B.C.'s Special Committe on Sustainable Aquaculture was recently "...appointed to examine, inquire into and make recommendations with respect to Sustainable Aquaculture in British Columbia...". It is clear in reading the minutes of the Committee that salmon farming is a major issue.
Certainly the Committee has other issues to address, though, as open net cage salmon farming has already been studied to death. Independent scientists have repeatedly found that salmon farms harm the marine enviornment and are a threat to wild salmon, yet the provincial government is spending more taxpayer dollars to study the issue further.
And despite the fact that the Committee has barely begun it's process, the provincial government has approved another open net cage salmon farm in the Broughton Archipelago. Of course I am not surprised by this action, but I am deeply dismayed that the B.C. Liberals are again putting the salmon farming industry before the environment and wild salmon stocks.
For more information about the harmful effects of salmon farming, see my previous post, "Salmon Farming Sucks". There are links to useful information (including new ones added today) and easy ways to take action. You can also submit your concerns to the Special Committee on Sustainable Acquaculture through their Call for Submissions with a closing date of July 1, 2006.
Find out how to make your submission at the Georgia Strait Alliance.
For further information on the Committee and to see their minutes, visit the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
Certainly the Committee has other issues to address, though, as open net cage salmon farming has already been studied to death. Independent scientists have repeatedly found that salmon farms harm the marine enviornment and are a threat to wild salmon, yet the provincial government is spending more taxpayer dollars to study the issue further.
And despite the fact that the Committee has barely begun it's process, the provincial government has approved another open net cage salmon farm in the Broughton Archipelago. Of course I am not surprised by this action, but I am deeply dismayed that the B.C. Liberals are again putting the salmon farming industry before the environment and wild salmon stocks.
For more information about the harmful effects of salmon farming, see my previous post, "Salmon Farming Sucks". There are links to useful information (including new ones added today) and easy ways to take action. You can also submit your concerns to the Special Committee on Sustainable Acquaculture through their Call for Submissions with a closing date of July 1, 2006.
Find out how to make your submission at the Georgia Strait Alliance.
For further information on the Committee and to see their minutes, visit the Legislative Assembly of B.C.
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