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Sustainability March 1, 2024 2:34 PM
100% of BC salmon production at stake when farm licenses expire in June

By Liza Mayer

Fear is growing in the British Columbia finfish net-pen sector that Canada will grant another short renewal period when it handles the expiration of some 85 marine finfish net-pen licenses in just four months

Oceania March 1, 2024 10:21 AM
NZ King Salmon gets 10,000t approval for ‘world first’ offshore farm

The 10,000t farm could generate NZD 300m, or $183m, in new revenue per annum when fully operational, New Zealand King Salmon said

Salmonid Feb. 28, 2024 2:09 PM
Alaska’s Murkowski pushes back on proposed endangered listing for king salmon

US senator Lisa Murkowski called a conservation group's attempt to list Alaskan king salmon as endangered a move to 'stop our wild fisheries'

Policy Feb. 19, 2024 1:52 PM
Oregon granting orcas endangered status means boost in Chinook salmon hatchery production

Only about 75 southern resident orcas in three pods are thought to be in the wild, and the whales have been listed under the US Endangered Species Act since 2005

North America Feb. 7, 2024 1:20 PM
Alaska Dutch Harbor officials balk at proposed pollock fishery bycatch restrictions

An emergency request to set Chinook salmon bycatch limits in the Bering Sea pollock fishery to zero has drawn sharp reaction from city officials in Unalaska, Alaska

Policy Feb. 6, 2024 3:29 PM
US gov’t announces millions in disaster funds for California salmon fisheries

The money will provide financial relief for salmon harvesters and seafood processors in the region affected by Chinook salmon closures

Coho salmon Feb. 5, 2024 4:33 PM
California governor unveils plan to save US state’s salmon

The statewide strategy has drawn mixed reactions, as populations of salmon plummet

North America Feb. 2, 2024 4:00 PM
Another advertisement by anti-salmon-farming group removed

By Liza Mayer

The radio ad claimed wild Pacific salmon are 'on the brink of extinction,' contradicting recent research showing record-high salmon abundance, the BC Salmon Farmers Association said

Policy Jan. 29, 2024 4:36 PM
Thousands of Chinook salmon being caught by Canadian groundfish trawlers

A new study by DFO has shown that Chinook salmon are being caught unintentionally by the thousands by fishing trawlers in the Canadian province of British Columbia

Chinook salmon Jan. 12, 2024 4:54 PM
Endangered Species Act protections sought for Alaska king salmon

By Kirsten Dobroth

The environmental group Wild Fish Conservancy is again taking aim at Alaska's king salmon, this time through the Endangered Species Act

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