Wild First applauds Minister Jordan’s important decision not to allow restocking of fish farms in the Discovery Islands
Wild First congratulates Minister Jordan, Fisheries and Oceans Canada, for her decision not to allow restocking of fish farms in the Discovery Islands, and for her decision not to extend Cermaq’s current license in the Discovery Islands area beyond June 2022. Thank you Minister Jordan, for listening to First Nations and the vast majority of […]
86% of British Columbians worried about wild Pacific salmon stocks | Insights West
The decline of wild Pacific salmon stocks ranks among British Columbians’ top three concerns—behind only COVID-19 and poverty—according to new polling from Insights West and Sierra Club BC. Read the release here.
Interview with Karen Wristen | CKNW
Karen Wristen of Living Oeans addresses the importance of removing open net pen fish farms from BC waters. Hear the interview on CKNW.
Interview with Bob Chamberlin | CKNW
Bob Chamberlin discusses the recent study on the impact of PRV (piscine orthoreovirus) on wild Pacific salmon. Hear Bob’s interview on CKNW.
Debilitating virus spreading to wild salmon through fish farms, say UBC researchers | BIV
A UBC study using genomic sequencing has found the piscine orthoreovirus has been transmitted from B.C. fish farms to wild Pacific chinook for at least a decade, leading researchers to call for a “precautionary approach” to salmon farming. Read more from BIV.
To protect wild fisheries, the government must listen to scientists | iPolitics
When government scientists warned the DFO that bacteria causing mouth rot in farm salmon appeared to be killing the highly endangered Fraser River sockeye salmon, the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association was briefed. The minister of Fisheries, who was consulting First Nations about the impact of salmon farms on sockeye salmon, was not. Read Alexandra Morton’s […]
Virus spreads from B.C. fish farms to wild Chinook salmon, study finds | Seattle Times
A virus is being transmitted between net-pen salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters, according to new findings published Wednesday in Science Advances. Read the full story in the Seattle Times.
New report says dangerous salmon virus was brought to B.C. by fish farming | Global News
An explosive new report says a dangerous virus was brought to B.C. by fish farms, and that those farms are transmitting the virus to wild salmon. Watch the report on Global News.