by webmaster | Oct 19, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) and the BC Liberals have approved a new salmon farm in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Norwegian-owned Mainstream Canada plans to site the 55-hectare open net-cage feedlot at Plover Point along the shore of Meares Island...
by webmaster | Sep 12, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Summer is winding down in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. Days are growing shorter, but the weather is clear and sunny, the nights star-filled. It’s the time of year when wild salmon return to their natal rivers, where more than two hundred other...
by webmaster | Aug 23, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Post edited August 27, 2012. There was a second outbreak of the IHN virus in July at Mainstream Canada’s Millar Channel salmon feedlot here in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The salmon farming industry claims that they are very concerned about...
by webmaster | Aug 1, 2012 | Campaigns, Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Post edited August 27, 2012. Mainstream Canada announced Monday they have detected the Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis (IHN) virus on another one of their open net-cage salmon farms in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The virus was found at the Millar...
by webmaster | Jul 18, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Friends of Clayoquot Sound (FOCS) sent an open letter to Premier Christy Clark today calling on her to postpone the decision on Mainstream Canada’s proposed 55-hectare salmon farm tenure at Plover Point in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve. The letter...
