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Research indicates lower levels of sea lice in 2009 in Broughton Archipelago
July 22, 2009
A sea lice monitoring program jointly managed by the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) and Marine Harvest Canada (MHC) indicates that sea lice levels on juvenile pink and chum salmon migrating through the Broughton Archipelago in 2009 are lower than in recent years. 2009 is the first year of the Coordinated Area Management Plan (CAMP), an interim protection measure in which MHC coordinates the stocking of its farms so that one of the two channels in the Broughton is free of adult farmed salmon during the out-migration season for wild salmon. This action underscores the seriousness of the sea lice situation and supports the need for long-term solutions like closed containment systems. For more information on CAMP click here. Map

Emergency closure of five open net-cage salmon farms required to protect migrating salmon
June 16, 2009
The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform demands that five open net-cage salmon farms be permanently removed from a salmon migration route in the northern Georgia Strait in order to protect thousands of juvenile salmon from sea lice and other potentially fatal diseases. Backgrounder. Map.

Fraser River Sockeye May Be At Risk of Sea Lice Infection From Salmon Farms
March 23, 2009
Genetic analyses have confirmed the predominance of Fraser River populations in samples of juvenile sockeye salmon caught near salmon farms in northern Georgia Strait. Fraser sockeye populations include the world famous Adams River and highly threatened Cultus Lake salmon.

Groups Condemn Provinces Failure to Act on Aquaculture Solutions
Absence of closed containment funding missed opportunity in Budget for 2009
February 9, 2009
The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform today slammed the BC government for once again failing to invest in the development of a new, green technology industry that would address the numerous devastating impacts of open net-cage salmon farming in coastal waters while creating jobs for the new economy.

CAAR Commends BC Pacific Salmon Forum's Acknowledgement of Salmon Farm Impacts, Demands Government Action on Key Recommendations
February 5, 2009
The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform commends the Pacific Salmon Forum on the release of their long-anticipated report. The report frankly acknowledges the magnitude of the problems created by open net-cage salmon farms on the BC coast, calls for better environmental protection, and recommends that the Provincial government get on with funding a commercial-scale closed containment project.