There must be a future for farmed salmon in BC

As Norway innovates to feed a growing planet, Ottawa’s 2029 ban on net-pens threatens to dismantle a vital coastal industry.

The ties that bind BC’s resource communities

How the human and technological threads that bind BC’s resource communities come together.

Federal ban risks jobs, investment, and rural economies in BC

BC Salmon Farmers Association executive director Brian Kingzett warns of job losses, capital flight, and ripple effects across Canada’s food supply chain if certainty isn’t provided soon.

Ottawa challenged on BC salmon aquaculture

A new study challenges Ottawa’s plan to ban ocean-based salmon farms—putting science, Indigenous rights, and rural livelihoods at the centre of the conversation.

BC salmon farmers need our support more than ever

An industry that employs thousands, generates millons of dollars, and drives Indigenous progress is under threat.

Ottawa’s salmon-farm plan more than fishy

BC salmon farmers and First Nations warn Ottawa’s 2029 open-net salmon farming ban could cost taxpayers $9 billion, devastate communities, and ignore both science and economic realities.

BC salmon farmers push back

Federal transition plan ripped as “wildly unrealistic”.

Ottawa must cover the costs of the salmon-farming transition

The burden put on salmon-farming communities to make the transition is deeply unfair.

The great salmon gamble — how Canada’s push for land-based aquaculture foundered

Ottawa’s salmon policy overlooks scientific advice in favour of policies based on unproven assertions, writes Stewart Muir in the Financial Post.