Seaweed Harvest Expansion Decried; Ex-DFO Scientist Asks: 'Who Decided Whether There is a Surplus?'
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Vancouver Sun] Yvonne Zacharias, Victoria Times Colonist- August 11, 2015
A decision by the provincial government to allow increased harvesting of seaweed from the central east coast of Vancouver Island has sounded alarm bells in parts of the scientific community there.
In addition to allowing three licensed companies to increase their take to 500 tons annually in the Deep Bay and Bowser areas from a previous limit of 300 tons, the B.C. Ministry of Agriculture has offered two additional licenses for 250 tons each for the area fronting the Qualicum First Nation reserve in Qualicum ...
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