Traditional Leaders of Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw board CERMAQ fish farm
A B.C. First Nation has served a 72-hour eviction notice to a fish farm on north end of Vancouver Island.
Hereditary chiefs from Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw First Nation boarded a Cermaq/Mitsubishi salmon farm off the Burdwood Islands earlier this week. Their message was clear: it’s time to leave…
Read More >>An independent biologist is saying “finally” after the Department of Fisheries and Oceans admitted it has detected a potential disease in farmed fish.
“This is truly astonishing. I’m actually thunderstruck that they came forward with it,” says Alexandra Morton.
She began sounding the alarm about heart and skeletal muscle inflammation three years ago, and is relieved federal scientists are now acknowledging its presence…
Read More >>Wild salmon campaigners in British Columbia are claiming victory after the Federal Court struck down licensing rules that allow fish farms to transfer diseased fish into open ocean pens.
The ruling came after a lawsuit filed by biologist Alexandra Morton and Ecojustice argued that federal aquaculture licensing was inconsistent with the law protecting wild fish and the marine environment…
Read More >>Customers darting in to Vancouver’s downtown Costco recently for bulk deals on food and merchandise got more than they bargained for —the loud drums of protesters alarmed with the farmed salmon being sold inside.
Many customers took the activists’ pamphlets….
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