Mainstream Canada issued a media release that announced, “During routine fish health tests May 14, Mainstream Canada’s Dixon Bay farm tested positive for the IHN (Infectious Haematopoietic Necrosis) virus.” It continued, “The farm site has been isolated and is currently …
A special edition of Environmental Biology of Fishes has been released containing more than 20 studies that indicate that hatchery raised salmon are harming wild salmon as they compete for food and habitat. For more information, see the media below …
The Tri-City News article Salmon inquiry weighs risk from habitat protection reform discusses how the Cohen Inquiry is attempting to incoporate Bill C-38, and associated proposed changes to the Fisheries Act, into its evaluation of Fraser sockeye. Groups have been …
Watershed Watch Executive Director, Craig Orr, states that Bill C-38 is a “game-changer” that will necessarily impact the work of the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the decline of Fraser sockeye, in the Vancouver Sun article Fisheries Act overhaul prompts …
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has ordered the remaining salmon at a Cooke Aquaculture salmon farm in Nova Scotia to be destroyed due to an outbreak of Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA). The government has also announced that it will compensate …
