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In 2019, Prime Minister Trudeau issued a mandate to transition open-net pen salmon farms from coastal BC waters by 2025. Over 120 First Nations from across BC, along with commercial, Indigenous and recreational fishers, tourism operators, business leaders, scientists, and ENGOs expect the Prime Minister to keep his promise.

There are 10,600 wild fisheries jobs, 12,500 salmon fishing jobs, over 300,000 tourism jobs, and 9,000 sport fishing jobs in BC, all of which depend on wild Pacific salmon. (Source: British Columbia’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector, 2016 Edition)

It’s critical to transition ocean-polluting Atlantic salmon farms out of BC waters to protect wild Pacific salmon for future generations.

Visit www.standingupforwildsalmon.ca for more information.