Coastal Salmon runs are at a critical juncture. Without change we risk losing wild salmon forever.
Clayoquot Sound Salmon Investigation (CSI) is Clayoquot Action’s citizen monitoring program of Clayoquot Sound’s salmon farms.
Get Wild! is an educational program with the goal of protecting wild salmon, by encouraging people to ask for and purchase only wild, not farmed salmon.
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 intervened, stalling the work. As society got back on track,
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.
Salmon Secrets Screening Events – Watch our new documentary.
Fish Farm Medicine Revival Roadshow activating salmon people across Vancouver Island!
So, is the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) removing fish farms from BC waters by 2025 (ie this year)? Or are they planning to expand the industry, locking the coast in for another 6
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.
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!
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