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Introducing Salmon People

Dan September 14, 2018

Wild salmon are in the news a lot these days. Just this week the Union of BC Municipalities

Creative Chinook sick

Dan May 23, 2018

In 2011, the Cohen Commission convened special hearings on disease in salmon farms, forcing fish farm companies and

Clayoquot salmon lice outbreak devastating

Dan May 4, 2018

A massive outbreak of salmon lice in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve is threatening to wipe out

Clayoquot pesticide permit approved

Dan April 11, 2018

Cermaq to move ahead with toxic sea lice treatment The provincial government has granted Norwegian salmon farming giant

Kwekwecnewtxw—Protect the Inlet

Dan March 6, 2018

Kinder Morgan began their TransMountain pipeline expansion last fall—without permits. The company quickly demonstrated their lack of care

Fish farms under pressure

Dan January 30, 2018

Last fall Norwegian-owned salmon farming giant Cermaq applied for a permit to deposit over 2 million litres of

Tofino’s tainted fish farm blood

Dan November 29, 2017

Wilderness photographer Tavish Campbell grew up on a remote BC island and has spent most of his life

Deny Cermaq’s pesticide permit

Dan November 18, 2017

A small ad appeared in Tofino’s newspaper about a week ago. It stated that Norwegian-based salmon farming giant

Fish farms occupied!

Dan October 23, 2017

(Clayoquot Action is based in Tofino. We occasionally travel to other regions when relevant to our campaigns to

Salmon Farming

Of jellyfish and mouth rot

May 27, 2021

We loaded our sampling equipment and camera gear onto Lennie John’s boat, and headed north into his home territory of Ahousaht—to Cermaq’s experimental semi-closed containment

Pesticide dumping in Clayoquot Sound

March 18, 2021

Salmon lice are a tiny crustacean which occurs naturally in the waters of Clayoquot Sound. Fish farms provide an ideal breeding ground for these parasites—with

Discovery Islands out—Clayoquot next!

February 9, 2021

On December 17, 2020, the federal government announced that 19 salmon farms in the Discovery Islands would be phased out over the next 18 months.

In the field with CSI

October 19, 2020

The smokey brown orange haze from this fall’s wildfires cast an apocalyptic hue over Cermaq’s Clayoquot Sound operations. In Tofino we track the vehicles; leaving

Crowdfunder Launched! Donate to earn prizes!

September 18, 2020

Wild salmon in Clayoquot Sound are rapidly sliding towards extinction—only 2 Chinook salmon returned to spawn in Tofino Creek last year. We’re working hard to save wild salmon! Fish

Experimental Fish Farm Arrives in Clayoquot Sound

September 3, 2020

Bonny was cooking an elaborate brunch on a Sunday afternoon when the phone rang. It was Lennie John from Ahousaht First Nation. Tsimka Martin from

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