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Fish farms occupied!

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

Sick fish in the Sound

I knew back in the 1980s when Norwegian salmon farming companies began to move to Canada that it

Moving mountains

In 1990 I took 3 months to circumnavigate Vancouver Island by kayak as a transition to my new

Water is life

This spring a team of Clayoquot Action volunteers gathered to plan an event for the April 29 National

A tale of two mines

An open-pit copper mine in the heart of Clayoquot Sound? A historic gold mine re-opened using modern technology

Clayoquot Science Panel

(Originally published in November/December 2016 issue of Watershed Sentinel) As I struggled to hoist myself up onto the

Ready for Clayoquot 2.0

By approving the Kinder Morgan pipeline, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has either failed to understand who voted for

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Salmon Farming

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

Wild Salmon Comeback

The Comeback

Salmon are coming back in abundance after 40% of BC fish farms removed!

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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.

Together for migratory salmon!

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