What are organizations doing to help wild salmon?
Many organizations, large and small, local and national, have worked for years to enhance wild salmon populations, including the removal of floating, open-net Atlantic salmon farms from our coastal waters in western and eastern Canada. To find out more about their work, please visit their websites:
Clayoquot Action is a Tofino-based conservation society committed to protecting the biocultural diversity of Clayoquot Sound.
The Council of Canadians brings people together through collective action and grassroots organizing to challenge corporate power and advocate for people, the planet and our democracy. Its Campbell River chapter is actively working to have salmon farms moved from coastal waters onto land.
The David Suzuki Foundation aims to conserve and protect the natural environment to create a sustainable Canada through evidence-based research, policy analysis, education and citizen empowerment.
The Ecology Action Centre is a member-based environmental charity in Nova Scotia taking leadership on critical environmental issues from biodiversity protection to climate change to environmental justice. It advocates for a more sustainable Canadian aquaculture industry and, to that end, is calling for a full transition away from open net-pen aquaculture in all Canadian waters.
The mission of the Georgia Strait Alliance is to protect and restore the marine environment and promote the sustainability of Georgia Strait, its adjoining waters, and communities.
Living Oceans vision: Canada’s oceans are sustainably managed and thriving with abundant and diverse sea life that supports vibrant and resilient communities.
The Pacific Salmon Foundation is dedicated to the conservation and restoration of wild Pacific salmon and their natural habitats in British Columbia and the Yukon.
The Raincoast Conservation Foundation works to safeguard the land, waters, and wildlife of coastal British Columbia through research, education and action.
Raincoast Research is a science-based society committed to researching the devastating impacts of Atlantic salmon farming on British Columbia’s wild salmon.
Safe Salmon’s campaign against fish farms is supported by Living Oceans, the Georgia Strait Alliance and the Watershed Watch Salmon Society.
SeaChoice is a sustainable seafood partnership of the David Suzuki Foundation, the Ecology Action Centre and Living Oceans.
The mission of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society is to defend and rebuild B.C.’s wild salmon.
Wild First supports governments, communities and individuals working together to transition away from open net pen fish farms in the coastal waters of British Columbia.
The Wilderness Committee is dedicated to preserving wilderness, protecting wildlife, defending parks, safeguarding public resources and fighting for a healthy climate. One of their campaigns is to remove fish farms.
The Wild Salmon Defenders Alliance is composed of diverse concerned people, scientists, artists, groups, and organizations dedicated to the protection of wild salmon as food security, as an essential climate regulator, as a keystone species that supports biodiversity, and as a valuable contributor to the cultural, spiritual, physical, and economic well-being of British Columbians.