The University of Guelph has received $1.45M over 30 months from the Government of Canada’s Oceans Protection Plan to study the impact of bitumen exposure on Pacific salmon returning to freshwater systems to spawn. The purpose of the project is to understand the effects of oil spills on salmon and improve post-spill assessment methods. UoGuelph will collaborate with researchers at Simon Fraser University as well as local Indigenous communities, who have a connection to and knowledge of Pacific salmon and the watershed. “Pacific salmon are an important resource that needs to be protected,” said UoGuelph Professor Dr Todd Gillis. “Expanding our knowledge on these effects will help safeguard salmon populations and the communities that rely on them.”
