On the Auditor General’s findings re: @DFO_Pacific: “they are not adequately managing the risk associated with salmon aquaculture consistent with a mandate to protect wild fish” – Bob Chamberlin, Chair of First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance on the Stirling Faux show. Listen to the full interview below. Chapter 3: Salmon Fisheries GUEST: Dane Chauvel, CEO, […]
The sound of drumming and chanting was heard in downtown Campbell River on Saturday, as marchers took to the streets in to remind the federal government of it’s promise to remove fish farms from the B.C. coast. Read the full story at BC Local News: VIDEO: Save Wild Salmon demonstrators march in Campbell River
When Dalton Silver, chief of the Sumas First Nation, located south of the Fraser River near Abbotsford, B.C., thinks back to the 2009 Fraser River sockeye salmon run, the first word that comes to his mind is “alarming.” Read the full story at The Tyee: Little Action from Feds as Deadline to Remove Salmon Farms […]
Opponents say farms have exceeded the threshold of minimal risks to wild salmon. Anti-salmon farm protesters rallied outside the offices of Fisheries and Oceans Canada in downtown Vancouver Sept. 24 in a show of solidarity for a coalition of First Nations and industry groups who the day prior demanded an end to salmon farming in […]
The Heiltsuk First Nation from Bella Bella is calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to order open-net salmon farms to close and to shut down commercial and recreational salmon fishing next year, only opening fisheries after “conservation and food, social, and ceremonial needs can be met.” Read the full story at TriCity News: Heiltsuk First […]
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A coalition of over 100 B.C. First Nations are ‘turning the screws’ on the federal Fisheries Minister, demanding she take action on coastal fish farms. Read the full story on News 1130: First Nations demanding federal government take action on fish farming along B.C. coast
First Nation leaders, fishers and non-governmental organizations are calling on the federal government to remove fish farms from the Discovery Islands located about 265 km by car off the B.C. coast. They say the Fraser River salmon fishery has collapsed and that the fish farms are partly to blame. Read the full article here.
A broad coalition of First Nations leaders, wilderness tourism operators, environmental NGOs and commercial and sport fishing organizations gathered in North Vancouver Sept. 22 demanding the federal government fulfill recommendations of the Cohen Commission to immediately remove open-net salmon farms from the Discovery Islands, and abolish all others from BC waters by 2025. Read the […]
A total of 101 B.C. First Nations, wilderness tourism operators, and commercial and sport fishing groups have united in a show of solidarity to demand the federal government take action on the collapse of Fraser River salmon stocks by ordering the removal of open-net fish farms near Campbell River. Read the full story at CBC: […]
VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) — A coalition of over 100 B.C. First Nations are ‘turning the screws’ on the federal Fisheries Minister, demanding she take action on coastal fish farms. Coalition spokesperson Bob Chamberlin says their group is calling for immediate action, noting that under the Cohen Commission report, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has […]