Trans Mountain commits to multi year protection programmes for wild Pacific salmon

The Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF) and Trans Mountain announced measures that will be introduced by the pipeline company in the protection of wild Pacific salmon. Trans Mountain has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with PSF for multi year salmon programmes, including a third party assessment by PSF of Trans Mountain’s construction across sensitive salmon-bearing water courses in British Columbia (B.C.). The agreement provides CAN$2.5 million in funding to support grants to community groups for salmon conservation, coastal research and post-secondary education bursary programme and up to CAN$500 000 for the third party construction assessment.