First Nations group says environmental impacts of B.C. salmon fish farm industry overstated
A councillor with the Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation in British Columbia says uncertainty in the open-net…
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First Nations from B.C. in Ottawa to lobby feds to close fish farms on west coast
Some leaders say open-net fish farms are depleting wild salmon stocks.
‘Unreasonable, invalid and unlawful’: Fish farm company challenges feds
A fish farm company in B.C. is challenging the federal government’s refusal to renew the…
First Nations groups lobby Ottawa on pros, cons of open water fish farms in B.C.
Two First Nations groups from B.C., who sit on opposite sides of the open net…
Climate Changed: Adaptation strategy commits money to fight heat, floods, fires
A national climate adaptation strategy released Thursday includes $1.6 billion in new spending to help…
Commercial fishers and wild salmon advocates cheer large returns to B.C. waters
Fishing on the Skeena River in northwest B.C. has never been better, says salmon fisher
Hereditary chief in B.C. says renewal of fish farms will take a ‘huge toll’ on wild salmon
Laich-Kwil-Tach Hereditary Chief Tsahaukuse (George Quocksister Jr.) says fish farms operating outside of Discovery Islands…
Wild B.C. salmon likely exposed to harmful pathogen when migrating past fish farms, study suggests
Findings received pushback from salmon farmers who argue direct link hasn’t been proven
Hereditary chiefs on Vancouver Island rally against potential fish farm renewals
Hereditary chiefs on Vancouver Island took to the waters to protest any renewal of fish…