By Canadian Press

CP NewsAlert: Fisheries Department to shut 15 salmon farms off B.C.’s coast

Feb 17, 2023 | 2:43 PM

VICTORIA — Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray says the government will not renew licences for 15 open-net Atlantic salmon farms around British Columbia’s Discovery Islands. 

Murray says the Discovery Islands area is a key migration route for wild salmon where narrow passages bring migrating juvenile salmon into close contact with the farms. 

She says in a news release that recent science indicates uncertainty over the risks posed by the salmon farms to wild salmon.

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