The federal Fisheries Department in the government of Stephen Harper would not release the 2012 report into open-net fish farms, a position that continued with the Trudeau government
In March, the federal Information Commissioner ordered the Department of Fisheries and Oceans to release the information that found pathogens among open-net fish farms in the province. The commissioner ruled that suppressing publication of the document was not justified. “The complaint is well-founded,” the commissioner said of a request to access the material.
This week, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans said that the report was provided on March 18 to counsel for the B.C. organization Wild First, which filed an access-to-information request for the document in 2014. Wild First supports efforts to transition away from open-net fish farms in coastal waters.Dr. Miller-Saunders noted in her statement that there were disagreements among the groups participating in the study.
On her appointment as Fisheries Minister last December, Mr. Trudeau asked Ms. Murray to continue work with the B.C. government and Indigenous communities on a “responsible plan” to transition away from open-net salmon farming in coastal British Columbia waters by 2025.
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