habitat protection must be included and integral in all urban, rural and marine development and that, instead of being mutually exclusive, including habitat protection in all development plans will result in healthier communities and sustainable fisheries.
Salmon Farming
Impacts from salmon farming include sea lice and disease transfer to wild salmon, fish waste smothering the seabed and marine mammal kills.
Forestry Practices
Poor forest practices can destroy stream banks, spawning channels and streamside vegetation needed to keep streams health for salmon.
Hydro Dams
Hydroelectric dams have left a legacy of reduced water flows that have seriously impacted salmon stocks. New independent power projects pose new threats.
Mining
Mining can create toxic tailings leaching into fish bearing lakes and acid mine drainage that can last for centuries.
Offshore Oil & Gas
Even small amounts of oil can result in impacts on juvenile fish and shellfish as can the seismic testing used to map offshore oil and gas.
Urban Stream Protection
Urban development alters stream flows, reduces streamside vegetation and causes both stream torrents and summer low flows.