B.C. fish farm restocks supply following Federal Court’s ‘heartbreaking’ ruling – APTN News
March 28, 2018
Just days after the Federal Court turned down the ‘Namgis First Nation’s bid to prevent the restocking of Swanson Island fish farm, a restocking vessel began filling the open-net pens with juvenile Atlantic salmon, known as smolts, on Monday.
The ‘Namgis First Nation filed for an injunction against Marine Harvest, the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon, to block the company from transferring up to one million smolts.
Swanson Island fish farm, off northern Vancouver Island, is located in ʼNamgis’ traditional territory.
The ʼNamgis say the fish farm is operating without their consent.
They believe that open-net salmon farms affect wild salmon, and they want the Swanson Island farm gone.
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