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Courtenay protest against fish farms

Downtown rally drew more than 100 protester
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More than 100 protesters rallied at the Fifth Street/England Avenue parking lot in Courtenay June 13, speaking out against open pen fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago. The leases on the Broughton Archipelago fish farms expire June 20. Anti-fish farmers are calling for the government to retire the leases. Photo by Terry Farrell.

More than 100 protesters rallied at the Fifth Street/England Avenue parking lot in Courtenay June 13, speaking out against open pen fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago. The leases on the Broughton Archipelago fish farms expire June 20. Anti-fish farmers are calling for the government to retire the leases.