British Columbia

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. …

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.

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 …

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.

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 …

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 …

“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 …

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.