Press Category: Salmon Aquaculture

Stephen Hume Special to the Sun Monday, April 07, 2008 It’s been a bruising fortnight for fish farmers. First, a blockbuster story March 27 in the New York Times outlined the difficulties plaguing Chile’s salmon farms. Then provincial Agriculture and Fisheries Minister Pat Bell announced a moratorium on expansion of fish farms to the north coast "until we figure out…

Urges Action to Protect South Coast March 27, 2008 Vancouver, Prince Rupert: The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform welcomes today’s decision by the BC government to institute an indefinite moratorium on open net-cage salmon farming in northern BC waters but voiced deep concern over more salmon farm approvals on the south coast. It is a huge turning point that the…

Province urged to get on board with matching funds July 31, 2007 VANCOUVER – Funding from a federally created corporation for a closed-tank salmon-farm project is a good start at making fish farming more sustainable, according to the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). Sustainable Development Technology Canada, a not-for-profit corporation created by the Government of Canada, announced recently that…

June 22, 2007 VANCOUVER, BC –The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) is stepping up its market pressure on grocery sector giant Safeway with an advertisement in the Sunday New York Times calling on Safeway to stop selling farmed salmon until the aquaculture industry cleans up its act. The “Ingredients for Extinction” ad, playing off Safeway’s “Ingredients for Life” branding,…

New Poll shows British Columbians’ support closed, contained salmon farms May 16, 2007 VANCOUVER, BC – The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR)  today applauded the key recommendations of the Special Legislative Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and called on the provincial government to act immediately to implement the changes required. CAAR also released a poll showing 80.7 per cent of…

Hon John van Dongen 17 July 2001 Minister of Agriculture, Food and Fisheries Room #137 Parliament Buildings (Provincial Legislature) Victoria, BC V6V 1X4 Dear Mr van Dongen:Re: Moratorium on Net-Pen Salmon FarmsI am writing in response to the announcement that you are preparing to lift the moratorium on the construction of more net-pen salmon farms in British Columbia. My concern…

August 29, 2001 VANCOUVER — The T. Buck Suzuki Environmental Foundation says polluting salmon farms should face prosecutions and fines like other polluters. A newly released document from the Ministry of Water, Land and Air Protection shows that 47 percent of all salmon farm sites had potential or probable impacts to marine life on the seabed. Most of these sites…

(Nanaimo, Jan. 21, 1997) As the public review that may determine the future of salmon farming in BC enters its final phase, representatives of virtually all sectors other than government agencies, salmon farming and related industries have come out strongly in favour of sweeping changes for the industry in BC. “This review could have profound implications for resource users up…

Mar. 20, 1997 (Nanaimo) After seven months of meetings, public submissions, scientific research and review of the available evidence, the final version of the technical papers produced for BC’s Salmon Aquaculture Review (SAR) validate the concerns of the Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA), First Nations, fishers, and others who have spoken out about environmental and other problems of salmon farming. “We…

Continued moratorium on salmon farms needed (Nanaimo, July 22, 1997) – In an unprecedented act of citizen opposition to salmon netcage expansion in British Columbia, hundreds of organizations and individuals today signed on to a letter calling upon Premier Glen Clark and the provincial Cabinet to retain the moratorium on fish farm development until a lengthy list of environmental and…