DFO has been denying the link between salmon farming and the spread of piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) for over a decade, burying its own findings that the virus can be lethal to wild salmon. Now that those findings have finally been daylighted by the Information Commissioner's order, it's past time to revise the policy that lets industry put infected fish in the water. See recent article in Saanich News.

More than 70 environmental, animal welfare, and community groups are criticizing certification group Global Seafood Alliance (GSA) for "green-washing" the salmon farming industry with the latest version of its Best Aquaculture Practices (BAP) standard. Read full article.

Living Oceans has signed the open letter to BC’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy George Heyman because we are concerned with the environmental impacts of the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion.

Read the full article in the Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows News

Link to open letter and background information.