF’s Climate Emergency Fund has approved $1.8 million in funding to 59 emergency projects.

If you work with salmon and need emergency funding this summer, contact [email protected].

The Climate Emergency Fund is made possible through funding and partnership with The Government of Canada, the Province of B.C. and the First Nations Fisheries Council.

Did you know? The Nanaimo River is experiencing exceptionally dry conditions that threaten endangered Chinook salmon.Ear...
07/23/2026

Did you know? The Nanaimo River is experiencing exceptionally dry conditions that threaten endangered Chinook salmon.

Earlier this summer, PSF funded $6,000 for the BC Conservation Foundation and the Snuneymuxw First Nation to salvage juvenile salmon. So far, crews have rescued more than 5,000 young salmon with nets, transferring them to buckets for anesthetic treatment and tagging before releasing them into cooler, more suitable habitat.

“Rebuilding endangered Chinook populations is about restoring the river, protecting Snuneymuxw food security, and ensuring salmon remain part of our community for generations to come,” says Kali Brauckmann, Snuneymuxw’s Marine Division Coordinator.

Proactive drought planning is also essential. With support from PSF, a committee co-led by Snuneymuxw First Nation and Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) was formed in 2025 to improve coordination of water management decisions affecting salmon survival.

The committee is working toward a plan that will allow more timed "pulse" water releases to optimize salmon migration patterns and community water restrictions.

In a new Scientific Reports study, researchers from PSF and UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship's Pacifi...
07/22/2026

In a new Scientific Reports study, researchers from PSF and UBC Faculty of Forestry & Environmental Stewardship's Pacific Salmon Ecology and Conservation Lab have documented tenacibaculosis — a marine bacterial disease that causes skin and fin ulcers and mortality — in wild Chinook salmon for the first time.

Of 99 Chinook salmon sampled, 16% showed signs of tenacibaculosis, with high associated mortality. The disease was likely caused by a common marine bacterium called Tenacibaculum dicentrarchi.

Tenacibaculosis is well known in farmed salmon, but this new study marks the first confirmed case in wild Pacific salmon.

As lead author Dr. Emiliano Di Cicco notes, diagnosing wild fish with disease is notoriously difficult: "Once a wild fish gets sick, it's often caught by a predator quickly, or it becomes too weak to feed and eventually starves."

These findings provide new evidence not accounted for in current federal risk assessments for Tenacibaculum as potential disease agents.

Learn more: https://psf.ca/news-media/first-report-of-bacterial-disease-tenacibaculosis-in-wild-chinook-salmon/

For more than three years, our scientists have been working closely with coastal First Nations partners to study the rol...
07/21/2026

For more than three years, our scientists have been working closely with coastal First Nations partners to study the role of Pacific herring in the salmon food web.

Working alongside Cowichan Tribes, Tla’amin Nation, A-Tlegay Fisheries Society and We Wai Kai First Nation artist Jess Chickite, we created an educational colouring booklet to explore how salmon and herring interact in the ocean.

Colour in your favourite marine animal and learn about this research by downloading a digital copy of the booklet for free.

https://psf.ca/learn/colouring-booklet-salmon-herring/

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