The Salmon People podcast: The Unlikely Detective
EPISODE 1: Some victims don’t have voices. Off the coast of British Columbia, wild salmon started dying by the millions. Chris Bennett runs Blackfish Lodge, 300 kilometers north of Vancouver where Canada’s West Coast crumbles into the Pacific Ocean. His guests are from all over the world. They come to see B.C.’s wildlife, but especially the salmon. Chris was out with a group of tourists when he looked into the water alongside his boat and noticed young salmon — called smolts — acting strangely. He drove down the coast with a few smolts in a bucket to show to Alexandra Morton, a neighbor who studied orcas. It was the first clue in a mystery of disappearing salmon, and Alex, an unlikely detective, stepped up. The Salmon People podcast is a co-production between award-winning journalist Sandra Bartlett and Canada\’s National Observer.
