First Nations Call for Say in Salmon Regulation
CANADA - British Columbia's First Nations is calling for a say in the regulation of salmon farms in the province.

New Technique Helps Salmon Farming Sustainability
CANADA - Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) is a new technique that can help to improve the sustainability of salmon farming.

Investment Encouraged in Those Who Farm
CANADA - A University of Manitoba plant science professor is urging society to re-invest more of the money saved from reduced food costs in ensuring the stability...

Salmon Disappearance Causes Ecological Disaster
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Conservationists warn that the steep drop in wild salmon numbers from the province's coast is causing death by starvation of the bears...

Drop in BC Sockeye Salmon Numbers a Mystery
BRITISH COLUMBIA, Canada - Experts say cuts to research grants will make it difficult to determine why more than nine million sockeye will not return to the Fraser...

Pink Salmon Returns to BC
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - Pink salmon are returning in abundant numbers to the Glendale River this year.

Pink Salmon Making Major Comeback
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - After being rendered virtually extinct in the Nanaimo harbour since the 1950s, pink salmon are now returning to the area by the thous...

Fish Farming Not The Only Culprit In Salmon Decline
CANADA - Many people say that fishing for salmon along Canada's West Coast is not what it used to be.

Salmon Reintroduced to Souris River
CANADA - Conservation groups are releasing 15,000 Atlantic salmon into Prince Edward Island rivers this year, including the Souris River, where there have been no...

B.C. Farmers Protest at Aqua Nor
NORWAY - The presence of the federal fisheries minister at an international aquaculture trade show this week sent the wrong message to British Columbia's beleaguered...

Sockeye Collapse: BC Indian Chiefs Accuse DFO
CANADA - An Aborigine chief and Secretary-Treasurer of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs has stated his horror at the Department of Fisheries and Oceans ignorance to...

Collapsing Salmon Runs: Farmers Reject Blame
BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - The BC Salmon Farmers Association is again defending Canadian farmers against criticism over their potential effect on wild salmon st...

What Went Wrong? The State of Fraser River Sockeye
CANADA - The Fraser River Panel met recently to receive assessments from the Pacific Salmon Commission staff on the status of the Fraser River sockeye and pink...

Official Sockeye Counts Way Down on Estimates
CANADA - The mysterious collapse of the B.C. sockeye run has dashed hopes raised just weeks ago of a good return this year.

Sustainable Campaign Sees Results in Canada
CANADA - Environmental groups that have been sounding urgent alarms about dramatic declines in fish and seafood stocks are taking Canadian supermarkets to task...

Salmon Farmers Defended over Sockeye Returns
CANADA - Salmon farming should not be the butt of criticism over the fall in numbers of returning adult fish seen in the early Fraser River Sockeye returns. This...

Reduced Sea Lice Brings Hope, but No Promise
BROUGHTON ARCHIPELAGO, CANADA - The preliminary results from the 2009 Coordinated Area Management Plan (CAMP) released by the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture...

Poor Salmon Run Could Threaten Treaty
CANADA - The number of king salmon that reach the Canadian border might not satisfy a treaty agreement between Alaska and Canada despite massive cuts in subsistence...

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...

Transparency is Key to Sustainability
NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - The sustainability of fisheries depends on the transparency with which coastal states incorporate scientific advice into policies, reports...

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...

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...

Greenpeace Launches Video on Seafood Destruction
CANADA — Greenpeace launched a new video on Oceans Day to highlight concerns over the destruction of seafood and the world’s oceans.

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...

Canadians Celebrate World Ocean Day
OTTAWA, CANADA - The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, has spoken of the importance of World Oceans Day to Canadians.