The Narwhal https://thenarwhal.ca Deep Dives, Cold Facts, & Pointed Commentary en-US Copyright 2026 The Narwhal hourly 1 ‘The salmon will come back again’: First Nations document devastating low returns on B.C.’s central coast https://thenarwhal.ca/bc-salmon-central-coast-2021-run/ Thu, 23 Dec 2021 23:12:07 +0000 https://thenarwhal.ca/?p=41614 Fifty years ago, an average of 47,000 salmon returned annually to the Neekas River north of Bella Bella. In 2021, the 750 salmon returning to the once-teeming waterway act as a fresh warning to local First Nations that urgent action is needed — at both the provincial and federal level — to prevent total population collapse Steph Kwetásel’wet Wood In-Depth B.C. Indigenous Rights salmon wildlife Photo: Olivia Leigh Nowak / Salmon Nation A man walks along a river's edge