BC Salmon Prices Set to Skyrocket from Climate Change Says Report
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Business Vancouver] By Emma Crawford Hampel - July 7, 2015
B.C.'s bounty of salmon might be feeling the effects of an increasingly hotter climate. A new study released by Vancity says there will be a significant decline in the province's salmon stock within the next five decades due to climate change and the drop in fish numbers would result in soaring prices.
The report Out of Stock predicts that by 2050 there could be a 21 per cent decline in sockeye, a 10 per cent decline in chum, and a 15 per cent decline in sablefish.
"This is a really tangible way for people to understand the impact of climate change," says Rashid Sumaila, one of the study's authors who has been working with the UBC's fisheries research unit for over 20 years...
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