CBC British ColumbiaJan 31
Federal Court of Appeal upholds decision to keep salmon farms out of B.C.’s Discovery Islands
Ottawa’s decision to phase out open-net salmon farms in B.C.’s Discovery Islands has once again been upheld after the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed a challenge from a local fish farm operator.
#environment #law #DiscoveryIslands #BC
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/federal-appeal-over-discovery-island-aquaculture-ban-9.7068583?cmp=rss
Ms. Que BanhNov 3, 2024

Tsahaukuse, George Quocksister Jr. is a #HereditaryChief of the #Laichkwiltach Nation and the son of Elizabeth and George Quocksister. He is a passionate advocate for the protection of #WildSalmon as a crucial part of his culture and the food security of his people, and is working to ban the practice of #SalmonFarming on the west coast. He lives in Campbell River, BC.

This is from our 2020 #DiscoveryIslands flotilla protest & restocking patrol with George & 2 other BC Indigenous Chiefs(Darren Blaney & Bill Wilson) from North Island regions.

The fight to get fish farms out of BC waters started in the late 80s & continues.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/video-appears-to-show-disfigured-farmed-salmon-1.4261637

#VancouverIsland #BCIndigenousChiefs #NativeChiefs #IndigenousLeaders #BCFirstNations #NativeBC #IndigenousBC #NativeLeaders #FishFarmsOut #DirectAction #WildSalmonAlliance #ProtectTheWild #WildFirst #SaveWildSalmon #DemandMPAs #BCpoli #CDNpoli #OceanGuardians #SalmonPeople #KeystoneSpecies #ecology #WildlifeConservation #ProtectEcosystems #environmental

New video appears to show disfigured, unhealthy farmed salmon | CBC News

A video released online by an independent biologist and marine activist appears to show farmed salmon along the east coast of Vancouver Island with disfigured spines, lesions, swollen gills and unsightly growths.

CBC
Ms. Que BanhNov 1, 2024

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

Cruising back to Campbell River from #FishFarmsOut flotilla protest & no restocking patrol.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature #DiscoveryIslands #archipelago #boating #marine

Ms. Que BanhNov 1, 2024

#FlashbackFriday
2020.

I was invited to go on a #flotilla #protest led by #IndigenousChiefs & leaders from the North Island in late 2019 - we went in March of 2020. To stop 2 open net fish farms, in the #DiscoveryIslands archipelago, from restocking their pens. These fish farms are remote & they don't want public to access them. No restocking was able to happen on day we went on flotilla protest & patrol.

I've been a part of the battle here to get #FishFarmsOut for over a decade. There's finally some progress but we need to still keep up the pressure on federal & provincial governments.
#SaveWildSalmon because they're a #KeystoneSpecies & if we lose them, it sets off chain reactions in both #ocean & #OldGrowthForest #ecosystems. Wild salmon are extremely important to the Indigenous peoples of BC & the fight to protect them goes back decades.

Always put #WildFirst ✊️

#ProtectTheWild #WildSalmonAlliance #NoLicenseRenewal #FloatingViruses #Frankenfish #Environmentalist #Ecological #Activism #DirectAction #OneEarth #OceanGuardians #SalmonGuardians #SalmonPeople #StandUpForSalmon #BoycottFarmedSalmon #SayNoToFarmedSalmon #CDNpoli #BCpoli #BritishColumbia #Cascadia #PacificNorthwest #BCcoast #CoastalBC #Westcoast #Oceans #DemandMPAs #PNW #Activist #ProtectNature

Ms. Que BanhOct 31, 2024

Past direct action with Sea Shepard Conservation Society ✊️

https://seashepherd.org/

#DirectAction #WildFirst #FishFarmsOut #Activists #POCWomen #DiscoveryIslands #BritishColumbia #StopEcocide #SaveWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Comrades #Activism #Protest #WildSalmonAlliance #PNW #EcoJustice #DFO #BCpoli #BCNDP #CDNpoli #monochrome #CoastalBC #DemandMPAs #environmentalists #Westcoast #PreserveOceans #Oceans #MarineWildlife #SeaShepard #SeaGuardians

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PhoenixSerenityMar 24, 2023

*GOOD. Keep open net fish farms out of BC waters. Mowi is nasty. They still haven't cleaned up their abandoned hatcheries too. I have evidence. Sent to DFO.*

The federal government is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in #BritishColumbia ’s #DiscoveryIslands , despite recent court challenges.

https://globalnews.ca/news/9574011/federal-government-stands-by-b-c-salmon-farm-closures/amp

#FishFarmsOut #WildSalmonAlliance #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #SaveWildSalmon #KeystoneSpecies #ProtectWildSalmon #PNW

Federal government stands by B.C. salmon farm closures

Ottawa is standing by its decision not to renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms in British Columbia's Discovery Islands, despite recent court challenges.

Global News
BC Info BotMar 22, 2023
Global News BC: Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge https://globalnews.ca/news/9569001/bc-fish-farm-closures-prompt-court-challenge/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #FisheriesandOceansCanada #fisheriesminister #DiscoveryIslands #BCFirstNations #CampbellRiver #pacificsalmon #Environment #BCfishfarms #fishfarming #joycemurray #FishFarms #Politics #DFO
Federal decision to shut down B.C. salmon farms prompts company court challenge

The farms off B.C.'s coast have been a major flashpoint with environmental groups and some First Nations saying the farms are linked to disease that transfers to wild salmon.

Global News
BC Info BotFeb 27, 2023
The Tyee: Alexandra Morton on New Hopes for ‘Fat And Sassy’ Salmon (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/02/27/Alexandra-Morton-Hopes-For-Salmon/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @[email protected] #CommitteeontheStatusofEndangeredWildlifeinCanada #DepartmentofFisheriesandOceansCanada #CanadianScienceAdvisorySecretariat #FisheriesMinisterJoyceMurray #BCDiscoveryIslandsfishfarm #BCSalmonFarmersAssociation #MinisterBernadetteJordan #decliningwildsalmoninBC #Pacificsalmonfishery #DiscoveryIslands #BCFraserRiver
Alexandra Morton on New Hopes for ‘Fat And Sassy’ Salmon | The Tyee

Opting not to renew Discovery Island fish farm licences will ‘instantly affect’ millions of young fish, she says. A Tyee Q&A.

The Tyee
BC Info BotFeb 17, 2023
Global News BC: Ottawa to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish https://globalnews.ca/news/9496101/ottawa-to-shut-15-salmon-farms-off-b-c-s-coast-to-protect-wild-fish/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #salmonfarmsclosed #DiscoveryIslands #salmonprotection #B.C.fishfarms #Environment #SalmonFarms #salmonfarm #wildsalmon #FishFarms #FishFarm #Fishery #Salmon #Fish
Ottawa to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast to protect wild fish

Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia's Discovery Islands.

Global News
PhoenixSerenityDec 24, 2022

Friends don't let friends eat #FarmedSalmon 🤢

#FishFarmsOut #StopEcocide #ProtectEcosystems #ProtectOurOceans #NoOpenNetFishFarms #CorporateGreed #GreedKills #WildFirst #ProtectTheWild #SaveWildSalmon #vanisle #VancouverIsland #Tofino #ClayoquotSound #DiscoveryIslands #QuadraIsland #StopFishFarms #DFOSucks #PNW #PacificNorthwest #WildSalmon