Grow out and get out
Dan
March 3, 2024
So, is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) removing fish farms from BC waters by 2025 (ie
So, is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) removing fish farms from BC waters by 2025 (ie
Leadership from the Broughton Area were invited to Tofino to speak about how they removed 17 fish farms from their territories.
Cermaq Canada recently received approval to expand 3 facilities in Clayoquot Sound, and they currently have 7 more expansion applications under review.
Clayoquot Action was founded 10 years ago! It’s been a whirlwind decade of research, education and advocacy. Thanks to everyone who made it all happen!
Cermaq’s second trial of their semi-closed containment system was a failure. Their SCCS will not protect wild salmon.
As part of the planning to transition fish farms out of BC waters by 2025, DFO conducted a survey. Hidden in Annex B: 78% of respondents want fish farms out of the ocean!
22 groups signed a joint letter to Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray asking her to stop Clayoquot fish farm expansions, and to remove all fish farms from BC waters by 2025
Why is the Department of Fisheries is approving fish farm expansions in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve while the Minister is developing a plan to remove fish farms from BC waters by 2025?
Salmon farms are coming of the ocean in record numbers—in the Broughton Archipelago, Discovery Islands, shishalh nation and Washington State!
Chinook salmon are the largest of the Pacific salmon. They have evolved a remarkably variable life history. Some leave their rivers soon after hatching, some
Signs of a die-off and ongoing pollution at Cermaq’s semi-closed containment system
Salmon are coming back in abundance after 40% of BC fish farms removed!
In 2019, the federal Liberals promised to transition from open-net pen aquaculture by 2025. Public mandate letters to successive Ministers reiterated that commitment. Then Covid
The federal government banned open-net pen salmon farms by July 1st, 2029. Immediate regulatory change is needed!
Since 2021, Cermaq killed over a million wild herring while ridding their farmed Atlantic salmon of sea lice.
Something good and important happened last summer in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region. With little fanfare, Ahousaht
Leadership from the Broughton Area were invited to Tofino to speak about how they removed 17 fish farms from their territories.
Wild salmon are crucial for west coast ecosystems, feeding people, wildlife and trees.
Sometimes in politics you have to demonstrate your people power, to show the government that there is public
A Māori tribe made history recently when a New Zealand river was granted legal rights. The Whanganui River
Hereditary chiefs typically designate a speaker to speak for them in public. This is because when they say
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