North Island Gazette, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The Heiltsuk First Nation from Bella Bella is calling on Fisheries and Oceans Canada to order open-net salmon farms to close and to shut down commercial and recreational salmon fishing next year, only opening fisheries after “conservation and food, social, and ceremonial needs can be met.”
Continue reading Heiltsuk First Nation calling on DFO to close fisheries and salmon farmsNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
B.C. farmed salmon may be pushed off people’s plates by climate change in the coming decades.
Continue reading Climate Change may push farmed salmon out of the marketBy Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A major B.C. salmon-farm operator will soon be testing a new containment system designed to prevent sea lice and algae from entering pens and hopefully reduce the chances of fish escapement. Cermaq Canada is assembling the structure, known as a semi-closed containment system (SCCS), in Port Alberni and plans to stock it with Atlantic salmon later this fall for trials at its Millar Channel farm in Clayoquot Sound.
Continue reading Cermaq Canada’s semi-closed containment system For Salmon FarmsCanada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
A First Nations leadership alliance is calling for the immediate end to salmon farming using open-net pens in B.C. waters, citing the threat of sea lice to wild fish stocks.
Continue reading Stop Using Open-Net Pens For Salmon FarmingNational Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Island seafood processors on B.C.’s Pacific coast say they are working to adapt to rapidly shifting market demands and heightened safety protocols, but some companies are taking a bigger hit from COVID-19 than others.
Continue reading Island Seafood Processors Coping With COVID
