The Canadian government's plan to phase out netpen salmon farming in British Columbia's Discovery Islands by next year -- a move that impacts salmon farmers Mowi, Grieg and Cermaq -- is receiving pushback from some First Nations leaders involved in discussions.
We Wai Kai Chief Brian Assu told a British Columbia lawmaker during a virtual meeting on Feb. 12 that Canada's Fisheries Minister Bernadette Jordan "railroaded" the We Wai Kai Nation in discussions leading up to the Discovery Islands decision.
