Tag: wild salmon

. The locations on the Discovery Islands include Mowi, Cermaq, Grieg, and two unnamed smaller companies. According to DFO, this is the "traditional territory of several First Nations groups".

. . The federal government has announced that it is phasing out fish farms along a major wild salmon migration route in British Columbia's waters within the next 18 months. Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan says 19 . . .

. . The Canadian government will phase out 19 fish farms on the Discovery Islands off Canada's west coast in order to stem the decade-long decline in wild salmon fish stocks. Wild salmon come in from the Pacific Ocean and pass through the waters around the Discovery Islands

. . The Federal Minister of Fisheries said 19 fish farms around the Discovery Islands near Campbell River, B. . C, no licenses will be issued after 2022.