Bird's-eye view of crucial habitat for declining species | Canada's National Observer: News & Analysis

Some 250 years ago, Pacific herring existed so abundantly in the Salish Sea that the Lekwungen Peoples would rake them from the ocean. Today, more than a century of settlers overfishing this species continues to have impacts on regional bird life.

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