Fisheries minister tight-lipped on timeline for B.C. salmon farm transition
Conservation group worries ‘slippery language’ in discussion document could signal the federal government is walking...
The federal government just extended B.C. salmon farm licences. Here’s what you need to know
Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Joyce Murray announced a two-year extension for dozens of salmon...
B.C. salmon farm sea lice levels five times limit during critical wild fish migration, docs reveal
Internal government emails show sea lice levels multiple times higher than federal rules detected at...
Land and water in B.C. have a new ministry. We spoke with its leader
Josie Osborne is now B.C.’s Minister of land, water and resource stewardship and the minister...
Sea lice are becoming more resistant to pesticides — that’s a problem for B.C.’s beleaguered salmon farms
Open-net fish pens are the perfect breeding grounds for the parasites, which feast on the...
New salmon farm proposals for B.C. coast raise questions about Ottawa’s promised 2025 phase-out
Twelve proposals to expand or create new open-net pen operations — many pitched in partnership...
Norwegian company plans large new salmon farm for B.C.’s coast as others phased out
First Nations who successfully fought to remove open net pen salmon farms are speaking out...
‘We need that plan’: 109 B.C. fish farm licences soon set to expire, but federal transition strategy missing
On the heels of a new stakeholder engagement report from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, scientists...
Canada’s sweeping closures of Pacific coast salmon fisheries leave workers reeling
Commercial fishers are paying the price for a 'collective failure' to minimize impacts to wild...
