Posts Tagged ‘First Nations’
Canada at last unveils draft BC transition plan
The Canadian Federal Government has finally published its transition plans to end open pen farming in British Columbia.
Read MoreBC fish farm workers take protest to Trudeau political rally
More than 200 fish farm workers took part in a protest at a Trudeau government political rally in British Columbia this week.
They called on the government to deliver on its promise to deliver on its promise for a responsible and achievable transition plan for BC’s fish farming companies.
Read MoreGrieg ‘committed to BC reconciliation’
Despite a number of setbacks with its British Columbia operation over the past few weeks, Grieg Seafood says it is committed to reconciliation in the province.
Read MoreCanadian government facing new BC salmon legal threat
AT least two First Nations groups are taking legal action against the Canadian government over its decision to allow open net salmon farming in British Columbia for the next five years. They are also threatening to sue the salmon farming companies operating in province which include Mowi and Grieg. The groups are the ‘Namgis and…
Read MoreCermaq slams BC farms “surprising” decision
Cermaq Canada has joined two other large Norwegian salmon farmers in expressing dismay at the Canadian government’s decision to ban open net aquaculture in British Columbia.
Read MoreCermaq and Grieg ‘disappointed’ over Canadian court ruling
A legal move to maintain open pen fish farming around the Discovery Islands in British Columbia – at least for a time longer – has been rejected.
A Federal Court judgment said that a decision by former fisheries minister Joyce Murray in February last year did not breach the operators’ rights of procedural fairness.
An icon at stake
The salmon is an important icon on Canada’s Atlantic and Pacific coasts, connecting peoples on opposite sides of the world’s second largest country. Canada stretches 3,500 miles from Newfoundland and Labrador in the east to British Columbia in the west. But while salmon unites these peoples, it’s also at the heart of an issue that…
Read MoreCanadian government orders \’phase-out\’ for 19 farms
The Canadian government has ordered that 19 open-net fish farms in British Columbia must be phased out over the next 18 months. The farms, in the Discovery Islands, near the Campbell River, British Columbia (BC) have been the subject of controversy, and the government said that its decision had been taken in consultation with representatives…
Read MoreCanadian government orders \’phase-out\’ for 19 farms
The Canadian government has ordered that 19 open-net fish farms in British Columbia must be phased out over the next 18 months. The farms, in the Discovery Islands, near the Campbell River, British Columbia (BC) have been the subject of controversy, and the government said that its decision had been taken in consultation with representatives…
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