First Nations to shape the future of aquaculture in BC
Canada acknowledges First Nations’ rights to define their relationships with the aquaculture industry in a plan that will shape the future of salmon farming in…
New book rehashes false claims about salmon farming
Extensive review has identified numerous falsehoods and misrepresentations in new Salmon Wars, book. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews American seafood farmers say a new book that purports…
Aquaculture sector thanks Atlantic Canada’s premiers
“When it comes to salmon farming, Atlantic Canada is unique – and that uniqueness is key to our sector’s success,” states an open letter to…
Net gains from aquaculture growing around the world
Record aquaculture production makes critical contribution to global food security says UN By Samantha McLeodSeaWestNews Aquaculture has grown faster than capture fisheries in the last…
‘Wild and farmed salmon can both exist in our waters’
First Nation, that is calling for an Aquaculture Zone in its traditional territories, signs historic agreement to determine how its land, water and natural resources…
Lobster industry clawing back from COVID-19 pandemic hits
Government bailouts for the lobster industry have been controversial among both politicians and consumers By Kevin FaganSeaWestNews According to a newly released report by the…
Summit to hear Canada’s aquaculture success and setbacks
Global conference will also showcase science, technology, business, and social aspects of aquaculture By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Canada’s innovations in harvesting the oceans will be on…
Another smolt step in Grieg’s aquaculture transition plan
Grieg Seafood’s hatchery expansion project will allow juvenile salmon to grow longer on land before being transferred to sea farms in British Columbia By SeaWestNews…
First Nations assert traditional rights to farm salmon
Aquaculture-dependent First Nations in BC set to defy government agenda to remove salmon farms from their traditional territories By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Aquaculture dependent First Nations …
Canada renews 79 licences for BC’s salmon farmers
Long awaited aquaculture announcement delivers a major blow to the science-deficit campaigns by anti-fish farming activists who want to shut down salmon farms in British…
Let us keep our salmon farms say First Nation leaders
Salmon aquaculture operations have brought us out of a dark era of depression, poverty, and suicides, say First Nation leaders in a series of poignant…
Why we need more aquaculture in our oceans
“Farming fish in the ocean provides climate-friendly protein with low greenhouse gas emissions and little to no conversion of land.” Guest Commentary By Sarah Brenholt During…
Newsrooms vs Courtrooms in the battle over salmon farms
In many of our newsrooms, anti-salmon farming activists have found allies to propagate their narratives. In the courtrooms, where factual evidence matters, a different story…
Poll finds majority of US voters support aquaculture
As Canada dithers over the future of salmon farms in British Columbia, most Americans support aquaculture to increase sustainable seafood production. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews A…
BC aquatic research facility incorporates Indigenous governance model
“Our First Nations leaders want reliable, local science advice that they can trust and understand in the face of so much competing and activist-driven science…
Canada needs to intensify agri-food and aquaculture production
“With rapidly rising food prices and the growing spectre of global food shortages, Canada not only has the potential, but an obligation, to support food…
Top scientists rip fake claims by anti-fish farm activists
“Home-grown, ocean-farmed salmon is a valuable food resource for Canadians. It is an affordable, highly nutritious protein with year-round access” – Canada’s top fisheries and…
First Nation renews aquaculture agreement with salmon farmer
“We are at a point of unprecedented challenges brought on by climate change, and a lack of understanding, particularly in the Federal government of our…
The lying games by BC’s anti-salmon farming activists
Politicians, media, and the public being pummelled by falsehoods about BC’s salmon farmers. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews If fearmongering was an Olympic sport, BC’s anti-salmon farming…
“It will be a shuckingly good seafood celebration”
BC Seafood Festival returns to the Comox Valley with a range of chefs and events to celebrate the bounty of our oceans. By Samantha McLeodSeaWestNews…
Politics drives Faustian salmon aquaculture pact in BC
“To remain in power, the PMO is willing to sacrifice the citizens and their children and future generations of Northern Vancouver Islanders to a life…
False facts matter to BC’s anti-salmon farming activists
After losing two recent court cases, anti-salmon farming activists in BC have embarked on a concerted campaign to discredit aquaculture and fisheries scientists CommentaryBy Fabian…
Federal Court rejects ministerial bid to shut down BC salmon farms
New ruling reaffirms that “salmon aquaculture in B.C. poses no more than a minimal risk to wild salmon”, countering the false claims by anti-fish farm…
“Their aim is to spread fear not facts about salmon farming”
New study says findings about organisms and viruses that have no significant impact on fish health is causing unnecessary controversies over salmon farming in British…
Land-based salmon farming not for us: First Nations coalition
Aquaculture-dependent First Nations decry Ottawa’s lack of understanding on what transitioning open-net salmon farming to growing fish on land means to remote Indigenous coastal communities….
BC First Nations in Ottawa to fight for salmon farming rights
“As the original stewards of Canada’s coastal waters for millennia, we are calling on you to re-issue salmon farming licences in the territories of the…
First Nations want ‘Aquaculture Zone’ off Vancouver Island
“We are working towards sustainability of both fisheries and aquaculture…they can both exist in our waters, but it should be our community that decides what…
Respect our rights to salmon farming say First Nations
“Our coalition is opposed to the federal government disregarding science and bowing to unfounded activist claims on salmon farming that, if heeded, will severely damage…
Feds told to renew expiring salmon farm licences
Sources indicate that DFO is recommending that expiring salmon farm licences in BC should be renewed for between five and six years. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews…
Coastal communities at risk if salmon farm licences expire: Premier Horgan
If Ottawa does not renew 79 soon-to-expire salmon farming licences, it would eliminate hundreds of aquaculture jobs, undermine the economy of dozens of coastal communities,…