VANCOUVER — Two B.C. First Nations are taking the federal government and fish farm companies to court trying to overturn a decision that allows the farms to continue to operate off B.C.'s coast for another five years.
VANCOUVER — Two B.C. First Nations are taking the federal government and fish farm companies to court trying to overturn a decision that allows the farms to continue to operate off B.C.'s coast for another five years.
The fisheries department had been phasing out the fish farms, but last month Canada's fisheries minister extended licences for another five years for Grieg Seafood and Mowi Canada to continue to run 14 farms. The application says the fish farms licensed by the minister are"along crucial choke points of the migratory routes of wild Pacific salmon" that the nation have been fishing for since"time immemorial."
The Kwikwasut'inuxw Haxwa'mis First Nation's application says the federal government made the decision to licence the fish farms without proper consultation, despite"the increased threat to already declining migrating wild salmon posed by the ongoing operation of the fish farms."
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