"[7] In 2011, a "European strain of the Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) virus has been identified in wild sockeye smolt taken from the Rivers Inlet region of British Columbia.
Gwawaenuk Chief Charlie Williams has been vehemently opposed to salmon farming in his territory due to concerns about environmental impacts, including disease transfer.
"[8] The tribe, which depends on marine life for subsistence, opposes nearby fish farming as a potential source of disease affecting wild salmon.
[8][9] A 2003 lawsuit was filed in conjunction with the Sierra Club, because "98% of our wild pink Salmon run was massacred by sea lice.
"[10][11] "The lawsuit asks for an injunction to prevent the stocking of open net cage salmon aquaculture facilities in the Broughton, to prevent the use of SLICE, a pesticide that has been scientifically shown to have impacts on crustaceans and has not been generally approved for use in Canada, and to require that infected sites remove infected fish from the marine environment.