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At the 31 minute mark is where Premier David Eby answers a question from Richard Zussman about open-net pens. View now.
 

“The projects we’re investing in today will launch a pilot test fishery for chinook salmon and improve compliance monitoring and best sustainable practices for fishers.” Read full article.

“The study authors state that more research is needed to fully determine the impact of microplastics on the weather, but what remains clear is that more can be done to address this.” Find out more.

"A rash of lawsuits against retailers who make contentious claims about the sustainability of their products, including farmed seafood, suggests that both the retailers themselves, and the third party certification providers, need to do more to ensure their claims are justified." Read the full article.

"Many important monitoring requirements that would improve the timeliness and dependability of fish-catch data remain absent or incomplete," the report said. Read full article.

The chiefs were in Ottawa to stress the importance of the federal government's commitment to removing open-net salmon farms from B.C. waters by 2025, Bob Chamberlin, First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance chair, said Tuesday. The group represents more than 120 First Nations. Read full story from Canadian Press.

The non-government organization Atlantic Salmon Federation discovered the escape in the absence of any monitoring or enforcement action by the Province of New Brunswick or the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Read the full article.

In Episode 12 of The Salmon People podcast, scientists deconstruct the DFO study and warn the fisheries minister of bad science. Listen to this co-production between Sandra Bartlett and Canada’s National Observer. Listen here.
 

"Governments seeking to redress these harms need to focus on restoring, wherever possible, what was taken away. Addressing the crisis faced by B.C. wild salmon, which are in very serious and sharp decline, is a unique opportunity to do so for the benefit of all." Read full story Salmon are the backbone of B.C.'s First Nations cultures and traditions | The Province

“By engaging in this illegal activity, recreational anglers are not only breaking the law, but also seriously compromising the long-term sustainability of at-risk rockfish populations,” DFO said in the release. Read full article.