Honeybees at Risk, Are We Next?

April 2, 2013 (Canadian Angling.com) Scientific studies in March have found that a combination of pesticides that are commonly used in agriculture are effecting the bee’s ability to learn and could interfere with the learning circuits in their brains. This is very important since the bees must forage to find floral food for the nest. Bees are one of the […]

Hydropower Dams Stopping Fish Migration

Canadian Angling.com (Feb 11, 2013) Scientific studies recently have discovered that state of the art hydro dams, that were supposed to allow migratory fish (like steelhead, rainbow, brown trout, salmon, herring) to swim upstream to spawn, have failed to allow the fish upriver. This is amazing since there was fish passage systems (fish ladders), built into the dams. This has […]

Salmon Runs Vary Greatly Over Centuries

Canadian Angling (Feb. 10, 2013) Researchers have recently found that salmon runs, vary considerably over the centuries. In the past 20 years, they recognized that the salmon stocks vary yearly and some have 10 year long cycles, but their research has found that they actually may vary from one century to another.