Federal Audit Finds DFO Doing Too Little to Protect Wild Fish from Salmon Farms
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Postmedia Breaking News] by Maura Forrest - April 25, 2018
The federal government isn't doing enough to protect wild fish from threats posed by salmon farming in Atlantic Canada and British Columbia, according to a new report from the federal environment commissioner.
The audit found that Fisheries and Oceans Canada has been slow to study the effects of salmon farming on wild fish, and is not doing enough to prevent the spread of infectious disease. The department has failed to put limits on the amount of drugs and pesticides that salmon farms ...
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