Millions of pink salmon are returning to the West Coast this fall, CTV News reports, fuelling debate about what is behind the boom as a ban on open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters approaches.
Separately, CBC News reports a study that found heart disease in fish at five of seven open-net salmon farms examined.
Wild salmon still face pressure from warm ocean water, drought, flooding and habitat loss. On B.C.'s central coast, volunteer creek walkers are counting returning fish as part of a wider restoration effort, the National Observer reports.
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