Legacy - October 2012

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and video: First Nation bid to close fish farms may reach Canadian Supreme Court August 8, 2012 Elly Edwards: “Norwegian owned fish farms have no business profiting off the demise of wild salmon. Fish farms go against nature and wild salmon completely. Until they are out of the ocean, wild salmon are under threat.”

A B.C. First Nation revealed on Tuesday morning at a press conference that it seeks to re-launch a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. and federal governments to ultimately force the closure of commercial open net-pen fish farms in Broughton Archipelago.


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