by webmaster | Mar 26, 2013 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Controversial new feedlot starts up Plover Point stocks Atlantic salmon 26 March 2013 — Tofino BC — Mainstream Canada, a subsidiary of Norwegian-owned Cermaq, has begun farming Atlantic salmon at its controversial new feedlot in Clayoquot Sound. The Plover Point open...
by webmaster | Feb 15, 2013 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
The ‘Namgis First Nation, on eastern Vancouver Island, is preparing to open the first commercial-scale, land-based Atlantic salmon farm in Canada. Their aim is to prove economic viability in raising Atlantic salmon in tanks on land, rather than open net-cages...
by webmaster | Nov 7, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Friends of Clayoquot Sound were heartened by the final report of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River. Salmon runs in Clayoquot Sound are equally vulnerable to the stressors outlined by Justice Cohen—the rationale to...
by dewolfe001 | Nov 5, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Just after the 9am news on November 5th 2012, Long Beach Radio interviewed Bonny Glambeck live on air about the findings of the recent Cohen Inquiry:- Cohen Report Chat With FOCS and Statement From Mainstream Canada on Long Beach Radio – Nov 5, 2012 by Long...
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 dewolfe001 | Oct 3, 2012 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Don Staniford, a passionate wild salmon activist, recently won a court battle with Norwegian-owned aquaculture giant Mainstream Canada. Their defamation case against Staniford was dismissed September 28th. This is fantastic news for Don, and also a win for free...
