Critics seek closure of five B.C. salmon Farms

John Colebourn
June 18, 2009
The Province

A series of open-net-cage salmon farms in key migratory routes in the northern part of Georgia Strait need to be closed before fish stocks are killed off due to sea-lice infestation, say critics of the aquaculture practices.

The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform warns that unless the five net-cage salmon farms operating off Quadra Island around Wild Salmon Narrows are shut down or moved, the entire stock of wild salmon is in peril.

"The Wild Salmon Narrows, along the east and north side of Quadra Island, is a significant migration route for juvenile wild salmon from local rivers, the Fraser River and, in all likelihood, Washington and Oregon runs as well," said Ruby Berry of the coastal alliance. 

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