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March 11, 2010
Probe launched after salmon farm escape in Scotland
March 10, 2010
Groups call for emergency action on fish farms
March 08, 2010
Norwegian Multinationals Threaten Existence of Wild Salmon
March 08, 2010
Recovery of Fraser River sockeye calls for Olympian effort by inquiry
March 07, 2010
Forecast not looking good for B.C.'s salmon stocks this year
March 06, 2010
Call to move fish farms to land-based units
March 05, 2010
Wild fish interests condemn major escape from Lochaber freshwater salmon farm
March 04, 2010
Salmon populations need protection
March 04, 2010
First Nations hunger tied to lost sockeye
March 04, 2010
Raising salmon for consumption is wreaking havoc on wild fish populations—perhaps our bodies, too
March 04, 2010
Farmed vs. wild salmon - which is better?
March 03, 2010
MSNBC Video: Plight of pacific salmon uncertain
March 02, 2010
Federal government urged to protect B.C. wild salmon
March 02, 2010
What Will It Take to Save B.C.'s Wild Salmon?
March 01, 2010
BC privacy commissioner rules sea lice records can't be concealed
March 01, 2010
Public gains long-awaited access to sea lice records
February 26, 2010
Chilean farmed salmon epidemic a prime reason to switch to closed containment
February 25, 2010
Reports of drug resistance sea lice raise red flag
February 25, 2010
Chile's farmed salmon disaster
February 25, 2010
Local lab to test for sea lice drug-resistance
February 25, 2010
10 ideas that could save the planet, #6: get tough on fish farms
February 24, 2010
Sea lice numbers swell in Nootka Sound
February 24, 2010
The industrial model of aquaculture is unsustainable
February 24, 2010
Endless cycle of Fraser salmon inquiries
February 24, 2010
Recirculating aquaculture systems: The future of fish farming?
February 23, 2010
Sea lice becoming drug-resistant
February 23, 2010
Ecojustice threatens lawsuit against Ottawa over fish-farm expansion
February 23, 2010
The truth about fish farming: how intensive rearing of sea animals in confinement is essentially underwater factory farming
February 22, 2010
Ecojustice threatens lawsuit over fish farm expansion
February 20, 2010
Salmon focus of public forum
February 20, 2010
Rally during the games draws concerned crowd
February 18, 2010
New Brunswick's aquaculture industry facing questions after illegal pesticide was found on weak and dying lobsters on the Fundy coast last November
February 18, 2010
Fish stocks are suffering
February 18, 2010
Discrepancies abound over October escape of 40,000 farmed salmon
February 18, 2010
Expert sounds alarm on salmon farming
February 17, 2010
Where have all the salmon gone?
February 16, 2010
Pure Salmon Campaign, Canadian First Nations Leaders Urge Norway to Protect British Columbia's Wild Salmon, Other Iconic Wildlife
February 16, 2010
Fast to protest Norwegian-owned salmon farms ends
February 16, 2010
An olympic effort to end destructive salmon farming
February 16, 2010
Save Wild Salmon, Move the Farms
February 15, 2010
NGO protests farmed salmon at Olympics
February 15, 2010
Declining fish stocks sound alarm to save seas
February 15, 2010
Aquaculture made safe
February 14, 2010
Norwegian-owned fish farms target of chiefs' hunger strike
February 12, 2010
Sea lice issues cause concern
February 11, 2010
Canadian conservation groups launch official objection to eco-certification for troubled Canadian salmon fisheries
February 04, 2010
Groups co-operate on pilot project using closed containment system
February 04, 2010
Greenpeace encouraged by Loblaw’s decision to protect some Redlist fish
February 04, 2010
Marine Stewardship Council loses credibility over plans to certify sockeye salmon as sustainable
February 03, 2010
Wild salmon advocates to leverage Olympics
February 02, 2010
NDP pressures Conservatives on wild salmon inquiry
February 02, 2010
Fish farm critics applaud court rulings, press for more regulation
February 01, 2010
Sea lice now a serious issue
January 30, 2010
Wild fish stocks depleted for farmed fish feed
