IMMEDIATE ACTION!
Get farms out of the Wild Salmon Narrows now.
Help shape the future of aquaculture in BC! DFO is currently accepting public input on their National Aquaculture Strategic Action Planning Initiative. Read more>>
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Canadian closed containment technology taking off in China, signifies enormous opportunity for Canada
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CAAR's submission into the re-regulation process of the finfish aquaculture industry in Canada is available here.
Recent media reports and programs have raised the prospect of Integrated Multi-Trophic Aquaculture (IMTA) as a sustainable approach to raising farmed salmon. However, this practice only has the potential to deal with farm waste and does nothing to address key environmental impacts like sea lice and disease. Read more>>
The facts and science around salmon farming are continually distorted by industry proponents. View our Myths & Realities fact sheet.
Latest CAAR Releases
July 22/09 - Research indicates lower levels of sea lice in 2009 in Broughton Archipelago
June 25/09 - Wild Salmon the losers as zoning for massive new salmon farm approved by Regional District
Latest Science
Study examines a large, natural infection of sea lice on juvenile Pacific salmon in the Gulf Islands area of British Columbia, Canada.
Provincial study suggests ocean bottom in some areas can take up to 15 years to recover from open net-cage salmon farming operations