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Join us for stories and conversations with the scientists and conservationists who investigate to understand coastal species and processes; inform by bringing science to decision-makers and communities; and inspire action to protect wildlife and wildlife habitats.© Raincoast Conservation Foundation 博物学 科学 自然・生態学
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  • Communicating the “why care?”, the importance of listening and community empowerment with Tom Rutherford
    2025/10/07

    In this episode, host Auston Chhor sits down with Tom Rutherford, Executive Director of the Cowichan Watershed Board. Tom has been involved in building partnerships to support community empowerment for salmon and watershed sustainability over nearly 40 years. Over the course of a long career with Fisheries and Oceans Canada and working with Living Rivers / British Columbia Conservation Foundation, Tom has evolved into a talented science communicator.


    What even is a watershed board? This is the question Auston first asks Tom, getting the conversation flowing into how the practice of opening ears can open minds, and lead to opening doors for opportunity. In Tom’s work with the board, he highlights the need to listen, shift perceptions, and consider the concept of whether we have enough science, but need more social science.


    “My theory is there’s not enough of us who are engaged professionally in this work to make a difference. In order to move the needle, we have to bring everyone along with us.”


    A solution? Outreach and engagement. Tom and Auston provide some examples of great science communication, and discuss how it can occasionally be looked at condescendingly, or completely overlooked altogether.


    Other topics include: the 2003 Chinook crisis in the Cowichan River, the 2023 unprecedented fish mortality event, a six foot tall dancing Chinook, and how things aren’t going to be the same, but they’re going to be okay (if we take action).


    Additional resources:

    • Cowichan Watershed Board
    • Tom’s home waters: Kelvin Creek Watershed, a small tributary of the Koksilah
    • The 2003 Chinook Crisis in the Cowichan River
    • Poisonous shellfish warnings on Vancouver Island
    • Watershed superheroes, Water Woman
    • Mr. Floatie, Victoria’s dancing piece of poop to advocate for water treatment
    • Chinook Shimmy, Cowichan Watershed Board’s dancing salmon
    • 2023 fish mortality event

    Raincoast Radio is hosted by Auston Chhor and produced by Sofia Osborne. This podcast is a production of Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Learn more and support our work at raincoast.org

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    57 分
  • How crises lead to connection with Murray Ned, Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance
    2025/10/01

    In this episode of More than a fish, host Auston Chhor returns to the roots of seeing salmon as sustenance, culture, and identity through speaking with guest Murray Ned, a member of the Sumas First Nation located in the Fraser Valley. He also formerly served as Councillor for Sumas First Nation and as the Fisheries Manager for the Sto:lo Tribal Council.


    Murray is the Executive Director of the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance, where he is a part of numerous regional and provincial fishery committees, task, and working groups. The LFFA is an Indigenous technical organization that works to advance the collective fisheries interests of Lower Fraser First Nations. One of the ways they do this is by holding monthly fishers Forums to discuss common issues in the lower Fraser River and its tributaries, where each member Nation of the 30 that compose the LFFA (24 signatory, 6 non-signatory) sends a delegate.


    “We’ve got an obligation — an inherent obligation — to look after the resource, the water, plus those that rely on the water, including the salmon… we also have an obligation to bridge relationships and understand that we have to look after the fish wherever they migrate.” – Murray Ned


    Auston asks Murray to travel back to his first memory of salmon, how he made the jump from millwright to fisheries management, as well as his visions for the Lower Fraser. They then go on to discuss the Fraser River Sockeye collapse of 2009, when over 10 million fish were estimated to return but only a fraction actually showed.


    Can a crisis bring people together? Or is it a matter of fighting over what’s left?


    Additional resources:

    • The Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance and Member Nations
    • Fraser River Sockeye collapse of 2009
    • The Abbotsford Flood 2021
    • Q&A with Murray Ned; Fraser Valley Current
    • Learn more about this season’s host, Auston Chhor
    • Learn more about Raincoast’s wild salmon program

    Raincoast Radio is hosted by Auston Chhor and produced by Sofia Osborne. This podcast is a production of Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Learn more and support our work at raincoast.org

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    48 分
  • Bridging the gap between salmon scientists and anglers with Fishing with Rod
    2025/09/23

    A salmon habitat biologist and a recreational angler sit down to record a podcast…


    Some say that scientists may butt heads with those who love fishing, but the two groups have more in common than one may think. This week, Auston Chhor chats with Rodney Hsu, founder and host of the popular YouTube channel Fishing with Rod, whose videos have amassed over 23 million views. Auston himself learned how to fish by watching Rod’s content, and has been a longtime fan and subscriber (one of the channel’s 81,000 of them).


    Rod first started the channel in 2001, teaching those who tuned in about saltwater and freshwater angling throughout BC. He’s a prominent voice for the recreational angling community, serving as a public advisor for the Freshwater Fisheries Society of BC and a representative of Fisheries and Oceans Canada Upper Fraser Valley Sport Fishing Advisory Committee.


    The two discuss Rod’s 25-year journey building the brand and how it evolved into an online cornucopia of information for those wanting to break into the world of fishing in BC, a space where the knowledge gap can be vast and intimidating with regulations and timing, let alone technique.


    “There’s a lot of misunderstanding… I think most people who get into fishing really want to do the right thing. No one intentionally wants to harm fish, or poach, or do anything illegal, and it’s really hard to follow the regulations. That’s where I came in, to bridge that gap.” – Rodney Hsu


    The conversation goes on to explore the impact of catch and release angling, hot button issues between the recreational sector and decisionmakers, as well as fishing being a pathway to caring.


    “We all want the same thing — we all want sustainability in salmon returns. We just disagree on a few other things… like how to achieve that.” – Rodney Hsu


    Additional resources:

    • Fishing with Rod
      • YouTube
      • Instagram
      • Facebook
      • TikTok
      • Website
    • Video with Dave Scott: Reclaiming Fraser River Estuary for Juvenile Pacific Salmon | Fishing with Rod
    • Keep Fish Wet: Science-based advice to help anglers improve the outcome for each fish they release
    • New study reveals pathways to transform conflict over contentious salmon and killer whale management in BC; Identifying opportunities towards conflict transformation in an Orca-Salmon-Human system


    Raincoast Radio is hosted by Auston Chhor and produced by Sofia Osborne. This podcast is a production of Raincoast Conservation Foundation, a team of conservationists and scientists empowered by research to protect the lands, waters and wildlife of coastal British Columbia. Learn more and support our work at raincoast.org

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    59 分
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