Safe Passage
Stories

By Stan Proboszcz
May 7, 2026
Foreign-owned salmon farm giants are lobbying Ottawa to reverse B.C.’s open-net fish farm ban despite parasite and disease risks to wild Pacific salmon.

By Stan Proboszcz
January 30, 2026
A win for wild salmon. The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Mowi’s appeal, keeping fish farms out of the Discovery Islands to protect wild salmon.

By Stan Proboszcz
September 10, 2025
FOI records uncovered by Watershed Watch show troubling delays in the response to a Zeballos diesel spill at a factory fish farm. Is B.C.’s polluter-pay system benefiting salmon farms?

By Stan Proboszcz
July 30, 2025
Track the key moments in a decades-long effort to remove open-net pen salmon farms and protect wild salmon along the coast.

By Stan Proboszcz
April 11, 2025
With Canada’s 2025 federal election fast approaching, the future of open-net fish farms in B.C. is uncertain. Learn how factory fish farms threaten wild salmon and what you can do before Election Day.

By Stan Proboszcz
February 14, 2025
For two years we've been trying to get our hands on salmon farm sea lice data used in a controversial DFO science report, and our efforts have finally paid off.

By Stan Proboszcz
February 6, 2025
Something deeply concerning has been unfolding in Clayoquot Sound at an experimental fish farm owned by one of the world’s biggest fish farming corporations.

By Stan Proboszcz
January 9, 2025
A new study documents a dramatic increase in mortality events at factory fish farms from 2011 to 2022. Die-offs are linked to sea lice treatments, algal blooms and low oxygen. Climate change and ocean warming are playing a role.

By Stan Proboszcz
September 26, 2024
The federal government recently released its draft salmon aquaculture transition plan. While it confirms the ban on open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters, it's light on details and leaves many questions to be answered.

By Stan Proboszcz
June 11, 2024
Following a tip, Watershed Watch's Stan Proboszcz kayaked out to witness the fallout from a large die-off of Atlantic salmon at a factory fish farm in Muchalat Inlet.

By Stan Proboszcz
May 7, 2026
Foreign-owned salmon farm giants are lobbying Ottawa to reverse B.C.’s open-net fish farm ban despite parasite and disease risks to wild Pacific salmon.

By Stan Proboszcz
January 30, 2026
A win for wild salmon. The Federal Court of Appeal has dismissed Mowi’s appeal, keeping fish farms out of the Discovery Islands to protect wild salmon.

By Stan Proboszcz
September 10, 2025
FOI records uncovered by Watershed Watch show troubling delays in the response to a Zeballos diesel spill at a factory fish farm. Is B.C.’s polluter-pay system benefiting salmon farms?

By Stan Proboszcz
July 30, 2025
Track the key moments in a decades-long effort to remove open-net pen salmon farms and protect wild salmon along the coast.

By Stan Proboszcz
April 11, 2025
With Canada’s 2025 federal election fast approaching, the future of open-net fish farms in B.C. is uncertain. Learn how factory fish farms threaten wild salmon and what you can do before Election Day.

By Stan Proboszcz
February 14, 2025
For two years we've been trying to get our hands on salmon farm sea lice data used in a controversial DFO science report, and our efforts have finally paid off.

By Stan Proboszcz
February 6, 2025
Something deeply concerning has been unfolding in Clayoquot Sound at an experimental fish farm owned by one of the world’s biggest fish farming corporations.

By Stan Proboszcz
January 9, 2025
A new study documents a dramatic increase in mortality events at factory fish farms from 2011 to 2022. Die-offs are linked to sea lice treatments, algal blooms and low oxygen. Climate change and ocean warming are playing a role.

By Stan Proboszcz
September 26, 2024
The federal government recently released its draft salmon aquaculture transition plan. While it confirms the ban on open-net salmon farms in B.C. waters, it's light on details and leaves many questions to be answered.

By Stan Proboszcz
June 11, 2024
Following a tip, Watershed Watch's Stan Proboszcz kayaked out to witness the fallout from a large die-off of Atlantic salmon at a factory fish farm in Muchalat Inlet.
