I was on Haida Gwaii couple years ago with 2 friends. Pretty much every local we have encountered was very friendly and offered us home canned salmon for free. There were golden eagles and huge ravens everywhere. Ancient rainforests. I got the impression that the last thing Haida people needed is technology enhancing their natural resources. The place just seemed perfect. Oh well, I guess there is money to be made, so never mind...
The depletion of salmon stocks goes beyond Haida Gwaii (for those who studied geography earlier, they used to be known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
Chronic overfishing in both Alaska and the rest of BC has contributed to the dramatic loss of salmon population. I don't think the desire to increase the salmon population is in and of itself a bad thing...
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I was on Haida Gwaii couple years ago with 2 friends. Pretty much every local we have encountered was very friendly and offered us home canned salmon for free. There were golden eagles and huge ravens everywhere. Ancient rainforests. I got the impression that the last thing Haida people needed is technology enhancing their natural resources. The place just seemed perfect. Oh well, I guess there is money to be made, so never mind...
The depletion of salmon stocks goes beyond Haida Gwaii (for those who studied geography earlier, they used to be known as the Queen Charlotte Islands).
Chronic overfishing in both Alaska and the rest of BC has contributed to the dramatic loss of salmon population. I don't think the desire to increase the salmon population is in and of itself a bad thing...