Sea lice treatments killing wild herring
Since 2021, Cermaq killed over a million wild herring while ridding their farmed Atlantic salmon of sea lice.
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.
Since 2021, Cermaq killed over a million wild herring while ridding their farmed Atlantic salmon of sea lice.
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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!
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!
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