by Erin DeWolfe | May 16, 2022 | Campaigns, Defend Wild Salmon
Image Credit: Clayoquot Salmon Roundtable The loss of local salmon stocks on Vancouver Island spurred the formation of the Clayoquot Salmon Roundtable in 2013. The Clayoquot Salmon Roundtable consists of representatives from the Tla-o-qui-aht, Ahousaht, and Hesquiaht...
by Erin DeWolfe | Feb 16, 2022 | Campaigns, Defend Wild Salmon
We can protect the life cycle of wild salmon by protecting the forests, rivers, oceans and climate. This image is from Anna Hoover’s Vimeo film “Salmon Reflections”, featuring clips of the FOCS X Salmon Nation film “Salmon Warriors”, that screened at the recent UN...
by German Ocampo | Dec 20, 2021 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Climate Action Now, Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations, General News, Newsletter
Here you will find the FOCS Winter 2021 – 2022 Newsletter to explore the major issues in Clayoquot Sound and beyond as well as getting a glimpse of the work we have been doing over the last several months, including updates on our campaigns. Articles featured...
by Erin DeWolfe | Nov 16, 2021 | Campaigns, Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Photo Credit: Douglas Ludwig Salmon farming corporations have submitted 12 applications — including 5 from Cermaq in Clayoquot Sound — to increase production and profits. The corporations are looking to do this through a combination of increasing the size or number of...
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) – which is associated with lethal kidney and liver damage in Chinook salmon – is continually being transmitted between open-net salmon farms and wild juvenile Chinook salmon in British Columbia waters, according to a new genomics analysis....
by German Ocampo | Jun 20, 2021 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
“Following Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan’s December 17, 2020 decision to prohibit restocking of 19 fish farms in the Discovery Islands, this spring’s out-migration of juvenile salmon are the first to swim through a fish farm-free Okisollo Channel in over 25...
