First Nation in B.C. to reactivate judicial review of DFO’s salmon farm virus policy
A First Nation in British Columbia says it has lost faith in federal plans to…
Wild Salmon
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…
Opponents of Discovery Island fish farms ‘very grateful’ at federal decision to shutter pens
DFO giving companies until 2022 to completely empty salmon from sites
Sea lice resistant to treatment threaten wild juvenile salmon on B.C. coast, says report
A new report released by two environment groups says sea lice on farmed salmon are now…
Disease found in Atlantic farmed salmon linked to Chinook salmon in B.C.
A new study conducted by the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative (SSHI) says the piscine reovirus (PRV), the virus found in farmed Atlantic salmon, has now been linked to disease in Pacific Chinook salmon.
Canada not properly managing fish farms, environment commissioner says
Canada’s environmental watchdog says the federal government isn’t properly managing the risks that farmed salmon pose to wild salmon, nor is it doing enough to ensure Canada is meeting its international commitments on biodiversity and sustainable development.
Conflicting science muddies Cohen Commission waters
For over a year, the Cohen Commission has been investigating the decline of Fraser River salmon in British Columbia.