Liza Mayer

A new chef-led initiative coordinated by UK charity WildFish is reigniting debate over the environmental costs and ethics of open-ocean salmon farming

Kelly Cove Salmon’s proposal to expand its Coffin Island farm drew detailed questioning from lawyers, scientists and local opponents over potential impacts on lobster, wild salmon and community use of Liverpool Bay

Cooke insists finfish farms should be permitted in the proposed new conservation area, while Mowi warns the rules could make salmon farming unworkable in the very fjords targeted for expansion

Tensions over a proposed marine sanctuary have spilled into the Canadian province’s upcoming election, with industry groups and political leaders calling for a pause or full withdrawal from the initiative

The license was extended despite widespread objections from residents, after regulators found no compliance issues, the decision document showed

More than a million mid-cycle fish remain after the Aug. 30 die-off, with local plants rushing to process the survivors

The draft transition plan for British Columbia’s salmon farming industry mandates technology up to 20 times more costly than net pens, says David Kieleme, managing director of Cermaq Canada

The dispute highlights deep divisions over the interpretation of new peer-reviewed research on wild salmon in British Columbia’s Broughton Archipelago

‘This study provides clear scientific evidence that the removal of salmon farms does not invariably lead to reduced sea lice infestation levels on wild Pacific salmon’ — co-author Crawford Revie, professor, University of Strathclyde

The federal agency found that most violative frozen seafood imports were shrimp, with Indonesia accounting for the majority of rejected shipments