Tag Archives: Cohen Commission

Fisheries

Questioning the numbers: will 1,500 fish farm workers lose their jobs?

6 Comments

This program was funded by a grant from the Community Radio Fund of Canada and the Government of Canada’s Local Journalism Initiative. 

This is the second in what has turned out to be a series of interviews about the need for a plan to help the 1,500 fish farm workers who will allegebly be losing their jobs because of the decision to phase out fish farms in the Discovery Islands.  Stan Proboszcz, Science Advisor with the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, is questioning the numbers. 

Continue reading Questioning the numbers: will 1,500 fish farm workers lose their jobs? →
Fisheries

transition plan for aquaculture workers: Blaney meeting with Minister

Leave a comment

Campbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Reporter

North Island- Powell River MP Rachel Blaney will meet federal fisheries minister Bernadette Jordan on Monday, Jan. 11 to discuss the implementation of a transition plan for aquaculture workers in her riding. 

Continue reading transition plan for aquaculture workers: Blaney meeting with Minister →
Fisheries

Fish farms phased out in Discovery Islands: Chief Darren Blaney & Alexandra Morton

Leave a comment

the Discourse, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter

The night that Chief Darren Blaney of Homalco First Nation found out that fish farms would be phased out in his traditional territories, he celebrated over dinner with his wife. 

Continue reading Fish farms phased out in Discovery Islands: Chief Darren Blaney & Alexandra Morton →
Fisheries

Are DFO scientists too dependent on funding from industry?

1 Comment

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) unleashed a storm of protests, when they announced that salmon farms pose a minimal risk to migrating wild salmon. One of the most telling criticisms came through an interview that the Globe and Mail had with Kristi Miller-Saunders, head of the department’s molecular genetics laboratory at the Pacific Biological Station in Nanaimo. Dr. Miller-Saunders is troubled about the assessments and the fact department scientists are depend on funding from industry.

Continue reading Are DFO scientists too dependent on funding from industry? →
Fisheries

The DFO responds to questions about minimal risk

5 Comments

Fisheries and Oceans Canada’s (DFO) announcement unleashed a torrent of protests from First Nations leaders and environmentalists. How could “nine peer-reviewed, scientific risk assessments” find that salmon farms pose a ‘minimal risk’ to migrating Fraser River sockeye salmon? Two questions from Cortes Currents were amidst the deluge of correspondence they took in. It has taken more than a week, but the DFO finally responded to my questions about minimal risk.

Continue reading The DFO responds to questions about minimal risk →