Provincial governments hoping to increase production of salmon sales and boost economy do not understand the dangers in using "fish farms" to accomplish this. A case study of the Broughton Archipelago as well as in-depth research, all discussed in this report, point to reasons to not utilize fish farms. Doing so would escalate diseases, pollution, death of salmon, and loss of other wild fish as well as be detrimental to scenery, taxpayers, First Nations' rights, and access to locals.

Don’t let fish farms destroy BC's wild salmon miracle

Wilderness Committee Educational Report Vol.17 - No.02 - Spring/Summer 1998.

credits

Writing: Tony Eberts, based primarily on NET LOSS: The Salmon Netcage Industry in British Columbia, a report by David W. Ellis and Associates for the Davis Suzuki Foundation; and FISH FARMING PROMPTS DESPAIR OVER FATE OF SALMON, by Alexandra Morton, an article in The Georgia Straight

Editing: Paul George and Adrienne Carr Design and Layout: Sue Fox

Graphics: From Ellis' NET LOSS report are used courtesy of the Suzuki Foundation. They have been slightly modified by WCWC's Chris Player.

Photo: Wild salmon migrating to spawn by Ian McAllister from The Great Bear Rainforest - Canada's forgotten coast published 1997 by Harbour Publishing.

Web Publishing 2005: Gil Aguilar, Anton van Walraven