How is the WSC different from other salmon organizations?
The Wild Salmon Center is the only truly international Pacific salmon organization, dedicated to working with partners to protect salmon, steelhead, char and trout stocks and their ecosystems across the entire Pacific Rim. In Oregon, Washington and British Columbia, a wide variety of non-governmental organizations, academic institutions and government agencies are dedicated to salmon conservation issues. Most of these institutions attempt to reverse the declines in wild salmon abundance and diversity through a number of strategies, ranging from habitat restoration to policy reform to consumer advocacy about farmed and hatchery salmon. We are supportive of these efforts and recognize the leadership of these organizations that have taken on such roles. However, we at the Wild Salmon Center are committed to identifying the last, best wild Pacific salmon populations, and devising strategies to protect them wherever they are. Because the overall status of salmon in the Pacific Northwest is
