VICTORIA — A beam of sunlight poked through the log beam roof of Victoria's Mungo Martin House, creating smoky shadows as Indigenous dancers circled a fire in a celebration of wild salmon.
VICTORIA — A beam of sunlight poked through the log beam roof of Victoria's Mungo Martin House, creating smoky shadows as Indigenous dancers circled a fire in a celebration of wild salmon.
Eighty-two-year-old hereditary chief Chris Cook said he remembered years ago when local rivers and streams were filled with wild salmon. Cook said over the years that coincided with the arrival of salmon farms on B.C.'s coast, there was steady depletion in wild fish numbers. He called on coastal First Nations to meet and unite to rebuild wild salmon stocks."I am the salmon people," Cook said.Critics of the farms say they can spread disease and lice to wild fish although recent science indicates uncertainty over the risks.
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