Posted in Conservation News Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged closed containment, Middle Bay, salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 20, 2011
A new video by filmmaker Damien Gillis, Building the Future of Salmon Farming…in 90 Seconds, shows the exciting construction of Agrimarine’s closed containment salmon farm near Campbell River. The Common Sense Canadian website, where the video is hosted, explains “On …
Posted in Conservation News Filed In: Salmon Farming |
Tagged AgriMarine, CAAR, closed containment, salmon farming |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 19, 2011
The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform issued the media release CAAR celebrates AgriMarine’s first commercial-scale closed containment tank installation applauding the installation of a marine-based salmon farming tank in Campbell River. In the media release, CAAR explains how local closed …
Posted in Conservation News, Science and Research Filed In: Fisheries Management, Salmon Biodiversity |
Tagged Fraser River, media, research, salmon, virus |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 14, 2011
The Vancouver Sun article Virus may have killed Fraser River salmon, study says discusses a new study released in the journal Science. The study found that certain Pacific salmon appear to have a viral infection at sea causing them to …
Posted in Conservation News, Watershed Watch in the Media Filed In: Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Farming |
Tagged CAAR, Cohen, Conville Bay, salmon farming, sockeye, Watershed Watch, Wild Salmon |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 13, 2011
The Times Colonist article Return of fish farm reckless, groups say discusses how the reactivation of a salmon farm at Conville Bay is putting half a million farm salmon on the migration route of sockeye salmon. Watershed Watch Fisheries Biologist, …
Posted in Conservation News Filed In: Salmon Biodiversity, Salmon Farming |
Tagged CAAR, Conville Bay, salmon farming, sockeye |
Posted by Trish Hall on January 10, 2011
FishNews.eu discusses the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform’s response to the restocking of a salmon farm in Conville Bay in the article Bad decision to put more salmon in path of Fraser River sockeye, say grouping. Watershed Watch is a …