“Today, [DFO is] trying to hide behind a narrative that somehow, open net pens can be managed in a way that will ‘reduce interactions’ with wild salmon – while the sea lice, bacteria and viruses breeding on those farms are still released directly into wild salmon habitat. This is the kind of magical thinking at […]

“The overwhelming majority of First Nations in BC oppose open net fish farming due to the detrimental effects it has on wild salmon,” UBCIC President, Grand Chief Steward Phillip says. UBCIC says it’s time that the Feds to stop prioritizing industry , and start prioritizing the science that suggests the disease and viruses are damaging […]

Canada is lagging in protecting wild Pacific salmon, promoting innovation, and creating jobs via land based closed containment. If both wild and farmed salmon are to have a future in British Columbia, the salmon aquaculture industry must be transitioned out of BC waters and confined to land-based RAS facilities. Read BIV article here.

“With California, Washington, and Oregon banning the practice, that leaves B.C. as an outlier on the West Coast.” The federal government must follow through on its committment to phase out open-net pen fish farms by 2025. Canada shouldn’t be left behind. #endthepens. Read article on The Province here.

A major announcement in Washington State last week, and great to see the shíshálh Nation taking the lead in BC with the removal of fish farms in their territory. 👊🎉 “It puts a lot of pressure on our federal government to follow through with its commitment to remove the rest of the open net-pen at salmon […]

“By suppressing Dr. Rimstad’s research, DFO avoided its regulatory obligations in order to benefit industry,” Wild First, House of Commons, FOPO Submission 2022.  BC is the last jurisdiction on the west coast to still allow open-net pen fish farms. It’s time to listen to the science and #endthepens. Read The Globe & Mail article here.

Historic commitment to protect wild Pacific salmon    Today, Commissioner of Public Lands Hilary Franz in Washington State BANNED all open-net pen fish farms in public waters FOREVER. It’s time to #endthepens in BC as well. Read The Seattle Times here.

 A huge WIN for Washington State and wild Pacific salmon! “Today, we are returning our waters to wild fish and natural habitat. Today, we are freeing Puget Sound of enclosed cages.” – Hilary Franz, WA state public lands commissioner.  It’s time  for Canada’s Federal Government to act on their promise to voters and transition open-net pens out […]

“We are deeply concerned that wild salmon runs in B.C. have suffered from the impacts of fragmented management decisions at both the federal and provincial levels, decisions that have contributed to the precarious extinction-level state of wild salmon and which must now be corrected if we are to see wild salmon runs successfully rebound,” says […]