Hereditary chiefs from the Musgamagw Dzawada’enuxw and Kwakwa̱ ka̱ ʼwakw First Nations, in partnership with the First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance, are demanding clarity from the Coalition of First Nations for Finfish Stewardship over its list of open net-pen fish farm supporters. The alliance challenges the coalition's assertion of 17 First Nations agreements in the industry, arguing that it includes agreements to remove fish farms and is misrepresenting the true opposition to fish farms within First Nations communities. The coalition, however, refutes these claims, stating that it is opposed to the federal government's decisions to remove salmon farms from some territories and highlights 17 nations with agreements with finfish aquaculture companies. The First Nation Wild Salmon Alliance, which identifies over 120 First Nations as supporting the transition of open-net pen salmon away from the industry, insists that the majority of First Nations are opposed to fish farming. The coalition's spokesperson, Dallas Smith, defends the right of nations to manage their own resource development agreements and criticizes the alliance as an activist group, a characterization that the alliance denies, maintaining that its focus is on protecting Aboriginal rights and title, as well as wild salmon.