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Vote for salmon!

The federal election currently underway will be critical for wild salmon. The current federal government has pledged to

Don’t Renew in ’22

It came up in a couple of internal documents from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), but

Protecting Fairy Creek

I couldn’t help but notice British Columbia’s slumbering forest movement awakening over the last few years. Busy working

Of jellyfish and mouth rot

We loaded our sampling equipment and camera gear onto Lennie John’s boat, and headed north into his home

In the field with CSI

The smokey brown orange haze from this fall’s wildfires cast an apocalyptic hue over Cermaq’s Clayoquot Sound operations.

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Salmon Farming

Wild salmon BACKBONE OF THE COAST

Backbone of the coast

Standing in Tofino, looking out at the rainforest-covered mountains, you would never know that up the inlets, trouble is brewing… Floating open-net pen fish farms

Wild Salmon Win

BIG WIN FOR SALMON

The news cycle is so relentless these days—but every now and then, good news comes through! Such was the case this January, when CBC reported that

Migratory Salmon Potlatch

Historic Declaration signed

On the weekend of 1-2 November 2025, hundreds of First Nations leaders, members and allies gathered in Port Alberni BC for the Migratory Salmon Potlatch.

Clayoquot Chinook Alexandra Morton

Clayoquot Chinook crisis

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

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Indigenous Rights

No mines in Clayoquot Sound

A historic gold mine re-opened using modern technology, to scour out minerals the old-timers couldn’t get at? Twenty

Clayoquot Sound, First Nations’ Visions and B.C. Tenure Change Advances Old-growth Protection and a Conservation Economy

Really good news!

Something good and important happened last summer in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Region. With little fanfare, Ahousaht

People of the Salmon

Leadership from the Broughton Area were invited to Tofino to speak about how they removed 17 fish farms from their territories.

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