Fisheries Minister Joyce Murray has a final decision to make on fish farms. Will she order all fish farms out of B.C. waters? Industry mounts a major campaign to convince the public that removing fish farms would be a disaster for jobs, food security and reconciliation. And it would devastate isolated First Nation communities. But is that true? Let’s find out.<br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

The Salmon People

Pushing & Pulling

Off the coast of BC, wild salmon started dying by the millions.Chris Bennett runs Blackfish Lodge 300 kilometers north of Vancouver. He was leading a group of tourists on a boat tour when he looked into the water and noticed young salmon – called smolt – acting strangely. He’d found a clue. He took it to an unlikely detective - a whale biologist - Alexandra Morton - who’d be pulled into a battle against government, industry and multinational corporations.A story like this one should have been a hero’s tale. An Erin Brockovich moment. But it didn’t quite play out tha...