ONE SALMON COMMISSIONER CALLS NET CAGE AQUACULTURE PROBLEMATIC
Jun 3, 2010
A COMMISSIONER FOR THE PACIFIC SALMON COMMISSION SAYS THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS ALLOWED THE PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH NET CAGE SALMON FARMING TO GET OUT OF CONTROL
GERRY KRISTIANSON SAYS THE PROBLEMS GO BACK 30 YEARS WHEN AQUACULTURE WAS INTRODUCED AS A NATIONAL PRIORITY FOR THE COUNTRY
"they gave the responsibility for aquaculture to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, which then placed it in a conflict of interest, frankly. It has to; on the one hand, advance the cause of farming in the ocean. At the same time it has a statutory responsibility to protect the wild animals that live in the ocean, and net cage salmon aquaculture brought this squarely to the fore"
KRISTIANSON SAYS SEA LICE POSES ONE PROBLEM UNDER THIS FRAMEWORK, AS THE NET CAGE AQUACULTURE PROVIDES A LARGE CONCENTRATION OF FISH WHERE THE LICE CAN BETTER SURVIVE
KRISTIANSON WAS A GUEST ON CFAX 1070 WITH JOE EASINGWOOD THURSDAY MORNING
- ANDREA BOYES
