"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
"A new academic study using salmon bones confirms what traditional knowledge has always dictated, dating səl̓ilw̓ət chum salmon fisheries back nearly 3,000 years to 850 BC — 1,200 years longer than the archaeological record had previously demonstrated." Read more.
Tofino BC, 26 April 2023—As fish farms are being closed around British Columbia, Cermaq Canada has requested a fourth permit to expand their operations near Tofino. Cermaq now has only 14 fish farms left in British Columbia—all in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
Twenty-two conservation and Indigenous groups have co-signed a letter to Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray, calling on her to stop the expansion of salmon farms near Tofino, and to remove all fish farms from BC waters by 2025.
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