A report commissioned by the BC Salmon Farmers Association says the proposed federal ban on marine net-pens in B.C. would cost taxpayers billions and have "severe consequences." ...
Pesticides and other chemicals used in aquaculture can also pollute the surrounding waters, and heavy use of antibiotics to treat and prevent disease in the crowded pens spurs development of ...
In 2017, a net-pen farm failure off Cypress Island in Skagit County released 260,000 Atlantic salmon into Washington waters that are unrecovered to this day. On Jan. 7, the Board of Natural Resources ...