First Nations for Finfish Stewardship

First Nations for Finfish Stewardship (FNFFS) is a Coalition asserting our rights, title and self-determination regarding finfish aquaculture in our territories

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

🎥 NEW: Watch the full April 29 FNFFS Coalition press conference from Parliament Hill.

Coastal Chiefs unveiled a 5-pillar Indigenous-led plan for BC salmon aquaculture — and called on the Carney government to reverse the 2029 net-pen ban.

$1.12B sector. 4,000+ jobs. Nation-led future.
▶️ https://t.co/DxDYf2ingX
#IndigenousLed #cdnpoli #bcpoli

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

We welcome respectful and constructive dialogue on our social media channels. Your comments do not meet our standards of discourse and therefore, you will be blocked. We urge you to consider how you might better engage with First Nations organizations and individuals who do not share your views.

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

"Toxic fish factories." That's how Green Party leader Elizabeth May describes salmon farms operating in partnership with coastal BC First Nations.

Divisive language from the leader of a party that claims to champion Indigenous rights and self-determination.

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[Green Party of Canada @CanadianGreens]

WATCH: In Question Period, @ElizabethMay demanded answers on the government’s delayed promise to shut down open-net pen salmon farms in B.C.: “Will this government commit to keep the promise and shut down these toxic fish factories by 2029?”

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@ByattGraham @CanadianGreens @ElizabethMay https://t.co/fZYIlcxpNf

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

"Toxic fish factories." That's how Green Party leader Elizabeth May describes salmon farms operating in partnership with coastal BC First Nations.

Divisive language from the leader of a party that claims to champion Indigenous rights and self-determination.

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[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

As other BC First Nations pursue economic development in forestry, oil and gas, LNG and critical minerals, we stand in solidarity with them - we trust them to mitigate impacts to the wild salmon we all depend on.

Trust us to do the same.

Learn more: https://t.co/0ikxEUVB0c

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

A few facts:
🐟 100% of salmon raised in BC is raised in partnership with the First Nation in whose territorial waters it spends its life.

✅ Each Nation sets own thresholds for environmental and fish health monitoring, sea lice, stocking and fallow periods; these thresholds are often more strict than federal regulations set by DFO.

🏡 The own-source revenues from salmon farming and related businesses help our communities build housing, promote language and culture, provide mental health and addiction services and much more.

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

No updates, no timeline of when to expect any updates. A continuous chorus of requests to be patient. Future forecast planning for community services that provide housing, language and culture programs, daycares, food security and transportation is now being critically impacted across rural and remote coastal communities.

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

An Open Letter to @CanadianPM as we face avoidable and escalating crises in our communities. We need certainty now.

Read the full letter: https://t.co/YGCjBcdmiG

#cdnpoli #bcpoli #salmonpeople #sustainableaquaculture #indigenousled

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

...with the other, maintaining a damaging policy that limits the potential of every other First Nation to explore new paths.

Read our full statement: https://t.co/CHMZy9kncx

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

Today's funding announcement of $51 million for the Marine Donut project, with the support of the Wei Wai Kum First Nation and @CanadaOSC, is a welcome and encouraging step forward in #aquaculture innovation. But Ottawa cannot celebrate Indigenous-led innovation on one hand while...

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@wildfirstcanada https://t.co/hvBnP4YNDw

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@wildfirstcanada ICYMI from July 2026
https://t.co/QPepJ5cDJi

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

In response to recent opinion pieces written by wealthy environmental activist Tony Allard, the Coalition member Nations have written our own.

Dear Tony: You Keep Speaking About Us. Why Won't You Speak With Us?

Read the full letter at https://t.co/clqT9itTZg

[SeaWestNews @SeaWestNews]

The federal government is investing millions in First Nations-led hatcheries to produce more salmon while pursuing a policy that would dismantle another Indigenous-backed form of salmon production on the B.C. coast.
#SalmonFarming #Hatchery #Wildsalmon
https://t.co/wm0hCBBQCY

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

"Eby and PM Mark Carney have rightly embraced Indigenous equity participation in major projects across Canada. First Nations are being invited to become owners and partners in pipelines, critical minerals, forestry and other natural-resource industries. That same principle must apply to salmon aquaculture...Our Nations should have the ability to choose the right technology, the right locations, and the right economic and environmental future for our communities."

Read the full article: https://t.co/F3HHHTY23c

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@tomfletcherbc follows the money, reveals American donors are behind anti-resource rhetoric. It's time to listen to Rights holders who know their territories, their waters, and their communities, rather than activist voices whose megaphones are priced in USD.

READ: US money behind anti-resource activism in BC as American oil exports grow
https://t.co/nyGJwX9vlv

[Fran Yanor @FranYanor]

Wealthy American donors have funded anti-resource activism in BC for 20 years, helping launch the tar sands campaign & create the Coastal First Nations group lobbying for the anti-tanker ban. @tomfletcherbc follows the money in his latest for @BeatNorthern:
https://t.co/pOa3PJy6xN

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@wildfirstcanada ICYMI: Our invitation remains open

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

In response to recent opinion pieces written by wealthy environmental activist Tony Allard, the Coalition member Nations have written our own.

Dear Tony: You Keep Speaking About Us. Why Won't You Speak With Us?

Read the full letter at https://t.co/clqT9itTZg

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

@VancouverSun ICYMI

[First Nations for Finfish Stewardship @FNFFSBC]

In response to recent opinion pieces written by wealthy environmental activist Tony Allard, the Coalition member Nations have written our own.

Dear Tony: You Keep Speaking About Us. Why Won't You Speak With Us?

Read the full letter at https://t.co/clqT9itTZg