A team of rescuers is working hard to help airlift thousands of salmon in Canada to safety. The salmon are trapped in a section of the Fraser River in British Columbia, Canada. They have been trapped in that part of the river since a landslide in June. The landslide blocked off the section of the river, which meant the salmon could not swim upstream to spawn (lay their eggs). Rescuers and conservationists have spent several weeks looking at ways to help the fish. They decided the best way was to fly the fish to the other side of the fallen rocks by helicopter. The fish will then be free to swim up to their breeding ground. Rescuers have been "working around the clock" to help the salmon.

一组救援人员正在努力帮助空运加拿大数千条鲑鱼到安全地带。这些鲑鱼被困在加拿大不列颠哥伦比亚省弗雷泽河的一段河段中。自6月份发生山体滑坡以来，他们一直被困在这段河流中。滑坡阻塞了河段，这意味着鲑鱼不能游到上游产卵。救援人员和环保人士花了数周时间寻找帮助这些鱼类的方法。他们决定最好的办法是用直升飞机把鱼送到落石的另一边。然后这些鱼就可以自由地游到它们的繁殖地。救援人员一直在“夜以继日”地帮助这些鱼。

Conservationists warn that if the fish cannot lay their eggs, the entire local salmon population will be at risk. Future numbers of the fish will drop to dangerously low levels. This would have an impact on many of Canada's First Nations indigenous people. They need the salmon for food and for cultural reasons. Salmon play an important role in many traditional ceremonies of people who have lived along the Fraser River for hundreds of years. Their way of life will continue thanks to the rescuers' help. The rescuers are also looking at other ways to help the fish. One said: "We expect over three million [salmon] to migrate north of that rockslide. With that number of fish, you have to find alternate methods."

环保人士警告说，如果这些鱼不能产卵，当地所有的鲑鱼种群都将面临危险。未来鱼类的数量将下降到危险的低水平。这将对加拿大许多原住民产生影响。他们需要鲑鱼作为食物和文化原因。鲑鱼在弗雷泽河沿岸数百年居民的许多传统仪式中扮演着重要的角色。由于救援人员的帮助，他们的生活方式将继续下去。救援人员也在寻找其他方法来帮助这些鱼。其中一人说:“我们预计有300多万条[鲑鱼]会从那个岩崩向北迁徙。这么多鱼，我们必须找到替代方法。”