Research Paper by Otto Langer

Nature Vancouver members will be interested to read this research paper by renowned fisheries biologist and Nature Vancouver member, Otto Langer: Why Alaska’s Bristol Bay Rivers Produce More Sockeye Salmon that the Fraser River. The subtitle of Langer’s 15-page research paper is: An inconvenient truth – human activity and climate change has much to do with the demise of sockeye in the Fraser River. Note that his paper was written March 2021, so before the summer Heat Dome and our recent atmospheric river flooding. Langer’s research paper answers the question: “Why do Fraser River sockeye collapse while those in Alaska thrive?”  He compares basic parameters of the extent of human impacts between the two watersheds. His paper also provides considerable information on the effects of climate change on salmon. His paper is timely as our federal government’s decision on whether to approve the proposed expansion of Roberts Bank Superport (RBT2) will soon be announced.

Click on the image below to read Langer’s research paper:

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