January 28, 2010
Scottish group calls for tougher salmon farming regime
January 27, 2010
B.C. fish farming expansion frozen until December
January 27, 2010
Closed containment systems in development
January 27, 2010
Wildlife group asks DFO for interim measures to protect wild salmon
January 26, 2010
Target eliminates farmed salmon from all Target stores
January 26, 2010
Court declares the province of BC cannot expand aquaculture
January 21, 2010
Washington researchers present findings of Clayoquot sea lice study
January 20, 2010
Sustainable sockeye ‘eco-fraud'
January 15, 2010
More Sea Lice Found Near High-Density Salmon Farms
January 14, 2010
Aquaculture company devises new, sustainable process to raise salmon in freshwater
January 05, 2010
Land-based salmon farms can work
December 31, 2009
Sea lice problem in Norway underscores the threat to wild salmon on Canada's west coast
December 31, 2009
2009 decisive for B.C. salmon
December 30, 2009
A call to action on B.C. sockeye salmon
December 28, 2009
Norway warned to reduce salmon farming in 2010
December 23, 2009
Lice alert for Norwegian salmon
December 18, 2009
Fisheries Minister downplays fish farms in local visit
December 16, 2009
Self-contained farm averts escapes and pollution
December 15, 2009
DFO told to change to closed fish farms
December 14, 2009
Province needs to get creative on salmon
December 13, 2009
A strategic plan for wild salmon?
December 10, 2009
Fish farms, climate eyed in salmon collapse
December 09, 2009
Scientists urge quick action on Fraser sockeye collapse
December 07, 2009
Closed containment salmon farm being planned in China
December 04, 2009
Weight of dead fish caused massive escape
December 02, 2009
Documentary exposes corporate-government nexus against the people, local industry, wildlife
December 01, 2009
Council seeks a judicial inquiry into Skeena fishery collapse
November 27, 2009
Deep Trouble - Our Oceans. Is it the end of fish?
November 26, 2009
Feeding fish to fish
November 26, 2009
Experts to probe health of Canadian oceans
November 25, 2009
Licensing policy may have hindered efforts to recapture 40,000 Atlantics last month
November 25, 2009
MP Peter Julian says salmon action can be taken today
November 22, 2009
Fundamental connection between health of salmon stocks and both “spirit” and grizzly bear populations
November 20, 2009
Eco-certification of farmed salmon yet to be defined
November 19, 2009
Another inquiry into vanishing stocks
November 19, 2009
Salmon crisis on West Coast
November 18, 2009
Panel studying sockeye decline
November 18, 2009
Fish being wiped out to feed farmed animals, study says
November 18, 2009
Plenty of questions to answer in fish inquiry
November 12, 2009
Students detect 25% of fish sold fraudulently
November 12, 2009
Pew cautions against unregulated fish farms in U.S. federal waters
November 12, 2009
Contained fish farming in BC
November 12, 2009
Province defends regulations governing fish farm losses
November 11, 2009
Where have all the Fraser sockeye gone? Judge will hear evidence
November 06, 2009
B.C. judge to head inquiry into salmon collapse
November 05, 2009
Prime Minister announces probe into B.C. salmon stocks
November 05, 2009
New film highlights problems caused by salmon farms worldwide
November 04, 2009
B.C. technology behind world’s first commercial fish tank farm
October 28, 2009
58,800 salmon have escaped Scottish fish farm
October 27, 2009
B.C. Liberals Fail To Protect Wild Salmon, Surrender Fisheries Management To Ottawa
October 27, 2009
Farmed fish preying on wild salmon
October 27, 2009
Fish farmers must pull their nets if they don't change
October 23, 2009
40,000 salmon escape B.C. farm
October 22, 2009
Chamber pushes for closed-containment fund
October 20, 2009
380% increase in salmon escapes in Norway
October 15, 2009
The political ecology of farmed salmon
October 09, 2009
Conservatives must get expert input on salmon collapse
October 06, 2009
People must speak up or salmon will disappear
October 05, 2009
Why are Tories so quiet about salmon collapse?
