Annual Report 2019: Restoring Wild Salmon’s Superpower

Salmon have overcome immense challenges in the last 18 million years. They’ve survived through ice ages, earthquakes, and floods by being one of the most adaptable creatures on the planet. But now we’re eroding that adaptability through overfishing and poorly managed hatcheries—practices that are diminishing wild salmon diversity around the North Pacific.

In this year’s annual report, we look at new efforts to understand and restore the ability of wild salmon populations to adapt, in order to boost their adaptive superpower in the face of a new threat—climate change.

Featured Stories

Pebble Mine on the Brink
How a toxic mine in Bristol Bay, Alaska, advanced deep into permitting—and why we need to gather strength for the next stage of the fight. WSC is on the front lines as part of the newly formed Bristol Bay Defense Fund and the Stop Pebble Mine campaign.

New Alliances in British Columbia
New projects and partnerships from the Central Coast to the upper Babine are boosting salmon science and conservation in some of Canada’s greatest salmon strongholds.

A Sea Change for Oregon Forestry?

After a long struggle to reform forest practices along salmon streams, WSC and partners brokered a landmark agreement with the timber industry this winter. The agreement just passed into law, activating key provisions on pesticide spray and Rogue-Siskiyou stream protections.

The Wild Advantage

Russian fishermen from Sakhalin Island and West Kamchatka are demonstrating the long term promise of protecting and marketing wild-only salmon fisheries. It’s a hopeful approach for the entire North Pacific.

Be the Difference for Wild Salmon

Restoring wild salmon's superpower requires investment and dedication over the long haul. Will you join us in pursuing lasting protections for wild fish and their home rivers by making a gift today?

While you reconnect to the wild salmon rivers you love this summer, please consider investing in their enduring protection with a donation.

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The mission of the Wild Salmon Center is to promote the conservation and sustainable use of wild salmon ecosystems across the Pacific Rim.

Photo/image credits (from top): Alaska sockeye (Jason Ching); Lake Alegnik, Bristol Bay, Alaska (Jason Ching); Dean research (Scott Carlson); Timber agreement (Guido Rahr); Kamchatka fisheries (Mihael Blikshteyn); Great Bear Rainforest (Ian McAllister).

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