Jude Isabella - Salmon: A Scientific Memoir

My deep gratitude and thanks go to the First Nations who welcomed me to their territories: the Heiltsuk, St:l, Stsailes, Tlaamin, and the Kwiakah, Xwemalhkwu and Wei Wai Kum (the Laich-Kwil-Tach Treaty Society). I want to thank Tyrone McNeil of the St:l Tribal Council and his family for welcoming me to the familys dry rack fishery though not in the book, their hard work and knowledge set the tone of the story. There were also the scientists and knowledge holders who welcomed me into the field, lab and/or answered all manner of questions: Will Atlas, Megan Caldwell, Tim Clark, Dee Cullon, Brooke Davis, Randy Dingwall, Erika Eliason, Amy Groesbeck, Scott Hinch, Yeongha Jung, Dana Lepofsky, Quentin Mackie, Iain McKechnie, Duncan McLaren, Rhy McMillan, R.G. Matson, Heather Pratt, John Reynolds, Christine Roberts, Anne Salomon, Carol Schmitt, Mary Thiess, Brian Thom, Marc Trudel, Michelle Washington, Louie Wilson and Elroy White. Eric Peterson, Christina Munck and the Hakai Beach Institute hosted me and unknowingly provided me with access to some of the final threads of the story. I would like to thank David Beers at The Tyee, who said yes far more often than no; the Society of Environmental Journalists for travel funding; the University of Victorias anthropology department for providing funding, an academic home and proudly claiming me as one of their own; and the captain and crew of the CCGS W.E. Ricker. April Nowell and David Leach provided support, encouragement, comments and good-natured pressure to get the manuscript done already. I especially want to thank the ever-patient Tobin Stokes for answering frantic phone calls from a lost traveller and giving really good directions, and for packing a house and moving almost single-handedly, sometimes with only a bicycle as transportation. Finally, I want to thank my editor Margaret Knox, whose voice I now hear in my head every time I write (thank you, Meg).

JUDE ISABELLA has been a journalist for over 20 years, focusing on science, health and the environment. She writes for a diverse audience, from grownups interested in archaeology to young readers curious about space exploration. Jude has written five science books for kids, including Fantastic Feats and Failures, which won the prestigious American Institute of Physics Award. She spent three years researching salmon and marine biodiversity on Canadas West Coast, resulting in this book. Jude lives in Victoria, British Columbia.

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