British Columbia

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 …

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. …

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 …

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.

Activists want Ottawa to gamble B.C.’s salmon aquaculture future on land-based tanks that remain costly and unproven at scale.

Tim Kennedy’s visit to Iceland found a country building ocean and land-based salmon farming together, while Canada tries to destroy the coastal foundation needed to grow new aquaculture technology

“We don’t want to hear what people are against. We want to hear what they’re for,” Prime Minister Mark Carney told the Greater Vancouver Board of Trade, in remarks that …

B.C. will use Vancouver’s FIFA World Cup 2026 stage to showcase its wild and farmed seafood sectors to global buyers, investors and business leaders through a dedicated trade and investment …

Proposed levy would create a permanent source of money for wild salmon science in British Columbia, paid directly by salmon farming companies operating in First Nations territories.

A routine letter to Ottawa from international salmon-farming groups is being recast as a foreign-influence threat by activists whose fundraising pitch and public support are losing ground.

Canada’s latest food sentiment index found no year-over-year increase in preference for wild-caught fish over farm-raised fish, undercutting activist claims that seafood shoppers are turning against aquaculture.

Conservative MP Aaron Gunn’s bid to force release of a key B.C. salmon farming report was shut down by what he calls a “childish and embarrassing” filibuster.

A new RBC report is saying Canada needs more investment, more food production and more confidence from capital markets. What Ottawa is doing in British Columbia is the exact opposite, …

At a recent webinar on seafood’s leaders of tomorrow, speakers from Norway and Canada, made clear that aquaculture’s future will be shaped by people who show up, keep learning and …

Ottawa’s plan to ban ocean salmon farming in British Columbia directly undercuts Prime Minister Mark Carney’s pledge to link conservation, economic growth and partnership with First Nations. CommentaryBy Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews …

At North America’s biggest seafood trade show this week, B.C. promoted exports, jobs and global opportunity, but once again stopped short of fully backing the salmon farming sector driving much …

A new regional survey shows Atlantic Canadians increasingly see aquaculture as a source of jobs, food security and economic strength, while British Columbia remains stuck in a salmon farming debate …

The BC Assembly of First Nations’ resolution on salmon aquaculture collides with the very principle of Indigenous self-determination it claims to defend.

“For us to see the province of B.C. highlight aquaculture is something we’re very proud of,” – Jade Berg, director of marketing and innovation for Golden Eagle Sablefish.

The judicial decision on salmon aquaculture in B.C.’s Discovery Islands is being laundered into claims of scientific validation, ecological success, and Indigenous consensus, even though the court ruled on none …

Aquaculture’s mix of innovation, Indigenous partnerships and value-added potential is gaining relevance across the country’s food and beverage sector as companies look to strengthen “grown in Canada” sourcing. By Fabian …

“Canada’s aquaculture production is a national economic treasure, but it has been seriously weakened by irresponsible government policies,”  Timothy Kennedy, CAIA President and CEO.