Open-net pen salmon farms harm wild salmon and this represents an infringement of Indigenous rights across the province. “Wild salmon isn’t just a menu option, it’s our identity,” says Bob Chamberlin, Chair of FNWSA. Protecting wild salmon is crucial for First Nations’ food security 👊 “The government of Canada must take action to ensure the survival […]

“The majority of B.C. First Nations applaud DFO Minister Joyce Murray’s recent decision for Discovery Islands fish farms – basing this decision on scientific uncertainty, cumulative effects and the Precautionary Principle – as a necessary and critical development,” says Bob Chamberlin, Chair of FNWSA. Read article on Business Intelligence for B.C. (BIV) here.

The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA), representing First Nations from across BC, met with leaders in Ottawa on March 6th & 7th to express clear, unquestionable and transparent support for Fisheries Minister Murray’s decision to shut down 15 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands. “This is the time for strong measures and clear actions to […]

Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray breaks “the stranglehold of DFO aquaculture scientists” on public policy. According to Karen Wristen, Executive Director of the Living Oceans Society, the Minister has shown DFO how to apply the Precautionary Principle: that in situations of scientific uncertainty, one should not allow business as usual to persist and instead, take steps […]

A land-based steelhead farming operation in British Columbia is planned for a defunct lumber mill. It is set to break ground later this year, at a time when the province is implementing its contentious move away from open-net pen salmon farms in coastal BC waters by 2025. Read article on IntraFish here. 

🙌🎉 BC’s entire West Coast salmon fishing fleet, shoreworkers, tender operators and fishers have come together to support Minister Murray’s important decision to remove 15 salmon farms from the Discovery Islands. Read full op-ed on Seafood Source here.

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Joyce Murray made a long-awaited and controversial decision to close fish farms in the Discovery Islands of British Columbia. Joyce Murray talked to David Mckie of Canada’s National Observer about the risk to juvenile salmon swimming past the fish farms to the ocean. She said she looked at all the science and […]

Thank you, Minister Murray, for applying the precautionary principle in your decision to remove 15 open-net pen salmon farms from the Discovery Islands. “We cannot afford any manageable stresses because the failure to protect wild salmon is simply not an option,” says Minister Joyce Murray, Fisheries & Oceans Canada.

“The CSAS process is rife with conflict of interest…there is no credibility or objectivity in that process. I would call on the Prime Minister…the Auditor and the Public Service Commissioner and have a very public examination of what’s going on.” says Bob Chamberlin, Chair – First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance. https://dcs.megaphone.fm/CORU9773463362.mp3?key=5d85c6a4a4b76e8d53cc882facc62ed3&request_event_id=df58ac3a-b95e-45db-b2d9-2680148469ba (Start at 0:30)

Hear from Bob Chamberlin, Chair – First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance on the importance of Minister Murray’s decision to shut down 15 fish farms in the Discovery Islands. “I’m very happy to hear the Minister talk about a precautionary approach, to hear her recognize the state of Pacific salmon and to focus on the cumulative […]