News & Media   ( = issued by FOCS)

2011

12 Dec., FOCS media release — Friends of Clayoquot Sound rally outside Tofino DFO office  

6 Sept., Georgia Strait Alliance media release — 54 local, provincial and national organizations call for immediate closure of salmon farms along wild salmon migration route

14 July, Westerly News — Watchdog to audit Clayoquot forestry license

29 June, Times Colonist — Fear not, light at end of fish farm debate

9 June, Westerly News — Letter: Peer review clarified  

2 June, Westerly News — No exploratory drilling on Catface for summer

2 June, Westerly News — Letter: Make your voice heard  

23 May, TheTyee.ca — Who will clean up our mining mess?

19 May, TheTyee.ca — New fish farm proposal spawns call for moratorium

5 May, Westerly News — Morton highlights challenges, alternatives for salmon aquaculture

25 April, Focus Magazine — Between a forest and a debt

14 April, Victoria Times Colonist — Why we should care about a single log dump

10 April, Globe & Mail — The Sound and the fury: Dark days in Clayoquot

7 April, Westerly News — Iisaak gets road permit for Flores; Friends say it may be time to renegotiate

6 April, Vancouver Sun — First nations logging company gets Flores Island road permit

5 April, FOCS media release — Logging road permit issued for intact Flores Island in Clayoquot Sound  

31 March, Vancouver Sun — Treaty takes effect for five Vancouver Island native bands

10 March, Westerly News — Letter: Common themes at symposium  

10 March, Westerly News — Symposium reflects changes in forestry, challenges for future

2010

16 Dec., Westerly News — Flores logging hot button issue for environmentalists and First Nations

19 May, media release — Potential open-pit copper mine in Clayoquot Sound spurs protest in front of Imperial Metals AGM   

21 Jan., Westerly News — Washington researchers present findings of Clayoquot sea lice study

2008

July 16 — Exploratory drilling for copper begins on Catface Mountain — local Central Region Board not consulted

May 15 — Global Assessment of Closed System Aquaculture Report Releasedd
        Link to summary and full report.

March 28 — Fish Farm Moratorium for BC North Coast, but Another Net-Cage Salmon Farm for Clayoquot Sound

2007

Sept. 9 — The Troubled Waters of Clayoquot Sound

Sept. 6 — Net breach at salmon farm—possible Atlantic salmon escape

2006

Aug. 9 — Central Region Chiefs and Environmentalists Commit to Work Toward Solution in Clayoquot

Aug. 1 — Clayoquot Sound not saved

June 7 — URGENT: Help Needed in Clayoquot Sound!

June 6 — Defamation Case Against Friends of Clayoquot Employee Adjourned (PDF 100kb)

June 5 — Interfor Gives Up Attack on Logging Standards

May 17 — Sea lions killed in predator nets in Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve

May 4 — Study finds increased levels of mercury in rockfish located near active fish farms

2005

Nov. 18 — Ad Campaign In Vancouver and Victoria Shows Safeway Continues To Support Farmed Salmon Despite Known Risks

Oct. 31 — Interfor Attacks Clayoquot 'Scientific Panel' Logging Standards

June 15 — Renowned B.C. Chef Tojo Joins Farmed and Dangerous Campaign to Reform Salmon Farming Industry

June 4 — Cancer-contaminated BC farmed salmon must be destroyed

Feb. 7 — Clayoquot Peace Threatened — Interfor Building Road into Intact Valley

Feb. 1 — Hidden Escape Reveals Holes in BC policy: 33,000 salmon go wild on the West Coast

2004

Dec. 14 — Cermaq Record in Clayoquot Sound Abysmal

November 15, 2004
FOCS Campaigner Published in Salmon Farming Exposé

July 23, 2004
Backgrounder: 5-Year Moratorium

July 8, 2004
Interfor Declares 5-Year Moratorium on Logging in Contentious Clayoquot Valleys

2003

March 12, 2003
Working Forest in Clayoquot Biosphere Would Threaten Local Economy

March 12, 2003
Disease Epidemic Hits Salmon Farms in Clayoquot Sound

2002

September 5, 2002
Will Salmon Farming Protocol Silence First Nations Opposition?

March 22, 2002
Diseased Fish — A Bad Year for Pacific National Aquaculture

March 21, 2002
Disease Outbreak Confirmed at Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farm

January 3, 2002
Eight Thousand Atlantic Salmon on the Lam in Clayoquot Sound

2001

September 7, 2001
Massive Die-off at Clayoquot Sound Salmon Farm


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