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Clayoquot Action

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Clayoquot Action is a Tofino-based conservation society committed to protecting the biocultural diversity of Clayoquot Sound. Clayoquot Action stands for democratic rights, Indigenous Rights and the Rights of Mother Earth. clayoquotaction.org

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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
‼️BREAKING NEWS...CERMAQ HATCHERY EVICTED FROM PORT ALBERNI‼️ Ḥupač̓asatḥ Ḥawił (Hereditary Chief) Tsu Tsii In (Alton Watts) is demanding the immediate closure and removal of an Atlantic salmon fish hatchery that supplies west coast open net fish farms in Nuu-Chah-Nulth territory. #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Have you ever been uncertain if the salmon you’re eating is wild or farmed? There are a few easy indicators to look out for and that you can use to ensure you are putting wild salmon on your table. 🐟 Learn more through our Get Wild! page on our website at clayoquotaction.org/get-wild/!
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Not sure where your salmon is coming from? Always ask "Is it farmed or is it wild?". 🌊 Learn more through Clayoquot Action’s Get Wild! page on our website at clayoquotaction.org/get-wild/!
Shows a picture of a wild salmon filet with text overlayed reading "Always ask: Is it farmed or is it wild?"
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Mining giant Imperial Metals is once again looking for gold in Tla-o-qui-aht Tribal Parks. Join us for an informative evening—find out what is happening, and what you can do about it. September 22nd, Clayoquot Sound Theatre, Doors at 7pm! More information here: clayoquotaction.org/events/more-...
Event poster for Clayoquot Action's event "More Precious Than Gold". Features a photo of Tranquil Creek in Tla-o-qui-aht Territory and a photo of a gold mine.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
Last Friday, a small but mighty crew assembled upon hearing the news that the Minister of Fisheries, Joanne Thompson, was meeting with Cermaq in Tofino. The message was lound and clear—fish farms out now. clayoquotaction.org/take-action/...
Clayoquot Action holding banners to peacefully protest fish farms in the waters of Clayoquot Sound.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Celebrate and support the ‘Namgis First Nation and their return to court to protect wild salmon. An evening to share food, discuss important topics with inspirational speakers, and enjoy live music from local artists! Qualicum Beach Civic Centre August 29th, 6:30pm www.eventbrite.ca/e/wild-salmo...
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Wild Salmon Blues, headlined by Garret T. Willie
Rally together in community for an evening of live music and discussion—with ʼNa̱mg̱is blues musician Garret T. Willie headlining.
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Vancouver Sun @vancouversun.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Premier Eby needs to pressure Ottawa to keep salmon farming commitment vancouversun.com/opinion/colu...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Fish farm transport in Clayoquot Sound... What are all of these vehicles and vessels coming into Clayoquot Sound and what are they doing? 👀
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
⚠️ Take action for the health of marine ecosystems now! ⚠️ Sign a letter urging the federal government to keep their commitment to removing open-net pen fish farms from BC waters by June 30th, 2029! clayoquotaction.org/.../add-your...
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The Narwhal @thenarwhal.ca · 19/06/2026
Vancouver Island's Clayoquot Sound is a key refuge for massive red cedars, orcas and Pacific salmon. Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation has long stewarded and protected the region, and is now fighting the prospect of resumed gold exploration within the territory. Read here: thenarwhal.ca/tofino-gold-...
Moss and lichen drape from the branches of a tree.An Indigenous land guardian opens the back door of a pickup truck parked in a wilderness area.Forested mountains rise beyond a still body of water.Four people wade through a clear stream in a forested wilderness area.
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 01/07/2026
A cedar dugout canoe, gifted from the Tla-o-qui-aht to the Haida, was a manifestation of both nations’ “intergenerational care of the forest,” said Tla-o-qui-aht member Gisèle Maria Martin. thetyee.ca/Culture/2026...
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Two Powerful First Nations Relive a Key Victory | The Tyee
Facing new fights over land and water, Nuu-chah-nulth and Haida members met in celebratory solidarity.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Starting TOMORROW NIGHT, join us this summer for a FREE weekly screening of our award-winning documentary SALMON SECRETS in TOFINO. 🎏 Every Wednesday in July and August at the Clayoquot Sound Theatre! 🎭 Doors open at 7:30, event starts at 8 pm. Door prizes and more! ✨ Everyone welcome!
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
TOMORROW NIGHT! Don't miss it. See poster details. 🐋
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The Ferret @theferret.scot · 09/06/2026
Staniford has been opposing salmon farming for more than 20 years. A high-profile activist who covertly enters fish farms to film, he posts photos and videos of diseased and dying fish online
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The ‘kayak vigilante’ accuses Norwegian salmon firm of trying to privatise Scotland’s public waters
Don Staniford is a prominent campaigner who targets Scotland's farmed salmon industry. But companies like Mowi claim his activism risks the safety of staff and legal action has been taken to stop him entering fish farms.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
The B.C. Provincial Government has issued issued mineral exploration permits to Vancouver-based Imperial Metals on the territories of the Tla-o-qui-aht First Nation near Načiks / Tofino. Take action now. Please make your voice heard—SEND A LETTER TODAY!
