Washington State explores opportunities for land-based aquaculture with Canadian company. Nova Scotia-based Sustainable Blue’s closed-loop land-based facility is self-contained, avoiding the risks that come with open-net pen salmon farms. The company was founded in 2007 and is now selling its Atlantic salmon in Canada. “We are absolutely convinced that this is profitable, it is scalable […]
BC First Nations leaders demand action from the Prime Minister on flawed decision-making processes at DFO. In an open letter, they refer to a Fisheries and Oceans report on science that outlines 48 recommendations to improve the department’s science, with six of them directly related to working with Indigenous people and incorporating Indigenous knowledge. “I’m […]
Herring are a precious fish on the west coast. Almost every species either consume herring or prey on animals that do. Pacific herring are the most important prey of adult Chinook salmon. The death of millions of herring is another terrible impact of open-net pen salmon farms. Watch video here. Add your voice today. Let […]
On behalf of 102 members of the We Wai Kai First Nation, elder Barbara McCoy, speaks in opposition to open-net pen salmon farms in their territory. Watch video here.
Grieg Seafood currently operates 13 open-net pen salmon farms in BC. Land-based closed containment is the future.
A letter signed by 22 organizations urges Minister Murray to take action to transition 20 open-net pen salmon farms in Clayoquot Sound, a UNESCO biosphere. Recent expansion in three farms has increased production by 25-50%, and a fourth application is currently under review by DFO with no public input. “The work that we continue to […]
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 […]
Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray announces that the federal government will not renew 15 open-net pen salmon farms around BC’s Discovery Islands, a key migration route for wild Pacific salmon. Minister Murray states that recent science indicates uncertainty over the risks posed by the farms to wild salmon. Thank you, Minister Murray, for making this important decision. […]
Federal Fisheries Minister reaffirms shut-down of Discovery Islands fish farms. “Minister Murray made a strong decision today and demonstrated great leadership advancing the DFO primary objective of environmental protection and safeguarding of B.C. wild salmon” says First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance Chair Bob Chamberlin. Read the full article on BIV.