Photo: wild herring school passes in front of farmed salmon in Wicklow fish farm pen.
Sea Shepherd’s research vessel, the R/V Martin Sheen, is currently in the middle of Operation Virus Hunter II, a salmon-defense campaign off the coast of British Columbia, assisting Morton in her investigation on the impact that salmon farms have on wild salmon and herring populations in the province.
On September 18, 2017, Fisheries and Oceans Canada vessel Weaver Bay visited both Marine Harvest salmon farms occupied by First Nations. DFO Officer, Greg Plummer, told First Nations that if they try to blockade the restocking of the Marine Harvest Midsummer farm they could be charged with interfering with a “lawful fishery.” The Midsummer Island salmon farm was occupied by the First Nations on September 4, 2017. Later that night, the 53 meter, Norwegian-registered Viktoria Viking arrived and poured Atlantic salmon into one of the pens.
This action was in direct violation of the demands by the Musgamagw Dzawda’enuxw, Mamalililkulla and Namgis Nations.
The First Nations have informed Marine Harvest and Cermaq to remove all farm salmon from their territorial […]
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