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The Carney government must conduct a comprehensive assessment of consumer costs and national food security before proceeding with the plan to ban conventional ocean salmon farming in British Columbia by …

A new Pacific Salmon Foundation study shows how disputed findings can be turned into alarming headlines,  fuelling the “scientific uncertainty” activists need to kill British Columbia’s ocean salmon farming sector.

A media investigation by The Outlaw Ocean Project links farmed salmon to depleted fisheries and labour abuses, but Canadian producers say it paints an outdated picture of how salmon are …

“This is a crisis, an avoidable crisis.” First Nation leaders warn Prime Minister Mark Carney that the plan to ban ocean salmon farming in B.C. is killing jobs, blocking billions …

For years, activists said removing salmon farms would cut sea lice on wild salmon. The farms went, taking 1,500 jobs and more than $1 billion in aquaculture investment with them. …

New identity comes with a policy push to scrap B.C.’s 2029 salmon farming ban, recognize aquaculture as agriculture and grow more Canadian seafood

Prime Minister Mark Carney lays out a new “protect while we build” ocean-economy strategy as salmon farmers and their First Nations partners await a decision on the future of marine …

A ‘Marine Donut’ will be built and tested in Campbell River, but its developer says the closed-containment aquaculture system is no near-term replacement for existing ocean salmon farming in B.C.

Calls by the Pacific Salmon Foundation to eliminate B.C.’s ocean salmon farms rely on land-based replacement technologies struggling with bankruptcies, high costs, production failures and investor losses.

Stewart Muir, a leading B.C. resource advocate, lays out the playbook activist-friendly Trudeau-era politicians used to choke off aquaculture investment and kill conventional salmon farming on Canada’s West Coast.

The Canadian Federation of Agriculture says aquaculture must be treated as part of Canada’s broader food economy, warning that regulatory uncertainty is pushing hundreds of millions of dollars in investment …

Mayor Kermit Dahl, chair of the Alliance of Resource Communities, says Ottawa has made its decision on the future of salmon farming in B.C. and must make it public, warning …

Multinational aquaculture companies fear Ottawa’s plan to ban salmon farming in British Columbia could spread east, creating a “broader investment chill” across Atlantic Canada, according to a new report.

The upcoming Cold Harvest Conference brings Canada’s multi-billion-dollar seafood farming sector together as Ottawa seeks new investment, pushes domestic food production and faces a defining choice over the future of …

Nearly a decade after Dominic Barton’s economic council urged Canada to seize its aquaculture opportunity, his return as chair of Invest in Canada is renewing hope that the sector could …

Recognition highlights the salmon farming advocate’s work building a new generation of seafood leaders as aquaculture expands to meet growing global demand for sustainable protein.

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 …