Fish Farm

• Advocates press DFO to move faster on plan to phase out B.C. fish farms

  A coalition of Frist Nations, environmental groups, scientists and tourism operators want the government to move more quickly on its pledge to phase out B.C. open-net salmon farms.

  Environment

  Sep 27, 2023
  
• Federal government stands by B.C. salmon farm closures

  Ottawa is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges.

  Environment

  Mar 23, 2023
  
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• Ottawa to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish

  Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia's Discovery Islands.

  Environment

  Feb 17, 2023
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• Alberta fish farmer suing province over impacts of ‘failing to control’ whirling disease

  Though it dates back to 1961, Alberta Trout Inc. hasn't hatched fish since 2013. That's when the Elbow River's floodwaters destroyed much of Allen's property and the ponds.

  Environment

  Sep 21, 2022
• Woeful Fraser River sockeye run renews fish farm debate

  Test fisheries for the region are abysmal and it's reopened the debate over the impact of fish farms that once populated the waters of discovery passage.

  Environment

  Sep 2, 2022
• Quebec’s first urban fish farm set to make a splash in Montreal with Arctic char

  Situated in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough in the basement of an Urban Agriculture Coop building are some 50,000 small Arctic char, swimming around and slowly growing in size.

  Environment

  Mar 28, 2022
• Company says severe winter weather responsible for fish farm die-off in N.L.

  A statement from Cold Ocean Salmon Inc., owned by New Brunswick-based Cooke Aquaculture Inc., says approximately 77,000 of 550,000 salmon died in two cages at the cage site near Manual Arm.

  Environment

  Mar 3, 2020
• Worker killed, 2 others hurt at fish farm near Tofino, B.C., WorkSafeBC investigating

  WorkSafeBC said it was notified of a "serious boating incident" near Tofino Sunday evening, and that it had deployed prevention officers to the site on Monday. 

  Dec 23, 2019
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• Nearly all Atlantic salmon escape B.C. fish farm pen after damaging fire

  The company said late Saturday that "most" of those salmon have escaped the circular pen, which sits with several others in the waters of the Queen Charlotte Strait.

  Dec 22, 2019
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• Bald eagle vs. octopus: ‘Once in a lifetime’ fight caught on video in B.C.

  Fish farmers spotted a bald eagle struggling to escape from the clutches of a bright red octopus near Quatsino, B.C.

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  Dec 12, 2019