Canada

The federal government is investing millions in First Nations-led hatcheries to produce more salmon while pursuing a policy that would dismantle another Indigenous-backed form of salmon production on the B.C. …

Activist financier, Tony Allard says a Trudeau-era plan to eliminate ocean salmon farming in British Columbia by 2029 advances reconciliation. Coastal First Nations that host the farms see something very …

New audited data from 11 global producers shows the salmon farming industry’s steep declines in the use of antibiotics and medication to treat sea lice.

Province raises the future of salmon farming on Canada’s West Coast as a priority during national fisheries ministers meeting in Victoria.

British Columbia wild salmon-runs rise and fall for complex reasons. But for anti-fish farming activists, every boom and bust somehow leads back to the same target.

At a time when the world is warning about fragile food supplies and expanding aquaculture, deliberately producing less at home while importing more is a strange definition of food security.

As Canada curtails salmon production at home and spends a record $1 billion on imports, shipments from China are surging despite the country having virtually no salmon industry of its …

As Falklanders Islanders weigh whether salmon farming could become a new economic pillar, two aquaculture specialists are drawing on British Columbia’s experience to show how science, local knowledge and strong …

Students wanted to know how many farms operated in British Columbia, why Atlantic salmon were raised on the Pacific coast and whether production could be moved onto land.

As Atlantic salmon prices jump more than 25 per cent, the federal government continues to sit on a policy that would slash domestic production, deepen Canada’s reliance on seafood imports …

Salmon farming First Nations accuse B.C. businessman Tony Allard and his network of aquaculture detractors of spreading fear, distorting science and dismissing Indigenous authority, as calls grow for the activists …

A bacterial disease found in captive Chinook is being used to implicate ocean salmon farms, despite no proof of a marine aquaculture source or harm to wild populations.

Recognized as one of B.C.’s young salmon farming leaders, the Vancouver Island mother and environmental specialist says the people behind the sector deserve to be seen. By Samantha McLeodSeaWestNews Kirstyn …

Activist financier wants Ottawa to dismantle a major B.C. aquaculture sector, override coastal First Nations and gamble $2 billion in public money on a land-based salmon farming model with a …

“I would absolutely love for no one else to have to go through what we’re going through right now,” she says. “Have job security. Have food security. Have the support …

As the first five families prepare to move into Nenagwas, the Tlowitsis First Nation’s new home on Vancouver Island, Ottawa’s plan to ban ocean salmon farming in British Columbia threatens …

Every remaining salmon farm in the province operates under an agreement with the First Nation in whose territory it is located. It is mind boggling how many news outlet ignore …

For her, the work is about more than communications. It is about succession, credibility, and making sure the next generation has a voice in shaping the future of food production …

The world’s largest salmon farmer has sold its Atlantic Canadian business as its West Coast operations remain under strategic review and caught in Ottawa’s plan to end conventional ocean salmon …

British Columbia’s salmon farmers have built the kind of First Nations and community alliances needed to defend jobs, food production and small-town economies, a keynote address to the inaugural B.C. …

A major UN report says aquaculture now supplies most seafood eaten worldwide, while Canadian production stagnates ahead of a federal decision on salmon farming in British Columbia.

New government-backed monitoring in the world’s largest Atlantic salmon farming nation found very low pathogen levels in migrating post-smolts, adding to a growing body of science that challenges activist claims …

This letter, written in response to a request for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney, turns the questions back on B.C.’s First Nations Leadership Council over science, reconciliation and …

After years of uncertainty, B.C.’s salmon farmers used their AGM in Campbell River to show a growing coalition of support from First Nations leaders, politicians, agriculture advocates, tourism operators, resource …

Prime Minister Mark Carney’s new food security agenda gives his government a chance to correct course on the future of salmon aquaculture in B.C. and protect a Canadian food sector …

After years of campaigning to shut down B.C.’s ocean salmon farms, activists are now asking Ottawa for $2 billion to bankroll a land-based alternative that has failed repeatedly and remains …

The BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences is transitioning into an Indigenous-led aquatic science and stewardship research hub to braid First Nations knowledge with marine research in decisions affecting British …

A new Fraser River study finds juvenile salmon are carrying the chemical burden of cities, farms, roads and wastewater long before they reach the ocean or pass a salmon farm.

As Canada promotes seafood exports in Europe, the aquaculture sector is asking whether the new EU ambassador will sell ocean-grown salmon or undermine it abroad.