Fish Farms

• Sunshine Coast fish farm appears to be abandoned, environmental group says

  Last year, West Coast Fishculture (Lois Lake) pleaded guilty and was fined $350,000 for illegally operating the steelhead salmon farm near Powell River.

  Environment

  Oct 25, 2025
  
• Ottawa delays phase-out of open ocean salmon farms to 2029

  In 2019, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised to phase out open-ocean salmon farming. The initial goal of 2025 has now been delayed for five years.

  Environment

  Jun 19, 2024
  
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• Federal court rejects review bid for renewing licences for B.C. fish farms

  In a written statement, open-net fish farming opponent group Wild First says the Federal Court decision is a "vindication".

  Environment

  Jun 8, 2024
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• Coalition releases ‘textbook’ on fish farm science as Ottawa mulls extending licences

  The 500-page guide was produced by the BC Salmon Farmers' Association, the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship and the B.C. Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences.

  Economy

  Apr 5, 2024
• 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
• Coalition of First Nations in B.C. backs salmon farm pen closure

  A 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.

  Environment

  Aug 16, 2023
• Indigenous and conservation groups urge Ottawa to back land-based B.C. salmon farms

  Indigenous and conservation groups are calling on the federal government to accelerate its transition away from open-net farms.

  Environment

  Jun 15, 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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• Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

  The 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.

  Environment

  Mar 21, 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