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From sea to poisoned sea, federal government proposes new regulation that would facilitate toxic pesticide use on salmon farms
February 16, 2011 FREDERICTON, HALIFAX, VANCOUVER – Despite mounting public concern over the impact of aquaculture pesticides on the marine environment, Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is in the process of developing regulations that will facilitate and enable the ongoing use of eco-toxic pesticides in the open water by the salmon aquaculture industry. DFOʼs proposed "Pathogen and Pest Treatment" regulation…
Read more »CAAR celebrates AgriMarine’s first commercial-scale closed containment tank installation
January 17, 2011VANCOUVER – Commercial-scale closed containment salmon farming in BC just took one huge step forward with the installation of a marine-based salmon farming tank in Campbell River.Local closed containment technology leader AgriMarine Inc. has installed the first of four solid-wall floating tanks that will be used to farm Chinook and coho salmon at Middle Bay. The Coastal Alliance for…
Read more »DFO seeks to undo important precedent for at-risk species
January 17, 2010 Environmental groups headed back to court to uphold killer whale victory VANCOUVER – Environmental groups vowed today to fight the Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ (DFO) appeal of a decisive and precedent-setting Federal Court ruling that declared that DFO must protect critical habitat of killer whales and other aquatic species. DFO seeks to overturn the decision…
Read more »Half a million more farmed salmon being placed in the path of migrating Fraser River sockeye
January 7, 2011 VANCOUVER- Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) is in the process of adding 500,000 additional farmed salmon to one of BC’s most sensitive wild salmon migration routes. Located along the Wild Salmon Narrows, MHC’s Conville Bay farm (a site that hasn’t been used in three and a half years) has been reactivated. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) is…
Read more »New Pacific Aquaculture Regulations pose major concerns, only marginal improvements
December 10, 2010VANCOUVER, BC – The new Pacific Aquaculture Regulations, unveiled today in Vancouver by Fisheries Minister Gail Shea bring some areas of improvement over the previous Provincial regime. But the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) has major concerns around the transparency of industry reporting and lack of clarity concerning possible exemption from habitat destruction provisions of the Fisheries…
Read more »Cohen inquiry orders release of salmon farm data
December 8, 2010 VANCOUVER – The Conservation Coalition – a participant group in the federal sockeye inquiry – applauds Justice Bruce Cohen’s order instructing the salmon farming industry and the federal and provincial governments to release farming data from 120 farms, dating back 10 years. The information requested includes disease, sea lice and stocking data that must be supplied to…
Read more »Cohen Inquiry orders release of salmon farm data
VANCOUVER – The Conservation Coalition – a participant group in the federal sockeye inquiry – applauds Justice Bruce Cohen’s order instructing the salmon farming industry and the federal and provincial governments to release farming data from120 farms, dating back 10 years. The information requested includes disease, sea lice and stocking data that must be supplied to the Cohen Commission by…
Read more »Decisive killer whale court win offers hope for at-risk species
December 7, 2010 Federal Court rules DFO failed to protect B.C. resident killer whale critical habitat VANCOUVER – Conservation groups, represented by Ecojustice, have won a landmark decision (see below) in the Federal Court which ruled today that the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has failed to adequately protect critical habitat of B.C.’s resident killer whales. The win ensures stronger…
Read more »DFO study affirms viability of closed containment technology for salmon aquaculture
For Immediate ReleaseNovember 24, 2010VANCOUVER, BC – Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has released a new report that affirms the economic viability of closed containment technology for salmon aquaculture. The department also recommends building a pilot scale or demonstration system as a next step. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) is delighted that the federal government is finally recognizing the potential of closed containment technology…
Read more »Elevated lice levels reported in the wake of new published science in Discovery Islands
For Immediate ReleaseNovember 12, 2010CAMPBELL RIVER, BC – New research published this week confirming salmon farms as a major source of sea lice on juvenile salmon migrating through the Discovery Islands comes at the same time CAAR campaigners have discovered salmon farming companies in this region are reporting elevated lice levels on their farms. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform…
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