An insincere consultation about salmon farming in BC – SeaWest News

The Federal government’s nonsensical policy about salmon farming in BC only hurts local communities and First Nations, while failing to do anything to address the real causes of population decline in wild stocks

The federal government recently released its discussion paper on a transition from open-net salmon farming in BC, which it has been pushing for the last several years. Salmon farming is largely regulated by permits from the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), a federal entity, meaning that decisions impacting coastal BC will be made in distant Ottawa — making local and provincial input especially important.

Yet the discussion paper suggests the DFO has already decided the end goal for salmon aquaculture. The framework’s stated vision is to: “Advance innovation and growth in sustainable aquaculture in British Columbia that progressively minimizes or eliminates interactions between salmon open-net pens and wild salmon while also taking into account social, cultural and economic objectives.”

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