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No mines in Clayoquot Sound - Clayoquot Action
A historic gold mine re-opened using modern technology, to scour out minerals the old-timers couldn’t get at? Twenty kilometres from Tofino? Is this the best we can hope for, a third of a century afte...
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Watershed Watch Salmon Society @watershedwatchbc.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Stan from Watershed Watch was on Parliament Hill this week alongside allies at the Pacific Salmon Foundation, David Suzuki Foundation & Living Oceans Society. The contingent met with MPs & gov't officials to push Ottawa to keep its promise to remove remaining marine salmon farms from coastal B.C.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Be a voice for wild salmon and help get open-net fish farms out of B.C. waters by 2029. Send a letter to the Liberal Pacific Caucus, the Fisheries Minister, and Prime Minister Mark Carney today! ✊ SIGN NOW: clayoquotaction.org/take-action/... #fishfarmsout #fishfarmsoutnow #takeaction
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Check out our 2026 Summer Newsletter! Print copies now available in select stores and cafes around Načiks / Tofino. 🐋 clayoquotaction.org/articles/pub...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Allegations and documentation of animal abuse at a salmon farm in the U.S., highlighting the poor living conditions and treatment of farmed salmon. FISH FARMS OUT NOW! #getwild #fishfarmsout www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Salmon farm faces new cruelty claims as Trump seeks to supersize fish farming
New undercover video appears to show cruel treatment of salmon at Cooke hatchery amid push for ‘chickenification’ of fish
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 17/05/2026
Check out this open letter to Prime Minister Carney from Chief Alton Watts, host of the Migratory Salmon Potlatch. LINK: migratorysalmon.ca/2026_05_07_O...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
⚠️ Study highlights Norwegian fish farm effluent being dumped into Norwegian fjords to be equivalent to the entire population of Australia’s raw sewage going directly into Norwegian fjords and surrounding waters. Salmon farm waste is a serious threat to coastal ecosystems. The time to act is now. ✊
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Norwegian fish farms polluting fjords with waste likened to ‘raw sewage of millions of people’
Exclusive: ‘Fish sludge’ in coastal waters now has nutrient levels equivalent to those in untreated effluent of country the size of Australia, report finds
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The Tyee @thetyee.ca · 06/05/2026
International aquaculture industry groups are lobbying Prime Minister Mark Carney to overturn an impending ban on open-net salmon farming in B.C., saying the ban is being “weaponized by extreme activists” around the world. #canpoli
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Foreign Industry Groups Are Pushing to Kill BC Salmon Farm Ban | The Tyee
Aquaculture executives want Mark Carney to overturn the phase-out of open-net pens, documents show.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
Red Dress Day (May 5) is a day of remembrance, prayer & action, honouring the lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirited People (MMIWG2S+). Take action on Red Dress Day: 🌹Wear red 🌹Attend an event 🌹Learn more: afn.ca/rights-justi... #MMIWG2S+ #RedDressDay #Indigenous
photo collage: No More Stolen Sisters & Chantel Moore with heart signs, a red dress hanging from tree.
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APTN News @aptnnews.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
LIVE: First Nation Chiefs and leaders from B.C. are meeting with government officials to ensure a federal ban on open-net pen fish farms in 2029.
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First Nation leaders from B.C. seek to ensure a ban on open-net pen fish farms | APTN News
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Daniel MacPhee 🇨🇦 @d-macphee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
This is shameful. “Kristi Miller, was one of the first scientists to find that fish farms in B.C. were infecting wild fish populations…back in 2012. Her research was kept from public release for 10 years” #Canada 🧪 #Aquaculture thetyee.ca/News/2026/04...