October 04, 2009
Protest against fish farms draws hundreds in Vancouver
October 01, 2009
AquaChile will invest USD 11 million on inland salmon farming
September 29, 2009
Sea lice outbreak behind losses at Lakeland Smolt
September 29, 2009
Professor’s research on salmon published in National Geographic
September 25, 2009
It's time Canadians put more value in salmon and all it offers us
September 25, 2009
Salmon farmers ignoring the facts
September 23, 2009
Wild salmon aren't pawns
September 19, 2009
Passing blame for incompetence on salmon
September 19, 2009
Salmon a keystone species
September 19, 2009
An ecosystem in turmoil puts its predators at risk
September 19, 2009
Where the grizzly bears (still) roam
September 17, 2009
Retired fisheries expert slams minister
September 16, 2009
Judicial inquiry into DFO handling of Fraser River sockeye collapse essential
September 16, 2009
It's time to say enough is enough
September 15, 2009
Biologist lays charges under federal Fisheries Act against salmon farm
September 14, 2009
Minister holds closed-door session on sockeye
September 14, 2009
Something's fishy about this eco-stamp of approval
September 12, 2009
Beleaguered Department of Fisheries and Oceans takes another hit
September 10, 2009
Canadian aquaculture opportunities not realized
September 08, 2009
US government advised not to facilitate the operation of open ocean aquaculture given the many ecological and economic problems related to the practice worldwide
September 08, 2009
Fraser River sockeye fry had little chance because of fish farms
September 08, 2009
Fish farms put squeeze on marine resources
September 04, 2009
Salmon farms need to be removed
September 04, 2009
Shea is still missing the point
September 03, 2009
Conservation groups condemn salmon producer after 37,000 fish escape in Scotland
September 03, 2009
Sea to Sky's MP asking Fisheries Minister to visit riding to discuss declining fish stocks
September 02, 2009
How Farm-Raised Salmon Are Turning Our Oceans Into Dangerous and Polluted Feedlots
September 02, 2009
Government supports farmed fish
September 02, 2009
Transparency is elusive where labels are concerned
August 31, 2009
The defence of salmon farming contained some flaws
August 27, 2009
US group Pure Salmon films DFO promoting salmon farming in Norway while Fraser Sockeye collapse
August 26, 2009
David Suzuki: Uncovering the mystery of B.C.’s disappearing sockeye
August 26, 2009
Pay more attention to sea lice, group urges minister
August 25, 2009
Where have all the salmon gone?
August 25, 2009
Action now on wild salmon
August 21, 2009
Tories under fire for neglecting troubled B.C. salmon stocks
August 21, 2009
New Democrats present action plan to immediately address salmon crisis
August 21, 2009
Fish farms louse up wild stocks
August 21, 2009
Aquaculture trade show draws international protest
August 19, 2009
An open letter to BC Fisheries Minster
August 17, 2009
Pure Salmon Campaign Urges King of Norway to Protect Canada's Wild Salmon
August 13, 2009
NGO lambasts toxic treatments for sea lice
August 13, 2009
Millions of missing fish signal crisis on the Fraser River
August 11, 2009
Fraser River sockeye almost at extinction
August 11, 2009
China launches large-scale closed containment facility
August 07, 2009
Norwegian sustainability model should be used in BC
August 07, 2009
Health Canada silent on SLICE approval
August 06, 2009
Upstream fight for salmon
August 06, 2009
Corporate-Government Chooses Profit over Wild Salmon; What Do the People Choose?
