British Columbians would have found very little B.C. caught salmon for sale in 2020, thanks to record low Fraser River sockeye that year. | Chung Chow
Living in a province where the Pacific salmon is one of the provincial government’s official symbols, most British Columbians can be forgiven for thinking the salmon they buy in grocery stores were caught in B.C.
It usually isn’t.
Most of the salmon British Columbians buy these days comes from Alaska – with some coming from Russia – both of which still have a viable commercial salmon fishery.
From a food security perspective, B.C. produces a surplus of seafood, much of which is exported. Wild
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