Officials and First Nations leaders announced that they will be closing fisheries and establishing a marine refuge along the South Coast of B.C. Sunday.
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With a goal of pushing for an apology from Pope Francis for the Catholic Church’s role in residential schools, national Indigenous leaders are set to meet with him at the Vatican in December. As CBC News reports, delegations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit will meet with him separately between Dec. 17 and Dec. 20, and then collectively on Dec. 20. “I’m hoping I can hear from the Pope that he understands the pain,” said David Chartrand, vice president of the Métis National Council
Aquaculture companies have won a court victory that appears to overturn aspects of a recent federal government decision to phase out contentious fish farms in the Discovery Islands.
A Federal Court judge has ruled in favour of Mowi Canada West and Saltstream a small aquaculture company which challenged Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan’s policy decision to ban the restocking of pen sites in the region ahead of the June 2022 fish farm phaseout.
The court injunction should allow Mowi to transfer 1.2 million Atlantic salmon smolts to its Phillips Arm and Hardwicke farm sites in the waters near Campbell River on Vancouver Island, said Dean Dobrinsky, human resources director for Mowi. Saltstream aims to transfer 10,000 chinook salmon to its Doctor Bay site in the region.
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Fish farms in B.C. s Discovery Islands area will be emptied of all fish by June 30, 2022, the federal minister of fisheries and oceans has announced .
Bernadette Jordan said in a December 17 news release that the decision to phase out the 19 aquaculture facilities, some of the oldest on the B.C. coast, was made after extensive consultation with stakeholders. Today’s decision was not easy. I am committed to working with all involved parties; the First Nations, industry and the Province of British Columbia, over the next 18 months to ensure a fair and orderly transition process that phases out salmon farming in the Discovery Island, Jordan said in the bulletin.