Critics are raising concerns over an experimental fish farm off Vancouver Island after government inspections showed vast quantities of feed and feces covering the ocean floor.
In late 2024, a semi-enclosed salmon farm operated by Cermaq in Clayoquot Sound’s Millar Channel began to release a strong odour that hung around for months.
Clayoquot Action, a local environmental group that monitors fish farms off Vancouver Island, contacted an official at Fisheries and Oceans Canada on Jan. 31, 2025, according to communications released through an Access to Information and Privacy request.
“We’ve never smelled this during normal feeding operations; only during die-offs,” the partially redacted email reads.
“Whatever is happening here, the fact that
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