First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) is a Coalition asserting our rights, title and self-determination regarding finfish aquaculture in our territories
Vancouver Island
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🎥 NEW: Watch the full April 29 FNFFS Coalition press conference from Parliament Hill.
Coastal Chiefs unveiled a 5-pillar Indigenous-led plan for BC salmon aquaculture — and called on the Carney government to reverse the 2029 net-pen ban.
$1.12B sector. 4,000+ jobs. Nation-led future.
▶️ youtu.be/lfjxMhiDx7k?si=daIC…
#IndigenousLed #cdnpoli #bcpoli
"Toxic fish factories." That's how Green Party leader Elizabeth May describes salmon farms operating in partnership with coastal BC First Nations.
Divisive language from the leader of a party that claims to champion Indigenous rights and self-determination.
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WATCH: In Question Period, @ElizabethMay demanded answers on the government’s delayed promise to shut down open-net pen salmon farms in B.C.: “Will this government commit to keep the promise and shut down these toxic fish factories by 2029?”
A few facts:
🐟 100% of salmon raised in BC is raised in partnership with the First Nation in whose territorial waters it spends its life.
✅ Each Nation sets own thresholds for environmental and fish health monitoring, sea lice, stocking and fallow periods; these thresholds are often more strict than federal regulations set by DFO.
🏡 The own-source revenues from salmon farming and related businesses help our communities build housing, promote language and culture, provide mental health and addiction services and much more.
As other BC First Nations pursue economic development in forestry, oil and gas, LNG and critical minerals, we stand in solidarity with them - we trust them to mitigate impacts to the wild salmon we all depend on.
Trust us to do the same.
Learn more: keepfoodaffordable.ca/#knowl…
An Open Letter to @CanadianPM as we face avoidable and escalating crises in our communities. We need certainty now.
Read the full letter: loom.ly/207dIvk
#cdnpoli #bcpoli #salmonpeople #sustainableaquaculture #indigenousled
Today's funding announcement of $51 million for the Marine Donut project, with the support of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation and @CanadaOSC, is a welcome and encouraging step forward in #aquaculture innovation. But Ottawa cannot celebrate Indigenous-led innovation on one hand while...
...with the other, maintaining a damaging policy that limits the potential of every other First Nation to explore new paths.
Read our full statement: loom.ly/OLOyiCQ
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The federal government is investing millions in First Nations-led hatcheries to produce more salmon while pursuing a policy that would dismantle another Indigenous-backed form of salmon production on the B.C. coast.
#SalmonFarming #Hatchery #Wildsalmon
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"Eby and PM Mark Carney have rightly embraced Indigenous equity participation in major projects across Canada. First Nations are being invited to become owners and partners in pipelines, critical minerals, forestry and other natural-resource industries. That same principle must apply to salmon aquaculture...Our Nations should have the ability to choose the right technology, the right locations, and the right economic and environmental future for our communities."
Read the full article: vancouversun.com/opinion/op-…
In response to recent opinion pieces written by wealthy environmental activist Tony Allard, the Coalition member Nations have written our own.
Dear Tony: You Keep Speaking About Us. Why Won't You Speak With Us?
Read the full letter at keepfoodaffordable.ca/knowle…
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As the first five families prepare to move into Nenagwas, on Vancouver Island, Ottawa’s plan to ban ocean salmon farming in B.C. threatens to stall a homecoming more than five decades in the making.
#SalmonFarming #Nenagwas
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Canada needs policy decisions that are informed, proportionate and evidence‑based.
Salmon farming contributes to domestic food production, coastal economies and year‑round supply.
It also operates within a regulated framework that should be assessed on facts, not broad claims.
Healthy debate is welcome. Mischaracterization is not a substitute for analysis.
#Aquaculture #FoodSecurity #OceanEconomy #Seafood #PublicPolicy
cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scot…
Salmon farming in rural and remote coastal communities is not an abstract policy debate. It is paycheques, small businesses, and young people deciding whether they can stay in their home communities.
Sign the petition and tell Ottawa to protect it.
keepfoodaffordable.ca/#actio…
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Keep Canadian food affordable and responsibly produced. This petition backs science-based seafood policy, supports coastal jobs, and advances Indigenous food sovereignty. Add your name today: keepfoodaffordable.ca/#actio…
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The predicted extinction of pink salmon from #sealice by #activist scientists started the fabricated #lies about #aquaculture in BC. With pinks invading Norway with 1000x the farms seems like apologies are owed. #shameful people.com/new-research-stud…
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A routine letter to Ottawa from international salmon-farming groups is being recast as a foreign-influence threat by activists whose fundraising pitch and public support are losing ground.
#SalmonFarming #Aquaculture
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