With New Government in BC, Protests Over Salmon Net Pen Farms Escalate
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [TIMES COLONIST] by AMY SMART - October 16, 2017
Protesters descended on Premier John Horgan’s Langford constituency office Friday to call for an end to open-net fish farming along wild salmon migration routes.
The non-violent demonstration came the same day that RCMP escorted workers restocking a fish farm near Alert Bay, where Horgan this week met with First Nations to talk fish farming. A protest has been set up near the site for months.
Debates about open-net fish farming have simmered for decades, but with a new government in power, players on both sides of the issue say they’re hoping for some ...
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