Canada's LeBlanc Says There's No Conflict of Interest Over DFO's Support for Farmed Salmon Expansion
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Globe and Mail] Geordon Omand - August 10, 2010
Canada’s fisheries minister is dismissing concerns from stakeholder groups over suggestions the government agency tasked with conserving wild fish stocks is in a conflict of interest by also being in charge of championing the salmon-farming industry.
Removing industry advocacy from the purview of Fisheries and Oceans Canada was one of the key recommendations from a 2012 report by B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen into the 2009 collapse of sockeye salmon in British Columbia’s Fraser River...
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