Two B.C. First Nations and a British Columbia salmon farmer company are going to court to challenge the federal government’s decision not to renew the licences for its open-net farms off Vancouver Island.
The We Wai Kai Nation (Campbell River Indian Band) and Wei Kai Kum First Nation (Cape Mudge Indian Band) have applied for judicial review of the federal government’s decision not to reissue aquaculture licences for seven open-net Atlantic salmon farms found in the territory of the nations (known collectively as the Laich-kwil-tach Nation) in B.C.’s Discovery Islands.
The lawsuit says the decision not to renew the licences was made “in the face of
