steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C.’s Lois Lake ecosystem

steelhead salmon escape fish farm, threatening B.C.’s Lois Lake ecosystem

Source: nationalobserver

4/15/2023

Most B.C. fishing guides would be thrilled if a client pulled a 30-pound rainbow trout from the lake during an expedition.

But the scenario is cause for concern on Lois Lake, said Pat Demeester, who has been an angler and guide in the Powell River region on the Sunshine Coast for decades.