Fish Farming
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Federal government stands by B.C. salmon farm closuresOttawa 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.EnvironmentMar 23, 2023
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Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challengeThe farms off B.C.'s coast have been a major flashpoint with environmental groups and some First Nations saying the farms are linked to disease that transfers to wild salmon.EnvironmentMar 21, 2023
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Washington won’t renew leases for Puget Sound fish farmsInvestigators 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.CanadaNov 15, 2022
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Lack of fairness prompts Federal Court to set aside B.C. fish farm phaseoutThe BC Salmon Farmers Association said it was encouraged by the decision, however it declined an interview request while it is reviewed the ruling more closely.PoliticsApr 27, 2022
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Public rally held in Upper Tantallon in opposition to open-pen salmon fish farmsThe session was held in opposition of the Nova Scotia government’s plan to impose industrial scale open-net pen fish farming in Atlantic waters.EnvironmentMar 1, 2020
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Environmentalists, fish farm spar over mass fish die-off at Vancouver Island facilityThe operations are based in an area that is part of the UNESCO Clayoquot Sound Biosphere Reserve, in the territory of the Ahousaht First Nation.EnvironmentNov 25, 2019
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The world has an unsustainable appetite for fish, UN warnsA third of the world’s oceans are overfished and fish consumption is at an all-time high, the United Nations warns.EnvironmentJul 10, 2018
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New study shows B.C. wild salmon are being infected by virus coming from fish farmsResearchers say the infected wild salmon are struggling to swim upstream, which "means they're not spawning."EnvironmentDec 14, 2017
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Open for business: N.S. aquaculture sector gets millions from budgetThere are currently 44 companies actively farming fish in Nova Scotia.EnvironmentJul 7, 2016
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