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Salmon Scientists Warn the DFO Is Killing a Crucial Lab | The Tyee
The genomics program opened up the ‘black box’ of wild fish research. Former and current staff say it’s been gutted.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
While the rest of the world celebrated Earth Day, it was business as usual for fish farming giant Cermaq. We found a sea lion trapped inside a fish farm near #Tofino. Take action today—it only takes a minute to send your letter! clayoquotaction.org/get-fish-far... #Fishfarmsout #wildsalmon
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
The Stand: Earth Day screening in Tofino presented by Clayoquot Action 🌲 More info here: clayoquotaction.org/events/earth...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Cermaq’s Hydrolicer, aka the Fish Killer, is back in action in Clayoquot Sound! 😵 The Salar has been docked for nearly two years, now it’s back. Why? Is Cermaq having sea lice problems again on their fish farms? #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Celebrating the Pacific Rim Whale Festival and all the wild creatures 🐋🫶🏽
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Marbled Murrelets trapped insides Cermaq Salmon Farms near Tofino in Clayoquot Sound. Once trapped, they often die. ☠️ NEW BLOG: clayoquotaction.org/deadly-nets-...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Our award-winning documentary Salmon Secrets will be screened at the Herring Fest on Hornby Island! Live Q&A with CA’s Bonny Glambeck and Dan Lewis 🐟
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
“We need to be one. We don’t need this fish farm stuff to separate us. I know it’s so easy to take money. Money is a big thing in this world today, but that fish means more to me than that.” ~ Tsu Tsii In (Alton Watts) Migratory Salmon Potlatch. Read more: watershedsentinel.ca/article/potl...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
‼️ BREAKING: The Federal Court of Appeal has upheld the government’s decision to keep open-net pen fish farms out of the Discovery Islands. ‼️ This is a huge victory for migratory salmon and the communities and ecosystems that depend on them. 🐟 #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Don't miss the Tofino premiere of FAIRY CREEK, a documentary following Canada’s largest demonstration of civil disobedience. 🌲 Tofino Adventure Film Festival starts with Fairy Creek on Thursday Nov. 13th in Načiks/Tofino. 🧡 Director Jen Muranetz will join us for a discussion after the film.
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
PEOPLE POWER: Tools for Action 🌍 FREE Workshop in Tofino Ever wanted to make a difference but didn’t know where to start? 💭 These free workshops will show you how real change happens. 📍 Wickaninnish Community School 431 Gibson Road 🕢 Time: 7:30–9 PM (Doors at 7) 💸 Free Admission 🙌 Everyone Welcome
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
Out in Clayoquot Sound on CSI (Clayoquot Salmon Investigation) Mission - keeping an eye on Cermaq‘s polluting experimental fish farm in the Clayoquot UNESCO biosphere reserve #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
After Clayoquot Action exposed a major pollution disaster at this exact fish farm, it is now back in the water and restocked. What? Read more in our blog: clayoquotaction.org/cermaqs-doom... #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
🎉 The Tofino Saturday Market is back—and so are we! Clayoquot Action will be at the market every Saturday in July and August ☀️ Come and say hi! #wildsalmon #fishfarmsout
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
Salmon Secrets free screenings every Wednesday in July & August in Tofino at the Clayoquot Sound Theatre / Doors: 7:30 pm / Start: 8 pm / Door Prizes 👉🏽 feat. Tla-o-qui-aht guest speaker 👉🏽 Everyone welcome!
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
Salmon Secrets free screenings on Wednesdays in July & August in Tofino at the Clayoquot Sound Theatre / Doors: 7:30 pm / Start: 8 pm / Door Prizes 👉🏽 Opening night July 2nd feat. Tla-o-qui-aht elder and master carver Joe Martin 👉🏽 Everyone welcome!
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 12/06/2025
Stay tuned! We discovered something very interesting 💩 Get ready to see what the industrial salmon farming industry never wanted you to see! #wildsalmon #fishfarmsout #protectwhatyoulove
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Join us! Free admission. Everyone welcome! #protectwildsalmon
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
👉🏽 Learn more about the incident in our latest blog post: clayoquotaction.org/cermaqs-doom...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🐟 Rotting fish, wildlife intrusion, and repeated antibiotic use raise serious questions about the future of in-ocean aquaculture. This isn’t innovation — it’s an environmental disaster. It is time to get salmon farms out of the ocean❗️
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
🚨 SHOCKING: “100% COVERED in Feces & Fish Feed” — New government records obtained by m Watershed Watch Society reveal massive pollution under Cermaq’s Closed-Containment salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
The science is clear 🎏 Fish farms have to come out of the oceans and the media is covering what Clayoquot Action exposed in Clayoquot Sound near Tofino! #fishfarmsout #wildsalmon
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The ʼNa̱mǥis Invite You to: A Feast and Evening of Culture and Information Sharing as A Fundraiser to Protect Wild Salmon 🎏 Tickets & Info: www.eventbrite.com/e/a-feast-ev...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
A six months long on-going pollution at Cermaq’s experimental semi-closed fish farm exposed by Clayoquot Action 🎏 Read more: clayoquotaction.org/cermaqs-doom...
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Rubber bullets for sea lions! The disturbing reality behind B.C.‘s salmon farming practices! See more here: clayoquotaction.org/sea-lions-tr... #fishfarmsout #wildsalmon
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Clayoquot Action @clayoquot-action.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
🎏 Clayoquot Sound: A pathogen hot spot for Chinook Salmon! Read the powerful guest article CLAYOQUOT CHINOOK CRISIS by Alexandra Morton on our blog 👉🏽 clayoquotaction.org/clayoquot-ch...
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