In an interim decision, the B.C. Supreme Court has refused an unusual request by Norwegian multinational Marine Harvest to exclude the public from watching or diving near its open pen nets in B.C. coastal waters.
However, the court did order First Nation protesters, including Namgis hereditary chief Ernest Alfred, to abandon their occupation of Marine Harvest’s onshore bases near the company’s Swanson facility until the courts revisit the application for a full hearing on June 28.
Marine Harvest had sought an injunction that would prevent the public from coming within 20 metres of its 34 fish farm facilities on B.C.’s coast.
Earlier this month, the company delivered legal notices to independent biologist and fish farm critic Morton and several other parties, including Ernest Alfred who has led the 264-day long protest of the Swanson fish farm in the Broughton Archipelago.
Andrew Nikiforuk – TheTyee – May 18, 2018.
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