BC shows wait-and-see attitude to Washington's decision on salmon aquaculture
Salmon farming centre in British Columbia. (Photo: B.C. Salmon Farmers Association)
(CANADA, 3/5/2018)
British Columbia First Nations expect to see the provincial government follow Washington state Senate’s step and also give the green light to phase out Atlantic salmon net pen farming ban.
“Here in British Columbia, the vast majority of First Nations are very clear in their opposition to the operation of open net cage fish farms,” said Bob Chamberlin, vice president of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, CTV News reported.
Chamberlin said the Department of Fisheries and Oceans is supposed to have a precautionary principle under the Fisheries Act, something he feels is being disregarded amid concerns about diseases in fish farms.
“It’s time for the precautionary principle to be made real, stood up, embraced, and then enacted, and look to see this industry evolve, like every other industry has, to land-based closed containment,”...
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