Salmon Farming

"We are well aware of the so-called debate over the impacts of salmon farms, but remember that we were on the farms, did the research, we are collaborating with many scientists – we know what is going on in these farms, and this is what happens to wild salmon when farm lice numbers go up," Homiskanis continued. "This has to stop." Read the full Campbell River Mirror article.

A devastating moment—not just for J36, but for the population as a whole. Pregnancies in this population fail at alarmingly high rates, tied closely to low prey abundance (especially Chinook salmon), pollution, and other stressors. Read the full CBC article.

Kelly Roebuck, Living Oceans representative from the seafood certification watchdog group SeaChoice, said the stewardship council should immediately revoke its certification of the West of Wedge lease. “It is outrageous that a product associated with the deaths of 35 pied cormorants and two fur seals within a mere six months is marketed as responsibly farmed,” she said. Read the full article.

"Whether they're eaten or diseased or simply covered in parasites, they don't have a very good chance of getting past the salmon farms," she said. Read the full story from Kelowna Capital News.

VANCOUVER / UNCEDED xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (MUSQUEAM), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (SQUAMISH), AND səlilwətaɬ (TSLEIL-WAUTUTH) TERRITORIES — Today, Ecojustice will return to court to defend a major victory for wild salmon. 

The case goes before the Federal Court of Appeal after salmon farming company Mowi Canada West Inc. launched an appeal of a June 2024 Federal Court ruling that upheld the Minister of Fisheries’ decision not to renew licenses for open-net pen fish farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands.