Salmon Farming

"It's been a really great fund that's allowed us to do restoration, monitoring and research," said Dave Scott, research and restoration coordinator for the Raincoast Conservation Foundation's Lower Fraser salmon program. "[The fund] gets a huge number of applications for conservation and restoration-focused work. Politically, I think they would get a lot of pushback if they totally dropped that from [the BC fund]."

Read the full article at National Observer.

"The final report, including conservation advice for the Commonwealth, remained unequivocal — industrial aquaculture is the primary driver of habitat stress for the skate." Read more at ABC News.

“The BC Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) laments Canadians’ “restricted” ability to buy salmon farmed in our ocean, citing food security concerns and the climate implications of imports. What they don’t mention is that they only ever sold about 4,000 to 5,000 tonnes annually into the Canadian market.”

Read the full letter at Campbell River Mirror.

“The decision upholds the fisheries minister’s “precautionary approach” to salmon farms and already appears to be paying off, according to Karen Wristen, executive director of Living Oceans Society, an intervener in the case.” Read the full article in BIV.

“We all owe a debt of gratitude to these ministers who stood firm in showing the Department of Fisheries what precautionary decision-making looks like,” said Karen Wristen, executive director at Living Oceans Society in a statement.