Read the full story at The Georgia Straight: Chief Bob Chamberlin: Protecting wild salmon takes more than cherry picking and photo ops
Read the full story at Watershed Sentinel: DFO v Wild Salmon – Will a Second Court Win Make Any Difference?
Read the whole story on the Vancouver Sun: ‘Endangered’ Fraser sockeye may never get official protection
Another article confirming the need to continue to transition open net pen fish farms out of BC waters. Read more from The Walrus.
On the heels of a new stakeholder engagement report from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, scientists and Indigenous advocates are renewing calls to phase out west coast fish farms and restore devastated wild salmon stocks. Read more in The Narwhal.
According to a recent Insights West poll, 86% of British Columbians are concerned about declining wild salmon stocks. Additionally, 75% of British Columbians support transition away from open net pen fish farms, and 66% feel the transition needs to happen immediately. Vancouver, BC — Insights West released a poll on Friday, July 23rd examining public […]
Wild First is pleased that the Federal Court dismissed Cermaq’s motion to force the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to reconsider her rejection of Cermaq’s applications to re-stock two open net pen fish farms in the Okisollo Channel. In December 2020, the Minister announced that open net-pen fish farms in the Discovery Islands would be […]
Tierra del Fuego, Argentina’s southernmost province, approved a bill on June 20th that bans salmon farming in open net pens. “I have been fighting the global salmon farming industry for over two decades and the tide is now turning against this toxic industry,” said Don Staniford, a scientist, researcher and activist, in a release from […]