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Pacific salmon ecology and Conservation Laboratory

Our mission:

We are committed to the study of salmonid ecology, behaviour and physiology, and to providing management systems with information needed for the conservation and sustainable use of fish resources.

– Dr. Scott G. Hinch

Lab Research in the News!

Scott Hinch named a Distinguished University Scholar (2023) – UBC conferred the most prestigious and highest honour it has to Dr. Hinch for his scholarship in research and teaching (ubc.ca)
Scott Hinch named a Distinguished University Scholar (2023) – UBC conferred the most prestigious and highest honour it has to Dr. Hinch for his scholarship in research and teaching (ubc.ca)
(2024) - UBC research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot (ubc.ca)
(2024) - UBC research helps migrating salmon survive mortality hot-spot (ubc.ca)
(2024) - Log booms and salmon habitat (CBC)
(2024) - Log booms and salmon habitat (CBC)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (Global News)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (Global News)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (CTV)
(2024) - Salmon migration catastrophe: Chilko landslide story (CTV)
(2024) - DNA studies of juvenile salmon estuary use (raincoast.org)
(2024) - DNA studies of juvenile salmon estuary use (raincoast.org)
(2023) - Salmon catch and release research with PSEC lab members and former NHL player Brendan Morrison
(2023) - Salmon catch and release research with PSEC lab members and former NHL player Brendan Morrison
(2021) - Female Salmon are Dying at Higher Rates Than Male Salmon (ubc.ca)
(2021) - Female Salmon are Dying at Higher Rates Than Male Salmon (ubc.ca)
(2021) - Fish of the Future - Genome BC
(2021) - Fish of the Future - Genome BC
(2021) - Talking Salmon with Zachary Sherker - RagTag Magazine
(2021) - Talking Salmon with Zachary Sherker - RagTag Magazine
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