Salmon-Safe British Columbia

Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF)  and Fraser Basin Council have teamed up to deliver the Salmon-Safe program in British Columbia. Read the Vancouver Sun feature on the October 5 launch of Salmon-Safe BC.

Salmon-Safe, which has been highly effective in Oregon and Washington for more than a decade, is an eco-certification program that encourages farmers to use agricultural practices that protect Pacific salmon habitat and water quality. Farms are evaluated by independent, professional certifiers. Once certified, farms are designated “Salmon-Safe” and receive a seal of approval to include on product packaging and marketing materials. Since the program’s inception in the United States, more than 300 farms have been certified as “Salmon-Safe” representing a total of 60,000 acres. Learn more about Salmon-Safe farm certification.

Download the Salmon-Safe BC brochure.

     Download Salmon-Safe BC FAQs. 

     Download a List & Map of Certified Farms.

     Download the Salmon-Safe farm standards (July 2011).

Salmon-Safe has been piloted in British Columbia during 2010/2011 with the generous financial support of the RBC Blue Water initiative and Fraser Salmon and Watershed Program, a joint initiative of the Pacific Salmon Foundation and Fraser Basin Council. The pilot included a technical review of existing Salmon-Safe farm standards, which assessed the appropriateness of the standards within the Canadian and B.C. regulatory contexts. The standards were field-tested with 21 farms to assess both the technical and cultural fit of the standards in B.C. To date, 22 farms in British Columbia have achieved Salmon-Safe certification.

For more information, please contact Michelle Tung, Program Manager at Pacific Salmon Foundation, 604-664-7664 (ext 118) or 504-561-8565 (mobile)