Salmon Farms Drive Wild Salmon Towards Extinction
December 13, 2007
A study appearing in the December 14 issue of the journal Science shows, for the first time, that parasitic sea lice infestations caused by salmon farms are driving nearby populations of wild salmon toward extinction. Read the research summary. (pdf)

"Safeway Farmed Salmon: Selling Extinction" banner deployed in San Fran Bay
November 6, 2007
The message highlights the need for Safeway to stop supporting open net-cage salmon farming, which is responsible for the spread of sea lice that kill wild salmon, contamination of marine ecosystems and for thousands of marine mammal deaths. (pdf)

44 Groups Unite to Say No to Organic Open Net Cages or Carnivores
November 5, 2007
A coalition of concerned advocates from 44 organizations have sent a message to the National Organic Standards Board (NOSB), urging caution as that body considers whether or not to weaken USDA Organic Standards. (pdf)

Wild Salmon Haunt Safeway, Demand Halt to Farmed Salmon Sales
November 1, 2007
CAAR and the Wilderness Committee are honouring the spirits of B.C.’s dying wild salmon today as Day of the Dead celebrations “haunt” Safeway stores in three Canadian cities. (pdf)

BC Salmon Farmed Approved Despite Citizen Concern
August 30, 2007
British Columbians received the disappointing news today that Minister Pat Bell has approved another open net-cage salmon farm in Nootka Sound on Vancouver Island’s west coast. (pdf)

NY Times Ad Calls on Safeway to Stop Selling Farmed Salmon, Demand More Sustainable Product
June 22, 2007
CAAR steps up its market pressure on grocery sector giant Safeway with an advertisement in the Sunday New York Times calling on Safeway to stop selling farmed salmon until the aquaculture industry cleans up its act. (pdf)

New Salmon Farm Approval Defies Public Opinion
May 25, 2007
Environmental groups today decried Minister Pat Bell’s decision to approve a new open net-cage salmon farm just one week after the Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture (SCSA) recommended fundamental improvements to the industry.

Groups Call for Government Action on Aquaculture Committee’s Key Recommendations
May 16, 2007
CAAR today applauded the key recommendations of the Special Legislative Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture and called on the provincial government to act immediately to implement the changes required. CAAR also released a poll showing 80.7 per cent of British Columbians
surveyed support a transition to closed containment technology for salmon farms.

Salmon Farm Predator Nets Continue to Take Heavy Toll on Marine Mammals
April 23, 2007
Open net cage salmon farms continue to take a lethal toll on marine mammals, CAAR and Living Oceans Society reported today. Within a two week period this spring a Pacific white-sided dolphin, a harbour porpoise and a Steller sea lion were entangled and drowned in the
predator nets at Mainstream Canada’s Wehlis Bay farm in the Broughton Archipelago.

Groups Praise Committee Recommendation to Exclude Farmed Salmon From Organic Standards
March 26, 2007
USDA urged to permanently prohibit open net-cage systems and carnivorous fish from forthcoming U.S. organic aquaculture standards. The National Organic Standards Board (NOSB) Livestock Committee is recommending that fish raised in open net-cages and those using wild caught fish in their diet be excluded from forthcoming United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) organic aquaculture standards.