Plan to allow floating fish farms in Gulf of Mexico struck down in court
A federal appeals court has struck down plans backed by President Donald Trump’s administration to open the Gulf of Mexico’s federal waters to fish farming, …
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First Nations call for end to B.C. open-net salmon farms
B.C.’s First Nations Leadership Council is calling for an immediate end to marine-based salmon farming in the province, following reports by B.C. fish farm owners …
Cooke CEO praises Trump’s executive order to ramp up aquaculture
If life was a Harry Potter movie this would be like Lucius Malfoy praising Lord Voldermort for ramping up snake production. Glenn Cooke, CEO of …
Trump order could allow floating fish farms in the Gulf of Mexico
An executive order by President Donald Trump could pave the way for fish farming in the Gulf of Mexico and other marine waters, potentially disrupting …
Highly Contagious Virus Found In Majority of Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farms
Salmon at a majority of Clayoquot Sound fish farms are infected with the Norwegian strain of a highly contagious virus, according to an investigative report …
Mowi Canada Fish Farm Escape
On Dec. 22, 2019, Mowi Canada released a statement admitting “most” of 21,000 farmed Atlantic salmon have escaped a circular pen at Robertson Island, near …
20,000 Atlantic salmon escape into B.C. waters
Wild-salmon advocates are alarmed over a large escape of farmed fish in Queen Charlotte Strait. An electrical fire at the Mowi fish farm on Robertson …
TAKE ACTION: Demand the WDFW conduct a rigorous environmental review of Cooke’s new proposal
Urge the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife to protect our salmon and our sound by conducting a comprehensive Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) of Cooke …
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“At the Canadian Fishing Company [Canfisco] based in Vancouver, all carcasses of herring processed for roe are reduced into fishmeal and sold to farms and …
BC Coastal Fish Farms To Close By 2025?
The aquaculture industry must be shitting in their collective pants now that Justin Trudeau has been re-elected as Canada’s Prime Minister. Trudeau’s liberal party recently …