August 05, 2009
Massive damage to wild salmon and sea trout stocks in Scotland
August 05, 2009
9,000 call for salmon farms in Scotland to be relocated
August 04, 2009
Pursuing Salmon: It's Gotta Be Wild
August 04, 2009
New Brunswick sea lice pesticide treatment generates opposition
July 31, 2009
Time for more fish farm regulation
July 29, 2009
Justice, in the wake of ISA
July 27, 2009
The Problem with Farmed Atlantic Salmon
July 27, 2009
Sockeye salmon numbers crash as bust replaces anticipated bounty on B.C. coast
July 26, 2009
Chile’s Antibiotics Use on Salmon Farms Dwarfs That of a Top Rival’s
July 24, 2009
Aquaculture Critics Seek Closure of Five B.C. Farms
July 24, 2009
The Edge of Catastrophe
July 23, 2009
Problems with Broughton net-cages far from solved
July 22, 2009
Alliance wants SRD retractions
July 21, 2009
Report on decline in salmon and trout stocks ‘is a whitewash’
July 21, 2009
Business approach to salmon protection
July 21, 2009
Infectious Salmon Anemia arrived 13 years ago, say Canadian Scientists
July 20, 2009
Scottish report fails to identify the impact of sea lice
July 15, 2009
Grist.org reports on salmon farming
July 13, 2009
Chile salmon farms verging on breakdown
July 11, 2009
Evidence of fish farm risks to salmon mounts
July 10, 2009
Sea lice test science & democracy
July 09, 2009
Marine Harvest's 'hair-raising' use of antibiotics
July 01, 2009
Promise of greener aquaculture with closed containment branzini
June 30, 2009
New farm site criticized
June 26, 2009
Fish farm off Vancouver Island worries environmentalists
June 26, 2009
SRD directors re-think, offer Grieg compromise
June 19, 2009
Bay of Fundy lobster fishermen concerned about sea lice pesticide
June 18, 2009
Chilean salmon exports drop sharply
June 12, 2009
CREC demands answers, action on fish farming
June 11, 2009
The social costs of Chile's great salmon bust
June 04, 2009
Scottish Lochaber salmon stocks sharp decline blamed on salmon farming
June 02, 2009
Eyes on Norway closed containment project
May 27, 2009
The smoking gun for net-cage salmon farms?
May 26, 2009
Anti-farmed salmon campaigners get hearing in Norwegian parliament
May 20, 2009
Marine Harvest majority shareholder reports major losses as company admits mistakes in Chile
May 19, 2009
Land-based Artic char out performing net-cage salmon
May 15, 2009
Proposal for 2 new salmon farms under fire
May 12, 2009
Locals Dream Of Closed-Containment Salmon Farm
May 11, 2009
Premier talks up closed containment. Where's the action?
May 05, 2009
A fresh look at farmed vs. wild
May 04, 2009
Men Eating Fish
May 03, 2009
Net-Pens Make No Sense for BC
April 24, 2009
Pew Environment Group Calls for a Crackdown on Unapproved Drug Use by Salmon Farms
April 08, 2009
New Salmon Farms Proposed Near Historical Site - Opportunity to Attend Public Hearing
April 01, 2009
FDA Inspects Chilean Salmon Industry - Again
March 23, 2009
New Study Shows Fraser River Sockeye Are Encountering Fish Farms At An Alarming Rate
March 19, 2009
Nova Scotia Halts Fish Farm Growth in Port Mouton Bay
March 17, 2009
Sea Lice Shut Down Mainstream Salmon Farm in UK
March 16, 2009
Farmed Salmon Contaminated In Scottish Loch Diesel Spill Culled
March 13, 2009
