BC Provincial Government Hints at Major Shift Toward Land Based Aquaculture
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [CBC News] by Deborah Wilson - March 9, 2018
The B.C. minister in charge of aquaculture tenures for the province is hinting at a sea change in the provincial government's approach to Atlantic salmon farming in Pacific waters.
Doug Donaldson, the B.C. minister of Forest, Land and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, says the provincial government can't ban open-net fish farms -— as Washington state did last week — because they are regulated by the federal government.
However, with provincial tenures for 22 fish farms coming up for renewal in June, the minister said the provincial government's vision for ...
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