Salmon farms impacting wildlife: conservation group report

Salmon farms impacting wildlife: conservation group report

CBC


Conservation group Watershed Watch Salmon Society (WWSS) says a new report, compiling numbers of wildlife — from whales to herring — that have been killed by open net-pen salmon farms in British Columbia over the years, points to longstanding problems within an industry it believes should be shut down. But the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association disagrees, saying WWSS is dredging up old information that doesn’t fairly characterize how the sector has changed. Click here to continue reading