B.C. First Nations want meeting with Carney about salmon, need for open-net farm ban

First Nations want meeting with Carney about salmon, need for open-net farm banGetting your Trinity Audio player ready...VANCOUVER — First Nations in British Columbia are calling for a meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney to discuss protecting and reviving wild salmon. Bob Chamberlin, chair of the First Nations Wild Salmon Alliance, which includes more than 120 First Nations, said the federal government should create a First Nation-led plan to protect the wild fish, similar to the joint land use plan for governing the Great Bear Rainforest. He said the alliance has been told that a report on the open-net ban is coming, but hasn’t been given details. A statement from the Fisheries Department said Thompson plans to meet with the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance in October. But it referred any questions about the phase out of open-net salmon farming to Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada.