Growing evidence indicates that open net-cage salmon farms allow diseases and parasites to transfer from farmed to wild salmon. High fish density leads to cramped conditions inside salmon farms, encouraging disease and sea lice infestations.

Typically, salmon farms are located along wild salmon migration routes, where juvenile salmon are most vulnerable.

Open net salmon farms also allow waste feed and untreated fish feces - that can contain antibiotics or parasiticides - and chemicals used for cleaning or treating nets to enter the marine environment.

We are an active member group of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, a coalition of eight groups including environmental organizations, scientists and First Nations, working for changes to fish farming on the B.C. coast.

On the North Coast we are working with commercial fishermen, sportsfishing charterboat operators and First Nations to prevent salmon farms from threatening our world famous Skeena River salmon stocks. We are active members of Friends of Wild Salmon.