The federal and provincial governments have committed more than $140 million over five years to help protect wild Pacific salmon.

The report released Friday the provincial government must focus on “tangible, achievable, near-term actions."

Premier John Horgan was joined by Indigenous leaders from the Broughton region, many of whom oppose local fish farms, saying it can have a negative effect on wild salmon.

The NDP government has unveiled its first example of what obtaining the “consent” of First Nations for resource development projects is supposed to look like and things are as confusing and uncertain as ever.

The NDP government has unveiled its first example of what obtaining the “consent” of First Nations for resource development projects is supposed to look like, and things are as confusing and uncertain as ever.

For the second year om a row the Atlantic Salmon Federation says numbers are well below minimum conservation limits. Anglers are blaming the dip in one fish species on the cusp of a major come back after nearly becoming extinct. Morganne Campbell has more in this report.

The B.C. government has unveiled sweeping changes for the province's fish farming industry, but they don't come into effect until four years down the road.

With 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.

The B.C. government has appointed a new Wild Salmon Advisory Council with the task to develop a strategy for restoring and sustaining B.C.'s salmon populations.

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