BIV (March 13, 2024)
18 Mar
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Mass Farmed Salmon Die-Offs on the Rise

A new study has found that mass die-offs of farmed salmon are increasing around the world, with Canada experiencing some of the biggest and most frequent mortality events. Dr. Gerald Singh, a researcher in UVic’s School of Environmental Studies and the study’s lead author, said in some cases fish farmers try to prevent diseases, such […]

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BBC News (March 8, 2024)
09 Mar
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Alarming Rise of Premature Deaths in Farmed Salmon

Over the past decade, scientists have found 865 million instances of farmed salmon dying prematurely. The frequency of these mass die-offs is rising over time for ocean-polluting Atlantic salmon farms operating in Norway, Canada and the UK. The potential maximum losses for any single mass mortality event are estimated at 5.05 million farmed fish in […]

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CBC (February 29, 2024)
07 Mar
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FNWSA calls for urgent meeting with Prime Minister

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is calling for an urgent meeting with Justin Trudeau to ensure the federal government follows through on its commitment to transition open-net pen salmon farms out of coastal BC waters by 2025. “[Canada’s] political leaders, regardless of allegiance, need to understand how critical it is to protect wild […]

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CBC (March 5, 2024)
06 Mar
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FNWSA critiques federal government’s consultation process

The head of the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is speaking out about the federal government’s consultation process as it develops a plan to transition open-net pen salmon farms out of coastal BC waters by 2025. Moving forward, it is critical that this transition plan safeguards the wild salmon economy, which significantly outweighs the […]

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CBC (March 1, 2024)
05 Mar
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FNWSA urges for “emergency” meeting with Prime Minister

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is urging for an “emergency” meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, along with Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre, and NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, to expose the gross mismanagement of wild Pacific salmon by DFO. “Of all the First Nations in Canada, almost 1/3 of them rely on wild salmon,” […]

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Global News (February 29, 2024)
01 Mar
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FNWSA concerned about salmon farm license extensions in BC

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is worried that DFO is considering licence extensions for open-net pen salmon farms in BC by up to six years, despite federal commitments to phase out ocean-polluting Atlantic salmon farms by 2025. “Get those fish farms out of the migratory path [of wild Pacific salmon] period,” says Tyrone […]

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BIV (February 29, 2024)
29 Feb
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FNWSA accuses DFO of altering Prime Minister’s mandate

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is accusing DFO officials of “rewriting” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s mandate to phase out open-net pen salmon farming in BC by 2025. With the 2025 deadline approaching, there is still no transition plan in sight. Over 120 First Nations from across BC are concerned that DFO officials are […]

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Undercurrent News (February 29, 2024)
29 Feb
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FNWSA urgently calls for meeting with Prime Minister

A First Nation group from the Canadian province of British Columbia is requesting an “emergency meeting” with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding the transition plan for open-net pen salmon farming from coastal BC waters. Chiefs of the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) said DFO “is failing its fiduciary, constitutional and supreme court directed consultation […]

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Global News (February 24, 2024)
25 Feb
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Salmon farming vessels depart Vancouver Island

Four vessels built to service Vancouver Island’s salmon farms are being packed up and moved to Europe for sale. This is due to the federal government’s decision to phase out open-net salmon farms. “Open pen systems pose an existential threat to wild salmon.” “I don’t want to see an industry that’s free to dump its […]

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The Hill Times (February 22, 2024)
23 Feb
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DFO is undermining the Fisheries Minister’s mandate

“The Minister’s marching orders are ‘to transition open net pen salmon farms from BC waters by 2025’. Her Department, seeing no need to do that, is currently consulting on issuing new salmon farm licences for terms of 2-6 years, when they expire in June of this year.” Read full Letter to the Editor here. Click […]

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