Judge reviewing BC salmon farming ban rejects First Nations intervention; NGOs allowed to have their say

The First Nations that own territory in British Columbia's Discovery Islands are likely to appeal a federal judge's decision disallowing them from intervening in a judicial review filed by Mowi, Cermaq and Grieg Seafood.

The Norway-based salmon farming companies have asked a Federal Court of Canada for a judicial review of the decision by Canadian Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan to phase out salmon farming in British Columbia's Discovery Islands by June of 2022 in hopes that the court will overturn the minister's decision.