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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) says DFO is mired in conflict of interest stemming from its dual role of prioritizing the environmental protection of wild fish at the same time as promoting aquaculture. The FNWSA have been vocal critics of federal policy on fisheries in BC, including what they say is industry involvement […]

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) is criticizing what it says is the “gross mismanagement” of aquaculture in British Columbia by the Fisheries Department (DFO), as it calls for a separation of DFO’s conflicting responsibilities in both regulating and promoting aquaculture. Bob Chamberlin, Chair – FNWSA, says the department must stick to its primary […]

BCFSA pushes radio stations owned by Rogers, Corus and Pattison Media to stop Wild First ads, but radio stations refuse to pull the ads. Pattison Media paused one of the ads and reinstated it with a “slight tweak”. Read full Business in Vancouver article here.

The global cost of salmon farming to marine ecosystems is estimated to be about $50 billion USD from 2013 to 2019 due to pollution, parasites, and high fish mortality. FAIRR Initiative is shedding light on sustainability concerns within the salmon farming industry, particularly the waters surrounding salmon farms, which are polluted with waste from farmed […]

Wild Pacific salmon are on the brink of extinction. On both sides of the border, First Nations and governments are urgently focused on restoration efforts to revive the abundance of salmon. “It would be helpful and more efficient if the efforts on either side of the border could co-ordinate with one another,” says Thomas Biladeau, […]