salmon

Choosing farmed salmon at the grocery store

Making an eco-friendly food choice today is completely in our hands CommentaryBy Samantha Bacchus McLeod When standing in front of…

3 months ago

Salmon SWAT teams to help fish during drought

Emergency solutions need to be partnered with a comprehensive approach to protect salmon from drought on the West Coast.  By Rochelle BakerLocal Journalism…

6 months ago

MP under fire for spreading falsehoods about salmon farms

Rachel Blaney, MP for North Island–Powell River taken to task for making false assertions about BC’s salmon farming sector in…

7 months ago

“To preserve wild salmon, we must also grow salmon.”

Coalition of First Nations reaffirms right to farm salmon in their traditional territories. By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Salmon farming First Nations…

7 months ago

Fears mount over fallout from salmon farm closures

First Nations and coastal municipal governments fear their communities will face economic devastation if salmon farms are forced from British…

12 months ago

First Nations suffer to save salmon stocks

“We can smell the salmon in the river when they're running, but we cannot go out and fish” By Rochelle Baker,…

1 year ago

The big lie about the ‘dye’ in farmed salmon

The colour of farmed salmon comes from adding an antioxidant to their feed, with benefits for everyone By Dr. Stefanie…

1 year ago

Canada’s salmon farmers need more collaboration not conflict

While the rest of the world is increasing aquaculture production, campaigners with varying self-interests have been determined to shut down…

1 year ago

No ‘relevant association’ between sea lice and salmon farms

New Federal Government science report dismantles key claims by anti-salmon farming activists’ groups in British Columbia By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews Sea…

1 year ago

Salmon, it does a body good

Examples of oily fish include: Steelhead trout, which are farmed right here in British Columbia, and salmon, also farmed in…

1 year ago

Farmed salmon is critical for Canada’s food security

The salmon served on most Canadian plates comes from farms, not from the wild, and this takes the pressure off…

1 year ago

Salmon farmers dominate global protein sustainability rankings: report

Salmon farmers Mowi and Grieg Seafood, who raise fish in BC,  considered to be the lowest risk protein producers in…

1 year ago

Grieg Seafood BC looks for new salmon farming sites

Grieg Seafood BC  seeks to develop new sites better suited for salmon farming as it works with First Nations to…

1 year ago

Salmon linings playbook of a Washington State politician

Ignoring science and dismissing judicial precedents, Hilary Franz plans to demonize salmon and fish farmers in Washington State as she…

1 year ago

Idea of growing salmon on land is a “dead horse”

Salmon farming critic claims Federal Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has betrayed her election promise and says idea of transitioning from…

2 years ago

Salmon farmers want more time to develop transition plan

Future of aquaculture in the Discovery Islands should be part of Transition Plan for all of BC, say salmon farmers…

2 years ago

BC’s anti-salmon farming activist gets it wrong again

No link between wild salmon returns in British Columbia and active salmon farms By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews British Columbia’s anti-fish farming…

2 years ago

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…

2 years ago

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”…

2 years ago

Beyond the headlines of a not-so-secret salmon virus study

Key components of a report, which anti-salmon farming activists claim was hushed-up by government and the aquaculture industry, have been…

2 years ago

“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…

2 years ago

Fisheries Minister provides “non-answers” for BC’s salmon farmers

“The decision will be made when it needs to be made,” - Fisheries Minister, Joyce Murray on the soon-to-expire aquaculture…

2 years ago

Salmon farmer sees net gains with new aquaculture technology

New aquaculture technology represents a transition towards what ocean-based salmon farms can one day become By Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews One of…

2 years ago

Science sleuths to study deep sea salmon secrets

Four vessels and more than 60 international scientists from Canada, Japan, the U.S., Russia and Korea are taking part in…

2 years ago

Commercial fishers in Alaska ‘plundering’ threatened B.C. salmon

Nearly 800,000 sockeye salmon were caught in Alaskan fishing districts just north of the border in 2021, and most of…

2 years ago

Minister issues fish transfer licence in contentious zone

Transfer permit issued to Yellow Island Aquaculture in the Discovery Islands is “in the interest of ocean science”, says Fisheries…

2 years ago

First Nation’s raised and smoked salmon hits Walmart shelves

First Nation-Mowi seafood product featuring smoked Atlantic salmon, which is hitting Walmart shelves this Christmas, hailed as an indigenous partnership…

2 years ago

Demand for farmed salmon soars around the world

Seafood companies report record global gains as retail demand for sustainably farmed salmon growsBy Fabian DawsonSeaWestNews The global demand for…

2 years ago

New Fisheries Minister no fan of salmon farms in BC’s oceans

Despite her record as being opposed to open-net salmon farms in BC’s oceans, the aquaculture industry says it will work…

3 years ago

Inside the secretive decision to shutter salmon farms in BC

Court hears that former Fisheries Minister kept her top officials and the aquaculture industry in the dark before making her…

3 years ago