Chile: Killer Algae Adds To Salmon Industry Woes
March 10, 2009
Farmed Salmon Giant Marine Harvest Appeals Court Ruling that Hands Industry Jurisdiction to DFO
March 09, 2009
Cordery: We're Stealing From the Oceans to Feed Farmed Fish
March 09, 2009
Scottish Seafood Industry Shake-up
March 02, 2009
UN Body Provokes Outrage With Call for More Fish Farming
February 27, 2009
Clearer Choice if We Labelled Farmed and Wild Seafood
February 23, 2009
‘Friends’ of bay taking aquaculture fight to Province House (Nova Scotia)
February 23, 2009
Chile's Sinking Salmon Industry Axes Jobs
February 18, 2009
CAAR Dismayed By Lack of Closed Containment Funding
February 18, 2009
BC Research Body Finds Salmon Farms A Problem for Wild Salmon
February 16, 2009
Fish Farming and First Nations
February 09, 2009
BC Supreme Court delivers ruling in fish farming case
February 09, 2009
FDA Reports Show Unapproved Chemicals Used By Largest Chilean Salmon Farms
February 06, 2009
Chilean Industry Attempting to Address Diseases and Chemical Use
February 05, 2009
First Nation Sues BC Government Over Salmon Farm Impacts
January 27, 2009
Wild Salmon & More at Risk from ISA Virus
January 27, 2009
Podcast: Part III - Norway, British Columbia Series
January 23, 2009
PETA: Fish-eaters Should Stay Alert
January 22, 2009
Salmon Farming’s Impacts Felt in Brackendale
January 21, 2009
Massive Salmon and Trout Escape in Southern Chile
January 21, 2009
Something fishy? Counterfeit Foods Enter the U.S. Market
January 20, 2009
Podcast: Proposed salmon farm expansion shaping up to be hot election issue in BC
January 18, 2009
Making A Salmon Blush: New Research on Colorants
January 05, 2009
Deadly Salmon Infection Detected in UK
January 05, 2009
Campbell's Doomed Policies on Fish Farming Will Be a Tough Sell to Voters
January 01, 2009
Chile's Salmon Crisis
December 16, 2008
San Francisco's Sustainable Tataki Sushi and Sake Bar
December 15, 2008
The Real Price of Farmed Salmon
December 11, 2008
Salmon Protests Continue In Southern Chile
December 06, 2008
New Science Out on Salmon Fed a Plant-based Diet
December 02, 2008
Salmon Union in Chile Blast Govt Rescue Plan
November 26, 2008
Too Many Delays on Fish Farm Rules
November 26, 2008
Farmed Fish: Almost Organic, and Always Polluting
November 25, 2008
Scottish Salmon Industry Called out for Shooting Seals
November 24, 2008
'Organic' Label May Elude B.C. Fish Farmers
November 23, 2008
Groups Upset After Victoria Considers Approving Increased Fish-Farm Production
November 22, 2008
Sustainable Food For All Seasons
November 20, 2008
Environmentalists Worried by Fish-Farm Sector's Push for Expanding Facilities
November 16, 2008
Proposed "Organic" Standards for Fish Fail Consumer Expectations
November 16, 2008
A Seafood Snob Ponders the Future of Fish
November 13, 2008
Enviro Group Lures Restaurants Toward 'Sustainable Sushi'
November 10, 2008
NY Times Editorial: The Protein Pyramid
November 05, 2008
NYT Features Scientist at Work: Alexandra Morton
October 28, 2008
Fishy Business at B.C. Fish Farms
October 28, 2008
Salmon Farming Outfit Assailed For Exceeding Production Quotas
October 24, 2008
Image Problem Haunts Chile’s Salmon Industry
October 24, 2008
Safer Sushi: What's the Catch?
