

"However, we're feeling the impacts of climate change all around us in B.C. Provincial ministries responsible for salmon and the environment offered emailed statements about the situation, but would not confirm the location of the videos or cause of the mass salmon die off seen in the images.
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Housty said that the full impact of a mass die-off of fish won't be seen until about 2026, when the adult salmon spawned this year return. "All of those salmon that are just kind of wasted away and didn't even have the opportunity to reproduce is just heartbreaking," said Housty. "It's sad to watch the wild salmon deteriorate right in front of your eyes." He estimates that if this scene is extrapolated over many creeks, it's likely hundreds of thousands of fish have died along rivers and streams in their territory this year, due to the warm temperatures and low water levels. "To see it kind of come to this magnitude is quite shocking," said Housty. Many were lying limp over logs or along a creek bed, or floating in shallow, warm waters of a creek that's usually much deeper this time of year. Photos and videos taken by German anthropologist Sarah Mund, who was helping Simon Fraser University salmon counters, show what appear to be hundreds of salmon, a few still gasping for air. This past weekend, researchers discovered piles of lifeless fish – mostly pink salmon - floating dead or plastered together along the bottom of the Neekas near Spiller Channel. This year's drought may have wiped out many more fish when water levels dropped after their return. Duration 0:34 Salmon counters for the Heiltsuk First Nation found piles of dead salmon in early October along Neekus Creek.
