Atlantic Canadian salmon farmers warned ‘they are next’
Two B.C. First Nations groups were in Ottawa Tuesday giving anyone who would listen diametrically opposed views on salmon farming in B.C.
“The majority of B.C. First Nations applaud DFO Minister Joyce Murray’s recent decision for Discovery Islands fish farms — basing this important decision on scientific uncertainty, cumulative effects and the Precautionary Principle — as a necessary and critical development,” said alliance chairman Bob Chamberlin.
It’s doubtful that would change the federal government’s course on salmon farming, however, as the position comes right from the top. Trudeau himself ordered his fisheries ministers to develop a plan to “transition” away from open-net salmon farms in B.C. by 2025.Atlantic Canada has not seen the same level of anti-fish farm activism as B.C. has over the last two decades.
That order was appealed, and a federal court set it aside, saying it failed on a procedural fairness basis. Those coastal First Nations that support salmon farming are suggesting it’s part of their right to self-determination. But they are outnumbered by First Nations who want the salmon farming industry shut down.
As Fisheries minister, Murray is supposed to have a strategy in place by 2025 — an election year — for salmon farming overall in B.C.
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