First Nations claim victory in Cermaq protest
Canadian fish farmers back new legislation
MEMBERS of a Vancouver Island First Nation group say they have won their battle with Cermaq. The Ahousaht First Nation campaigners ended their boat blockade at the site of a new salmon farm, owned by the Norwegian firm, after negotiating with the company. Cermaq holds 17 salmon farm tenures in Clayoquot Sound, on the west coast of Vancouver Island, British Co- lumbia, and applied for two new tenures last year.
The company has a protocol agreement with First Nation but reportedly agreed to meet the demands of its members to remove the new site, which had been approved by the BC government in July.
The BC Salmon Farmers’ Association hopes to find a way of meeting Ahousaht demands in order to put the farm back.