Tag: salmon
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Fish farms: ‘…still using the ocean as a toilet’
Photo: NDP Fisheries critic Fin Donnelly would like to see all aquaculture operations moved to land. (Clayoquot Action) NDP Fisheries critic proposes removing fish farms from oceans Fish farmers believe it would wipe out the industry. The federal NDP critic for Fisheries and Oceans is proposing legislation that would overhaul fish farming by moving open-net…
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River Revives After Largest Dam Removal in USA History
In August 2014, workers completed the largest dam removal project in U.S. history, as the final part of the 210-foot-high (64-meter-high) Glines Canyon Dam was dismantled on the Elwha River in northwestern Washington State. The multistage project began in 2011 with the blessing of the U.S. National Park Service, which administers the surrounding Olympic National…
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US Supreme Court: Washington must remove barriers to salmon migration
Photo: Melissa Erkel, a fish-passage biologist with the Washington Dept. of Fish and Wildlife, looks at a culvert along the north fork of Newaukum Creek near Enumclaw, Wash., on June 22, 2015. (Ted S. Warren / AP) A tie 4-4 vote by the high court upholds a lower-court decision ordering barriers to salmon migration be…
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Hirst decision protects salmon and water rights for farmers, tribes
Water rights across Washington is an extremely complex area of law, and it affects all of us. So what is the fair and equitable distribution of this most precious resource? As Washingtonians, one of our core principles is standing up for a just society, and that includes defending people’s civil rights. We fight for the…
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Discovery Shows the Devastating Impact Salmon Farms Have on the Wild
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…
