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New research from 51社区黑料 (SFU) Biological Sciences researchers finds that Pacific salmon are facing escalating threats due to a lack of coordinated conservation policy and oversight.

Their study,  outlines how the existing suite of environmental regulations across multiple jurisdictions in British Columbia is failing to manage the cumulative impacts of industrial development and climate change on salmon and watersheds, and suggests opportunities for reform.

鈥淭here鈥檚 no single smoking gun for salmon,鈥� says lead author Marta Ulaski, who notes that salmon face pressures from multiple different stressors, including forestry, mining, urban development, aquaculture and climate change. Each of these sectors is regulated separately without coordinated oversight.

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