Greenpeace supports First Nations

Greenpeace supports the aboriginal title and rights of First Nations to inclusion and decision-making power on all resource plans being considered in their traditional territories as was articulated in "The Council of Haida Nation et al. v Minister of Forests et al, 2002".

Justice Lambert stated that:[75] The nature of aboriginal title and aboriginal rights, whether site-specific or non-site-specific, was explained in Delgamuukw. Aboriginal title allows the aboriginal people who collectively hold the title to exclude everyone else. If the aboriginal people decide to exclude others then anyone who enters, exploits, or damages the land subject to aboriginal title will be violating that title and will be liable to pay compensatory damages, and possibly aggravated and punitive damages, depending on how purposeful was the violation.

Greenpeace supports First Nations in B.C. that want fish farms and Atlantic salmon hatcheries removed from traditional territories and from their traditional ocean-based "food basket" regions.

Greenpeace supports the rights of First Nations monitors, such as members of the Guardian program, to freely visit and conduct tests on fish farm sites within their traditional territories.

Greenpeace supports provincial and federal funding allocations to assist First Nations intent on pursuing aquaculture in their territories to shift to sustainable, environmentally appropriate closed containment and/or land-based closed containment farms.