Canada’s National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Wes Erikson has spent his entire life working the waters of B.C.’s west coast, working gruelling hours on deck in some of the worst kinds of weather.
A fourth-generation commercial fisherman, Erikson started fishing on his father’s vessel at the age of five, graduating to paid deckhand by age eight. By 19, he’d purchased his first boat — and its associated halibut licence.
Continue reading BC’s Fishing Industry Needs A LifelineBy 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 FarmsBy Rebecca Dyok, Williams Lake Tribune, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Six B.C. First Nations are calling for an immediate meeting with Canada’s Minister of Fisheries and Oceans as chinook stocks in the Fraser River near the brink of collapse.
Continue reading Tsilhqot’in Nation demands meeting on declining Fraser River chinook stocksCampbell River Mirror, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The defunct multi-million dollar cruise ship terminal at Campbell River will undergo an assessment to evaluate its condition and possible alternate uses.
Continue reading Campbell River’s Multi-Million Dollar Cruise Ship TerminalCanada’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 Farming
