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Nova Scotia

DFO seeks feedback on draft of Atlantic salmon strategy

Fisheries and Oceans Canada is seeking feedback on a draft of its national strategy on Atlantic salmon. The goal of the…

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Canada

Research finds log booms harmful to B.C. salmon and fish habitats

Two new studies are highlighting what researchers say is the harmful effect of log booms — floating structures that contain logs before…

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Canada

Court rejects bid to review minister’s order to B.C. salmon farms

The Federal Court has rejected a bid by two First Nations and salmon farm operators to review Ottawa’s decision to…

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Tech

Prehistoric giant ‘sabre-toothed salmon’ renamed after new discovery

The artwork and publicity materials showcasing a giant salmon that lived five million years ago were ready to go to…

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Nova Scotia

N.S. salmon operation in receivership after equipment failure

Sustainable Blue, a land-based salmon farm in Nova Scotia, was placed in receivership Thursday. The court order granting the receivership…

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Canada

Salmon farms impacting wildlife: conservation group report

Conservation group Watershed Watch Salmon Society (WWSS) says a new report, compiling numbers of wildlife — from whales to herring —…

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Nova Scotia

Houston’s opposition to N.S. salmon farm expansion is NIMBYism, says former official

A former Nova Scotia deputy minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture has written an open letter to Premier Tim Houston criticizing…

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Nova Scotia

Seals and porpoises near fish farms aren’t a threat to migrating Atlantic salmon, report says

A study led by Fisheries and Oceans Canada has found seals and porpoises pose little risk to migrating Atlantic salmon in…

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Halifax

Saving N.S. salmon by building a ‘cold-water Mecca for migrating fish’

Wild Atlantic salmon swimming upriver to their original birthplace to spawn can struggle with rising water temperatures brought on by…

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Tech

Glacier melt opens up new territory for salmon — and mining

A new paper published in Science says that as glacier ice melts, new land and rivers are being revealed in…

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