Wilderness Tourism Association Calls For Immediate Action
November 15, 2006
The Wilderness Tourism Association of B.C. (WTA) today called for immediate government action to address the precipitous decline of wild pink and chum salmon in the Broughton Archipelago.

Farmed Salmon Exposed in Cities Around the World
October 11, 2006
Environmental groups and concerned citizens are taking to the streets in five Canadian cities today to demand action from Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) on open net-cage salmon farms.

Wild Salmon Mortality Caused by Salmon Farms
September 27, 2006
A new peer reviewed scientific paper out of the University of Alberta shows that up to 95 per cent of wild juvenile salmon are killed by parasites from salmon farms.

Renown Researcher Wins Prestigious Aquarium Award
April 20, 2006
Alexandra Morton recognized for work to protect wild salmon.

Province of BC Approves Another Fish Farm in Broughton Archipelago
April 5, 2006
The nine member groups of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform1 (CAAR) today voiced dismay at the Campbell government’s decision to approve a new open-net cage salmon farm in the besieged Broughton Archipelago.

First Nations, Conservation Groups, and Salmon Farming Industry
Monitor Sea Lice on Broughton Salmon Farms
March 19, 2006
The first collaborative venture involving the salmon farming industry, conservationists, and First Nations has begun in the Broughton
Archipelago, a collection of islands between the northeastern end of Vancouver Island and the mainland coast of British Columbia.

Salmon farming standards unveiled at Boston Seafood Show labeled weak and unenforceable by B.C. Environmental Groups
March 13, 2006
The nine member groups of the BC-based Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) today criticized new salmon farming performance “standards” announced this morning during the Boston Seafood Show. Read the media backgrounder here.

Aquaculture Company, First Nations and Environmental Coalition Reach Unprecedented "First Step" Agreement
January 12, 2006
Marine Harvest Canada and the nine member groups of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) today announced the completion of a “Framework for Dialogue” that will foster collaborative efforts toward solving the conflicts surrounding open net-cage salmon farming. Read the media backgrounder here.

2005

Ad Campaign In Vancouver and Victoria Shows Safeway Continues To Support Farmed Salmon Despite Known Risks
November 18, 2005
A coalition of environmental groups, scientists, fishermen and First Nations have
mounted an extensive ad campaign extending into the holiday season to tell the people of British Columbia that Safeway’s sustained support for farmed salmon represents a real threat to BC’s beleaguered wild salmon.

BC Wilderness Tourism Association Urges the Immediate Fallowing of All Salmon Farms on Key Wild Salmon Migration Routes
September 28, 2005
The BC Wilderness Tourism Association (WTA) representing nature-based tourism operators and their sector associations announced today that it is urging the B.C. and federal governments to immediately fallow salmon farms on wild salmon migratory routes in the Broughton Archipelago in time for the Spring 2006 migration.

Early Numbers Show Another Pink Salmon Collapse in the Making
September 28, 2005
Environmental groups, independent scientists, First Nations, tourism operators and commercial fishermen today called for the provincial government to empty fish farms in order to provide a safe migration route for the wild salmon of the Broughton Archipelago after preliminary numbers of pink salmon returns show another stock collapse in the making.

New Research Furthers Case Against Net Cage Fish Farms While Fisheries Minister Defends Status Quo on Norwegian Junket
August 10, 2005
Canada’s claims to sustainable, ecologically responsible salmon farm management are being challenged again by peer-reviewed science just published in the North American Journal for Fisheries Management.

Renowned B.C. Chef Tojo Joins Farmed and Dangerous Campaign to Reform Salmon Farming Industry
June 15, 2005
Chef Tojo urges all sushi chefs to make their restaurants farmed salmon
free until the salmon farming industry reforms its current practices.

Cancer-contaminated BC farmed salmon must be destroyed
June 4, 2005
The Canadian Government must prevent hundreds of thousands more BC
farmed salmon contaminated with malachite green (a chemical considered a carcinogen by Health Canada) from reaching unsuspecting consumers.

Banned Chemical Found in Stolt’s Farmed Salmon
June 2, 2005
Stolt Sea Farms has confirmed that malachite green, a suspected carcinogenic chemical, has been found in the 320,000.00 Chinook salmon raised on their farms.

New Poll Shows 80% of British Columbians Want Closed Containment Salmon Farming
April 27, 2005
In a recent poll conducted by Synovate Research on behalf of Living Oceans Society and the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR), 80% of British Columbians surveyed want the BC governmentcage salmon farming and start investing in closed containment.

Yukon Sperm Goldrushed to Clayoquot Sound: committee urged to put deep freeze on Creative Salmon
March 14, 2005
The Yukon Salmon Committee (YSC) is being urged to refuse an application
by salmon farming company Creative Salmon to export wild Pacific salmon milt (sperm) to be farmed in cages within the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve, British Columbia, two thousand kilometres away.

US Grocer Drops BC Farmed Salmon
March 9, 2005
Colorado based Wild Oats Natural Marketplace, a retail grocer with over 100 stores throughout the U.S, has decided to discontinue selling farmed salmon from British Columbia (BC) because of risks to the environment and First Nations culture.

BC Organic Associations Rule Farmed Salmon Raised in Open Net Cages Ineligible for Certification
March 1, 2005
he Certified Organic Associations of British Columbia (COABC) have passed a unanimous motion, which in effect halts a three-year review of organic standards for farmed salmon grown in open net cages.