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For too long, the British Columbia salmon farming debate has been drowned out by fearmongering. Environmental activists paint aquaculture as a plague, demanding its immediate closure. Their cries ignore facts, silence First Nations like us, and threaten our very survival. The truth? At least 10 government studies show B.C.'s marine aquaculture poses minimal risk to wild salmon.
We discussed a sustainable pathway with a nine-year license renewal to invest in cutting-edge technology and co-manage the industry with government. We will be in Ottawa on Feb. 27-29 to meet with Parliamentarians and government officials on this issue. Abruptly closing our farms would be devastating. For decades, we were excluded from commercial fisheries that took $1.2-billion from our territory without permission. Shutting down our only source of empowerment wouldn't erase that exclusion.
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