Calls on Minister of Fisheries and Oceans to reissue operating licences for salmon farms in 2022
Economic analysis says 4,700 jobs depend on 79 licenses set to expire at the end of June
Opposing arguments from aquaculture companies and environmental organizations being heard
1.2 million hatchery fish about to be euthanized
DFO’s current deadline will lead to the cull of 10.7-million young fish
Industry pleads for time after federal order to close 19 sites
Commercial fishers argue for sector’s continued innovation
Federal government gives operators 18 months to grow-out their last harvest
Homalco First Nation to push for special hatchery permits
Province surrenders salmon farms without scientific basis
In 2018, province effectively surrenders authority over sites
Broughton Archipelago plan set to start in spring of 2019
All 120 operations will need agreements by 2022, province says
B.C. premier, agriculture minister announce wild salmon advisory group
New research by Pacific Salmon Foundation shows a strain of the virus may be affecting wild salmon
Agriculture Minister Lana Popham’s claims didn’t check out
Damage, threats, interference cited in injunction for Midsummer Island