October 23, 2008
Volpe: Story of How Farmed Salmon Overtook Wild in the Kitchen
October 23, 2008
Germany Finds "Fishy" Chemicals in Chilean Salmon
October 23, 2008
Consumer Groups Call on FDA to Test Chilean Farmed Salmon
October 22, 2008
Tofino Chamber Pushes For Closed-Containment Fund
October 20, 2008
Another Chilean Farmed Salmon Disease Outbreak
October 15, 2008
Bleak Warning: UK Fish Face Extinction
October 10, 2008
B.C.'s Salmon Farmers Given a Free Ride by Our Provincial 'Regulators'
October 06, 2008
End in Sight for Norwegian and Russian Salmon Dispute
October 06, 2008
Fishery Needs Better Supervision
October 05, 2008
Salmon Still At Risk Despite Fall In Lice: Biologist
September 30, 2008
Scottish Salmon Producer Fined £15,000
September 30, 2008
B.C. fish farm regulation faces constitutional challenge
September 25, 2008
More Chilean NGOs Call For Salmon Moratorium
September 22, 2008
FDA Clears the Way for Super Salmon, Other GE Food Animals
September 19, 2008
Declining Salmon Runs Blamed for Wilderness Tourism Slump
September 16, 2008
B.C. Not Immune to Algae Bloom Outbreaks
September 08, 2008
Monterey Bay Aquarium Wins Bon Appetit Magazine Award for Seafood Watch Program
September 03, 2008
MIT Tests Self-Propelled Cage for Fish Farming
September 03, 2008
Chilean Groups Highlight Salmon Industry Labour Problems
August 25, 2008
Big Players Opening to Closed Containment?
August 18, 2008
Salmon farms contribute to growing numbers of ocean 'dead zones'
August 18, 2008
Marine Harvest Reports Q2 Losses
August 12, 2008
Scottish Anglers Condemn Marine Harvest Debris
August 11, 2008
Cermaq (Mainstream) Reports Massive Losses
August 05, 2008
Sad BC Fraser River Salmon Season Ending
August 05, 2008
Chilean Salmon Boycot Began Monday
July 23, 2008
Ocean Technology Park Proposed
July 16, 2008
New Salmon Research Center Opens In Chile
July 16, 2008
Closed Containment Best Shot for Whole Food's Salmon Standards
July 15, 2008
Dietitian Answers "Organic" Salmon Question
July 15, 2008
Four More Chilean Salmon Farms infected With ISA Disease
July 11, 2008
Bush Proposal To Allow For Offshore Fish Farms
July 09, 2008
Retired Biologist: Sea Lice Infestations Need To Be Dealt With
July 09, 2008
Chile: Dispute Over the Origin of Salmon Disease (ISA)
July 09, 2008
NYT Source Bites Back, Slams Chile's Salmon Industry
July 08, 2008
As Go the Salmon, So Goes the Coast
July 07, 2008
Sea Lice Jump From Prey to Predator
July 07, 2008
Marine Harvest Sells Selkirk Site For £1
July 05, 2008
Stopping The Great Escapes
July 03, 2008
30,000 Escaped Salmon Pose Threat to Wild Stock
July 02, 2008
Photographer Illustrates the Stark Decline of Wild Salmon and Waterscapes in B.C.'s Salmon Farming Wake
July 02, 2008
Catch of the day? Wild salmon is threatened, and the farm-bred alternative raises concerns
June 28, 2008
Leaping Sea Lice Jump Onto Researchers' Radar
June 27, 2008
Salmon Farms Move to Protect Wild Fish From Sea Lice
June 26, 2008
Vancouver Sun Columnist Argues Science is a Method, Not A Credential
June 20, 2008
New Study On Sea Lice Behavior Is Bad News for Entire Food Web
June 17, 2008
Silver Ghost Photography Exhibit in Vancouver Brings Cautionary Tale to BC
June 12, 2008
Don't Forget Ecological Concerns When Choosing Which Fish To Put On Your Grill
June 11, 2008
North Shore News Focuses on Sustainable Seafood
June 06, 2008
BC Artist Focuses on Pink Salmon Extinction Point
April 21, 2008
Wild Salmon Rescue May Go Ahead
April 08, 2008
Marine Harvest publicizes its progress in minimizing sea lice
April 07, 2008
Salmon Farming's Mad Cow
April 06, 2008
DFO Says No to Wild Salmon Rescue
April 01, 2008
Sea lice infesting BC sockeye and herring

 

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