VICTORIA — A British Columbia First Nation says it has lost faith in federal plans to remove open net-pens from the province’s ocean salmon farms and is reluctantly relaunching legal action it had on hold that challenges Fisheries Department aquacult
ure policy.
"We believe the only way to protect our rights and the wild salmon is to go back to court," Isaac said at a news conference that included other Namgis council members and Indigenous leaders. In February 2023, former fisheries minister Joyce Murray announced the federal government would not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around B.C.'s Discovery Islands.
The B.C. Salmon Farmers Association has said an economic analysis concluded the province could lose more than 4,700 jobs and up to $1.2 billion in economic activity annually if salmon farm licences are not renewed. The Fisheries Department has conducted numerous studies on the effects of PRV on farmed Atlantic salmon and wild salmon, but found minimal risk to wild stocks.
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