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The Salmon People podcast is back and ready to hook you in with a new season

Season 2 is here with some startling stories about the division among First Nations on the removal of the fish farms. Sandra Bartlett documents the tumultuous journey of the DFO’s final decision, which came after six months of consultation with First Nations, industry, scientists and all interested parties.

By Zahra Khozema | News, Politics | September 26th 2023

Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard Joyce Murray rises during Question Period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, May 29, 2023. File photo by The Canadian Press/Justin Tang

Both sides in salmon debate welcome Ottawa's delay on B.C. fish farm transition plan

Both sides of British Columbia's contentious fish farm debate are welcoming Ottawa's move to delay a decision on a planned transition from open-net salmon farms in the province's coastal waters.

By Dirk Meissner | News, Politics | June 7th 2023

Canada’s National Observer receives nomination for CJF Jackman Award for excellence in journalism

Our podcast The Salmon People earned the nod this week. The award honours a Canadian organization that embodies exemplary journalism with a resulting impact on the community it serves.

By Canada's National Observer | News | May 2nd 2023

A wild juvenile Atlantic salmon. Photo by USFWS - Pacific Region via Flickr (CC BY-NC 2.0)

Nova Scotia presses pause on new fish farm applications

The Nova Scotia government says no new fish farm applications will be accepted until it completes a campaign promise mapping what areas are best suited for aquaculture. The moratorium doesn’t include a fourfold expansion already proposed by the industry.

By Cloe Logan | News | March 22nd 2023

An Atlantic salmon is seen during a Department of Fisheries and Oceans fish health audit at a fish farm near Campbell River, B.C., Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Photo by: The Canadian Press/Jonathan

Fisheries Department to close 15 fish farms off B.C.'s coast to protect wild salmon

Minister Joyce Murray says the Discovery Islands area is a key migration route for wild salmon where narrow passages bring migrating juvenile salmon into close contact with the farms.

By Dirk Meissner | News | February 17th 2023

Biologist and activist Alexandra Morton says recent decisions to shut down open net-pen fish farms in B.C. and Washington state suggest the writing is on the wall for the industry. File photo

Wild salmon conservationists celebrate new victories

Open net-pen fish farming on the Pacific coast took a one-two punch after operations closures were announced in both B.C. and Washington state this week.

By Rochelle Baker | News, Island Insider | November 17th 2022

New rules from fish farm certifier keep up status quo, harm wild salmon, environmental coalition says

The ASC, which certifies and labels almost all farmed fish in British Columbia and 45 per cent of the global salmon farming industry, now allows farmers to harvest and sell fish with up to three motile sea lice, which are free-moving, fully grown lice that are able to travel off fish.

By Cloe Logan | News | September 13th 2022

Conservation meets true crime in ‘The Salmon People’

Coming Tuesday, Aug. 9 on iTunes: The Salmon People builds on the success of CNO’s 2021 debut podcast series, Race Against Climate Change, which earned a nomination for Best Climate Solutions Reporting from the Canadian Journalism Foundation. This new collaborative podcast cements CNO’s commitment to telling impactful and creative stories about the climate.

By Luke Ottenhof | News, Climate Solutions Reporting | August 5th 2022

Aquatic science biologist Shawn Stenhouse releases an Atlantic salmon back into its tank during a Department of Fisheries and Oceans fish health audit at the Okisollo fish farm near Campbell River, B.C. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jonathan Hayward

B.C. fish farms outside Discovery Islands can operate until at least spring 2023

The federal government says open-net pen salmon farming may continue off British Columbia's coast outside the Discovery Islands area, while Ottawa undertakes consultation on the plan to transition away from the practice.

By The Canadian Press | News, Politics | June 22nd 2022

Grieg Seafood Fish Farm Grieg Seafood operates a salmon farm in Clio Channel, Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada, in partnership with the Tlowitsis First Nation. Photo by: David Stanley via Flikr (CC BY 2.0)

Fate of open-pen fish farms are on the line along Canada, U.S. west coasts

This approach to salmon farming is already banned in California, Oregon, and Alaska, leaving British Columbia and Washington state as the last two holdouts.

By Brian Owens | News | June 22nd 2022

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