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The majority of First Nations, commercial fishers, and concerned British Columbians heaved a sigh of relief when Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier said Canada would “ban” open net-pen feedlots of Atlantic salmon in British Columbia. After fighting to protect wild salmon for 30 years, we may have finally achieved something here.
It’s no secret that the public, and successive ministers have very different views than DFO bureaucrats on the harm open net-pen feedlots cause. DFO has consistently denied any connection between the pathogens and parasites flowing out of salmon farms, and wild salmon health. For years, DFO has refused to incorporate conditions of licence that measure or address sources of harm despite repeated and insistent calls from conservation groups and First Nations to do so.
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