by dewolfe001 | Oct 11, 2015 | Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations
The newest salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound – Yaakswiis – had a life span of only two weeks and was removed by its owner, Cermaq, before it started operating. This marks a first in BC and the world. At the end of July 2015, federal and provincial governments approved...
by dewolfe001 | Aug 15, 2015 | Defend Wild Salmon, First Nations
The bad news is that the BC government recently approved a new Atlantic salmon farm: Yaakswiis, off the east shore of Flores Island. Ahousaht hereditary chiefs announced on 11 August that they have asked Cermaq to replace its existing Dixon Bay farm, located in a...
by dewolfe001 | Jun 10, 2015 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, Newsletter
The summer 2015 edition of our twice-yearly newsletter is out, with articles including: At Risk: Chinook Salmon in Clayoquot Sound Tsilhqot’in, Mining, and Tribal Parks: Implications for the West Coast The Wisdom of Permaculture Invitation to Wild Salmon...
by dewolfe001 | Nov 26, 2014 | Ancient Rainforest Protection, Campaigns, Clayoquot Mining Ban, Defend Wild Salmon, General News, Newsletter
FOCS publishes a bi-annual news letter with updates on our campaigns, education about the sound, and some handy ways to take action. This issue includes an advisory about Interfor’s new plans in Clayoquot, some of the mining history in the sound, and some words...
by dewolfe001 | Sep 30, 2014 | Defend Wild Salmon
The following letter (in shorter form) appeared in the 24-Sep-2014 Westerly News. It didn’t make it onto their website yet, so we present it here for linking purposes. Industry has declared this “Aquaculture Awareness Week,” but we at Friends of...
by dewolfe001 | Feb 17, 2014 | Defend Wild Salmon, General News
In 2011 the Canadian government ordered a moratorium on all new fish farm expansions in BC that “would result in a significant increase in environmental footprint” while the Cohen Commission into the Decline of Fraser River Sockeye was in progress. But...
