Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne suspended licenses at 10 sites owned by Northern Harvest Sea Farms sites in October after the company failed to disclose the death of 2.6 million salmon.

Lawyers on behalf of a group of wildlife advocates argued last fall that the minister's decision was not valid because he did not consider the impacts when the hatched fish are released into sea cages.

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

Images of the messy cleanup and slow public disclosure of the incident have prompted environmental concerns and discussions about how the province's growing aquaculture industry is regulated.

The Norwegian-owned Northern Harvest Sea Farms made the announcement yesterday, after the provincial government announced it was suspending licences at the company's affected sites.

Gerry Byrne says the review will be conducted by Memorial University of Newfoundland's Marine Institute.

Piscine orthoreovirus, or PRV, has been found to be harmful to farmed Atlantic salmon in Norway.

Cermaq Canada says the Nova Scotia government has granted the company four options to lease sites in the Chedabucto Bay region along the eastern shore, and in the St. Mary's region south of Digby.

The independent charity says new research combined with "chronically low" wild salmon stocks mean it's time to move fish farms inland.

Worries about humpback whales on the West Coast continue after another whale was found dead this week.