Atlantic Salmon

• 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
  
• Washington won’t renew leases for Puget Sound fish farms

  Investigators found as many as 263,000 of the Cypress Island farm’s fish escaped in a 2017 incident, not the 160,000 Cooke Aquaculture told the public.

  Canada

  Nov 15, 2022
  
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• New Brunswick Mi’kmaw chiefs join court challenge to N.L.’s Bay du Nord oil project

  The group says Ottawa did not fulfil its duty to meaningfully consult with Indigenous communities about the proposed project led by Norway-based Equinor.

  Canada

  Jul 12, 2022
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• Two-year licence renewal for some fish farms as Ottawa reveals transition plan for B.C.

  Fisheries and Oceans Canada is mandated to phase out open-net pen fish farming in British Columbia waters by 2025.

  Politics

  Jun 22, 2022
• N.B. releases finfish aquaculture growth plan to benefit seafood industry

  Aquaculture and Fisheries Minister Margaret Johnson says salmon aquaculture has been contributing to the province's economy for more than 40 years.

  Environment

  Mar 17, 2022
• First Canadian grown genetically modified Atlantic salmon being harvested and sold

  AquaBounty's salmon represent the first genetically modified fish to be harvested and sold in Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2021
• More Upper Bay of Fundy Atlantic salmon are coming home

  Biologists are encouraged about the number of Inner Bay of Fundy Atlantic Salmon returning to Fundy National Park to spawn.

  Environment

  Oct 14, 2021
• Conservation efforts credited for highest N.B. wild salmon numbers in over 30 years

  Researchers have detected more than 100 endangered Atlantic salmon returning to Fundy National Park rivers this year, the highest number since 1989.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2021
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• Canada names first research chair in aquatic restoration, to study salmon population

  The federal government is also adding another $431,000 to Parks Canada's five-year Atlantic salmon recovery project.

  Canada

  Nov 5, 2020
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• Large Atlantic salmon populations in North America see historic lows, report says

  A new report says the number of large Atlantic salmon that returned to North American rivers in 2019 was among the lowest recorded in 49 years of data collection.

  Jun 26, 2020