Agriculture In the Western Cordillera
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Fishing
- West Coast:
#1 catch (value) = Salmon
#1 species (value) = Sockeye

- Salmon fry - fingerlings up to two (2) years
             - after 2 years, go to ocean


Conflicting Industries with Fishing

-	Pulp and paper: needs lots of water and pollution in water ways.
-	Clear cutting: dumping logs into water ways. 
-	Agriculture: pesticide run-off. 
-	Clear cutting: makes forests more susceptible to erosion for rain fall, and plant roots decaying and not holding together the soil. 

The soil gets washed into streams. This is called:

Siltation

-	Covers up spawning beds – salmon
-	Creates an unhealthy environment for the salmon – could be lethal  

Answers to Problems

1. Salmon Farms
-	Small gene pool (inbreeding)
-	Genetic abnormalities
-	Undesirable genes getting into wild from salmon farms
2. Limit Fishing
-	Enforcement?!
-	Less business? Economics!?

Mining

Metallic Minerals

-	Primary mineral: Copper
-	Bingham Mine – world’s largest open-pit copper mine
-	Uranium (at one time)

Oil + Natural Gas

-	BC = second behind Alberta for natural gas

Coal

- A lot shipped to Japan 
- Robert’s Bank Superport