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Farmed and Dangerous: Sablefish Farming in BC

The world’s first ever sablefish hatchery is proceeding ahead despite calls for proper environmental assessments before fish are released to open-water netpens coast wide. Both provincial and federal governments are supporting this experiment despite reports that sablefish farms will pose serious disease, parasite and genetic threats to the wild sablefish.

Here is some more detailed information on this controversial issue facing our fishery:

American Sablefish Industry! Your markets and your wild sablefish resource are at serious risk of demise from sablefish farming in BC. Click on the documents below to discover more about this threat and what you can do about it.