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STATEMENT: COASTAL FIRST NATIONS COMMUNITIES REITERATE SUPPORT FOR THE CHOICE TO CONTINUE SALMON FARMING IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES SEPTEMBER 29, 2025 Liǧʷiłdaxʷ TERRITORY/CAMPBELL RIVER, BC — Today, on the eve...

RIGHTS-HOLDER COASTAL FIRST NATIONS CELEBRATE BOTH THE CYCLICAL SOCKEYE RETURN AND THE CONTINUATION OF SALMON FARMING IN THEIR TRADITIONAL TERRITORIES LAICH-KWIL-TACH TERRITORY/CAMPBELL RIVER, BC - The Coalition of First Nations...

VANCOUVER, BC – The Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship acknowledges the federal government’s announcement today of a 5-year re-issuance of salmon aquaculture licences within our traditional territories, while...

Dear Canadians, Our federal government is currently finalizing discussions regarding the future of salmon farming in our traditional territories in British Columbia to introduce a responsible, realistic, and achievable Transition...

Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship, BC Salmon Farmers and BC Centre for Aquatic Health Sciences unite to release a 500-page text on salmon farming in BC in support...

100% of salmon farmed in BC today is raised in partnership with coastal First Nations. ANISHINABE ALGONQUIN TERRITORY/OTTAWA, ON – Coastal First Nations from British Columbia came to Parliament Hill...

LAICH-KWIL-TACH TERRITORY/Campbell River, BC – Members of the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (the Coalition) fully support the application for a judicial review from two Laich-kwil-tach First Nations,...

Rights and Title, food affordability and jobs are impacted. ANISHINAABE ALGONQUIN TERRITORY (OTTAWA, ON) – Chiefs and leaders of the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) are in...

LAICH-KWIL-TACH TERRITORY – The Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (the Coalition) is extremely disappointed by the Minister of the Department of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard,...

With the following statement, the leaders of our collective coastal Nations are making clear to those attempting to usurp our inherent, sovereign decision-making authority: we, as Rightsholders and the stewards of...