It started with a simple question: Why are salmon dying in the Salish Sea? The answer, as it turns out, would pull scientists from 60 organizations in a variety of directions. FOX13
, connected scientists and organizations from both sides of the border – all interested in dwindling salmon populations in shared waters of Washington and British Columbia.
. "There are a number of things impacting our salmon, so to understand and learn about those things we need to be listening to people and we need to be having conversations and learning about different perspectives."Chinook, Coho and steelhead in the Salish Sea have struggled to recoverThe SSMSP technically wrapped up in 2021, but the urgency was such that many projects were already being put into practice before the 8-year-long project wrapped up.
When juvenile salmon first make their way toward the ocean they need safe passage and food resources. However, as cities have grown around prime rivers, streams and estuaries the likelihood of salmon surviving has dropped off. Pavel has been advocating for the project since the early 90s, work began in the mid 2000s – today the major work is behind them, however there is still ongoing work to ensure invasive plants don’t take over the estuary.
"The awareness of the importance of herring was always there," explained Jed Moore. "The will to look at it and research it more heavily on behalf of salmon is the newer thing."
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