Farmed Salmon
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Coalition of First Nations in B.C. backs salmon farm pen closureA coalition of 19 First Nations and the Union of B.C. Indian Chiefs has applied jointly to the Federal Court to intervene in a case involving the closure of fish farms.EnvironmentAug 16, 2023
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Delay in B.C. salmon farm transition plan welcomed by both sidesThe federal government's decision to delay its ruling on a planned transition away from open-net salmon farms from British Columbia coastal waters is being welcomed by opponents on both sides of the issue.EnvironmentJun 6, 2023
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Farmed salmon virus source, amplifies disease transmission in wild salmon: B.C. studyPRV, which devastated salmon farms in Norway, is a disease linked to heart and skeletal muscle inflammation in farmed salmon, and kidney and liver damage in wild B.C. salmon.EnvironmentMay 26, 2021
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Fish farms on key B.C. salmon migration route to be phased out by 2022The federal fisheries minister said 19 fish farms around the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, B.C, will not be issued licenses beyond 2022.EnvironmentDec 17, 2020
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Norwegian CEO to meet N.L. minister over disclosure of farmed salmon deathsFisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says Alf-Helge Aarskog, CEO of seafood company Mowi, is expected in the province Thursday afternoon to discuss disclosure about the mass die-off of farmed salmon earlier this year.CanadaNov 4, 2019
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Atlantic Salmon Federation raises concerns after escape of farmed salmonSpokesman Neville Crabbe says about 1,000 salmon escaped from a Cooke Aquaculture site near Deer Island on Aug. 20.EnvironmentSep 11, 2019
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Department of Fisheries to begin testing farmed B.C. salmon for virusPiscine orthoreovirus, or PRV, has been found to be harmful to farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway.EnvironmentJun 5, 2019
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B.C.’s wildlife tourism industry pushes for fish farm licences not to be renewedWith the deadline approaching for the B.C. government to renew 20 fish farm licences, a group of marine tourism operators are imploring the government to let the licences go.Jun 18, 2018
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Time to end open-water salmon farming, says Pacific Salmon FoundationThe independent charity says new research combined with "chronically low" wild salmon stocks mean it's time to move fish farms inland.EnvironmentMay 9, 2018
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Conservation group says no wild Atlantic salmon detected at site in N.B. riverThe federation says wild stock that have bred with farmed fish are less able to survive.CanadaOct 5, 2017
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