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Canada’s plan for B.C.’s fish farms finally unveiled
Listen to more insight into Canada’s plan for B.C.’s fish farms. Belle Puri speaks with Canada’s Minister of Energy and Natural Resources, Jonathan Wilkinson, about what the transition will look like. Listen now.
salmon farm licensing decision welcomed with caution
Thursday, June 20, 2024
VANCOUVER: traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations - In a decision released yesterday, Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier expressed the government’s intention to “ban” the open-net pen salmon farm industry by 2029. Living Oceans is pleased to see the Minister making an appropriately precautionary decision to protect wild salmon, but expresses concern for its implementation.
Are B.C.’s open-net pen salmon farms closing — or not?
The deadline is looming for the federal government to release its promised plan to transition away from open-net pen salmon farms in B.C. The Narwhal has an article that helps explain the dire situation. Read it now.
Found: “Missing Canadian Meals” of farmed salmon
Friday, May 17, 2024
Vancouver, On the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations:
Corporate salmon farming giant MOWI is so concerned about the federal government’s decisions “removing 192 million salmon meals from the dining tables of Canadian households” that it has decided to begin exporting its product from eastern Canada to Japan, South Korea and Taiwan, with plans to expand into China.