I received the Sea Shepherd Conservation Society’s monthly newsletter for December in my e-mail on the 29th. Amont the articles contained therein was one entitled
Operation Virus Hunter: Sea Shepherd Announces Major Victory for Wild Salmon and Orca Whales
The article discusses a collaborative enterprise between the Kwikwasut’inuxw Haxwa’mis, ‘Namgis and Mamalilikulla First Nations, Sea Shepherd and Dr. Alexandra Morton. During the summers of 2017 through 2018, Sea Shepherd provided transport for Dr. Morton who gathered “evidence of salmon retroviruses and sea lice parasites being transmitted from domestic alien Atlantic salmon to indigenous native Pacific salmon.” They also transported and supported indigenous activists who boarded ad accupied the offending salmon farms.
The article states that:
These activities led to a recent decision by the Provincial Government of British Columbia to remove salmon farms and to give First Nations the power to inspect salmon farms and order their removal from their legal territories if they should so choose.
Removing salmon farms from the salmon migration routes is a huge step in the right direction for the salmon, as well as the Southern Resident Killer Whales who rely on wild salmon as a major food source.