Campaigner Attacks Salmon Farm Plans
CANADA - Anti salmon farm campaigner, Alexandra Morton has launced a new attack on the industry following the siting of a new farm on the coast of British Colum...

New Film Documents Issues of Salmon Farms
GLOBE - A new film is to be released in which prominent scientists and Canadian First Nation representatives speak their minds about the salmon farming industry...

Protecting Migrating Salmon
CANADA - Claims have been made that salmon farms near Campbell River are having a negative effect on wild fish –especially sockeye.

Sustainable Milestone for Atlantic Salmon in America
CANADA - Cooke Aquaculture, under its marketing division, True North Salmon, is the first Canadian company to offer Eco Certified farmed Atlantic salmon in North...

Good News for BC Salmon Farmers
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - An article and editorial printed in yesterday's edition of “The Daily News” in Nanaimo provide refreshing perspective on the opportunities...

BC Salmon Farmers Defend Their Practices
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Claims have been made that salmon farms near Campbell River are having a negative effect on wild fish –especially sockeye, but the British...

Moving Salmon Nets May Control Parasite Spread
GUELPH, CANADA - Researchers at the University of Guelph have used DNA barcoding techniques to shed new light on controlling the spread of the salmon louse, a...

DNA Markers Identify Threat of Salmon Farm Lice
VANCOUVER, CANADA — DNA research at the University of Guelph has provided insight into a perplexing environmental problem on British Columbia's west coast, where...

Global Warming Hits Wild Salmon Hard
CANADA - Fish farmers say their practices are safe, sustainable and well‐regulated

BC First Nations File Class-Action to Save Wild Salmon
CANADA - British Columbian First Nations say that the devastation of Broughton Wild Salmon leaves them no alternative but to file for class-action law suit.

Alarming Disappearance of P.E.I. Salmon Stocks
PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND, CANADA - The first comprehensive Atlantic salmon survey on Prince Edward Island (PEI) in almost a decade has revealed an alarming trend. The...

Farmed Salmon Industry Looking Healthy in BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Market prospects for farmed salmon raised in British Columbia remain strong as shortages in supply continue and the industry is well positioned...

Study Reveals Genetic Differences in Sea Louse
CANADA - Sea lice found in the Pacific Ocean are very different genetically from sea lice in the Atlantic Ocean, a study team co-led by a University of Victoria...

BC Citizens Demand Salmon Farm Rules
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A letter that was signed by almost ten thousand BC citizens demands that the Fisheries Act be applied to salmon farms.

Fraser River Sockeye not at Risk From Fish Farms
CANADA - Marine Harvest has retaliated to claims that Fraser River sockeye are at risk from salmon farms, saying that their practises ensure that the effects are...

New Aquaculture Species Reaping Rewards
CANADA - A handful of new species are making a splash in the Canadian fish farms industry.

Alarm as Fraser River Sockey Encounter Fish Farms
VANCOUVER, CANADA - The form letter that Premier Gordon Campbell and federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea keep ignoring is just getting longer.

Fishing for Salmon Genes
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A new molecular gentics project is helping researchers at the Pacific Biological Station in British Columbia, to develop genomics...

Genetics Tell the Secrets of Salmon Nemesis
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - New research is uncovering the genetic secrets of BC’s most notorious marine parasite.

Failing Dam Could Damn Major BC Salmon Streams
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - One of British Columbia’s most economically vital salmon streams is teetering at the edge of a major fish kill.

Aquaculture Thrives in Newfoundland
CANADA - Neighbouring provinces are being given some of the credit for the substantial growth in this province's aquaculture industry.

Dramatic Change in B.C. Salmon Populations
CANADA - New research documents a "dramatic and alarming" decline in the survival of some salmon species in the waters of British Columbia, in the Georgia Strait,...

Call of Aquaculture Study Falls on Deaf Ears
CANADA - Although he won’t say it’s officially dead, newly-appointed Agriculture and Lands minister Ron Cantelon is looking beyond the study group he sat on to...

BC Salmon Report Finds a Better Way
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The Pacific Salmon Forum has been praised for the release of their long-anticipated report. The report acknowledges the magnitude of the...

Closed-containment Salmon Opportunity in Canada
CANADA - The development of a new closed-containment salmon farm has New Democrats excited about the future of the aquaculture industry in British Columbia, and...