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 […]

🙌🎉 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.

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. 

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 […]

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 […]

“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.

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 commercial salmon fishing industry, representing 15,000 jobs, thanks Minister Murray for her important decision to shut down 15 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands. Read more on SeafoodSource here. 15,000 Jobs Source.

First Nations leaders in BC are urging an investigation into DFO’s scientific review and decision-making processes following flaws in a recent report on salmon farming and parasites. 16 professors and research scientists from Canadian and American universities signed a letter to Minister Murray, stating that the DFO’s report on the association between sea lice from salmon […]

The First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance was recently in Ottawa advocating for the transition of open-net pen salmon farms out of coastal BC waters by 2025. It’s time to #endthepens and protect wild Pacific salmon. Check out the article on Campbell River Mirror for more information.