“Wild salmon is not simply a menu choice; it is who we are as a people,” says Bob Chamberlin, Chair of FNWSA, representing over 70+ First Nations at a Press Conference in Ottawa. Given the crisis state of wild Pacific salmon, it’s time for strong measures and clear actions to protect the embattled runs of British […]
Pacific Salmon Foundation applauds Minister’s decision to shut down 15 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands. After years of peer-reviewed research, PSF and their partners have outlined numerous risks open-net pen salmon farms pose to wild Pacific salmon through the amplification and transfer of harmful parasites and pathogens. Learn more in the latest news article from PSF […]
The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance (FNWSA), representing 70+ First Nations, stands ready to work with the federal and provincial government to create an effective transition plan that supports communities and workers. Watch clip from Press Conference in Ottawa here.
Exciting news from our Washington State neighbours. Washington’s Department of Natural Resources commits to land-based salmon farming, signing an agreement with Sustainable Blue, a Nova Scotia Atlantic salmon farming company. Great to see Washington State using Canadian technology as a key part of their transaction from open-net pen salmon farms. It’s time to transition the […]
Give wild Pacific salmon a fighting chance 👊 Let the Minister know it’s time to remove all open-net pen salmon farms from coastal BC waters. Click here to send a letter today.
👏 Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz has signed a partnership agreement with Nova Scotia-based Sustainable Blue, a zero discharge, land-based salmon farming company. “This agreement represents an important step toward restoring finfish aquaculture in a sustainable, healthy way that does not pit farmed fish against the native salmon we all work so hard to sustain,” […]
Minister Nathan Cullen applauds the Broughton Aquaculture Transition Initiative. All parties, First Nations, federal and provincial governments and industry agreed to work together on an orderly transition plan for open-net pen salmon farms in the Broughton region. Read coverage in the Campbell River Mirror here.
Salmon farm companies are investing in land-based closed containment around the world – in BC they continue to pollute for free #endthepens. See post on Facebook here.
Open-net pen salmon farms continue to threaten the UNESCO biosphere in Clayoquot Sound. 20 out of the 57 open-net pen salmon farms still to be removed in BC are in Clayoquot Sound. Watch video on FB here. Video Credits: Clayoquot Action.
“The majority of First Nations across the province are calling for the removal of fish farms from the ocean,” says Bob Chamberlin, Chair – FNWSA. The “decision on Discovery Islands is the beginning of a meaningful transition plan, implementing broad stroke reconciliation across the province and working toward food security, which is part of the […]