“I’m extremely upset that these fish farms are still even here despite our efforts to be rid of them. We are always force-fed these decisions to keep fish farms in our territory, but we’re not going to tolerate that anymore,” said Haa’wilth Kla-kwa-skum Jordan Michael from the Nuchatlaht Nation. The recent diesel spill from Grieg […]

A diesel spill of up to 8,000 litres at Grieg Seafood’s Lutes Creek salmon farm near Zeballos, B.C., is wreaking havoc on marine life and Indigenous traditions. The Ehattesaht First Nation has issued a clam harvesting alert and beach closures, disrupting their ability to gather food during critical low winter tides. For the nations impacted, […]

An 8,000-litre diesel spill caused by Grieg Seafood has contaminated waters near Zeballos, directly affecting Nuchatlaht and Ehattesaht First Nations territories. Grieg attributed the spill to “human error”, stating they are reviewing fuel transfer procedures: “We apologize for the disruption this has caused.” “It is clam season and our people should be out there digging […]

“We’ve seen good returns across species and populations,” said Greg Taylor, senior fisheries advisor to Watershed Watch Salmon Society. “This is one of the best returns that there’s been for the last 20 years I would suggest,” Peter McCully, biologist and longtime volunteer with Goldstream Hatchery. As DFO hands more responsibility for salmon management to […]

Under the Federal Fisheries Minister’s “strict new Conditions of Licence”, sea lice are supposed to be maintained at 2.8 per fish or less. In August and September, 60-72% of MOWI’s farms were over that limit, with levels as high as 22 sea lice per fish. View Sea Lice Reports from Mowi’s salmon farms in BC […]

Hereditary Chiefs of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and Kwakwa̱ka̱ʼwakw First Nations and the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) call out misleading press statements by the Coalition of First Nation for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS). To date, the FNWSA has identified 120+ First Nations across BC who support the transition of open-net pen salmon farms out of […]

A group of Hereditary Chiefs from northern Vancouver Island are calling on the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) to clarify its list of open-net pen fish farm supporters. Hereditary Chiefs of the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and Kwakwa̱ ka̱ ʼwakw First Nations with the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA) were in Vancouver Wednesday […]

New Pacific Salmon Foundation 2024 State of Salmon Report states that Indigenous communities are leading the way in protecting wild Pacific salmon “by revitalizing traditional systems of salmon management and taking legislative actions to protect salmon ecosystems.” The 2024 State of Salmon report provides a data-driven assessment of the current state of declining wild Pacific […]

Land-based closed containment fish farming was piloted in BC by the ‘Namgis First Nation, starting in 2013 with Kuterra. With a ban on open-net pen salmon farms mandated in BC by 2029, a successful Transition Plan for the future of salmon farming in BC must prioritize the protect of wild Pacific salmon, while incentivizing investment […]

Pacific Salmon Foundation released its State of Salmon report, which covers all species of Pacific salmon across nine regions in the country. The report considers 41 combinations of regions and salmon species, finding that more than 70 per cent of them are below their long-term average. “To know that they’re not doing well and to […]