Re: MP targets ocean-based salmon farms, Oct. 12
B.C. MP Fin Donnelly advises that not only are open-net salmon farms harming our wild salmon, but there is an alternative — closed containment salmon farming. No need to reinvent the wheel here. Denmark and Norway are already building closed-containment farms. Could we not expect, for example, that Marine Harvest, the world’s biggest Atlantic salmon producer, based in Bergen, Norway, which operates near five towns in B.C., do the same?
Donnelly’s coming private member’s bill (an earlier attempt in 2010 failed) would see ocean-based farms move to land-based within five years. He discusses the opportunity for B.C. to become a world technological leader.
Kuterra, B.C.’s land-based Atlantic salmon farm is to be commended, and supported. According to CEO Garry Ullstrom, they are proving that closed containment can work.
I have written letters to Dominic Leblanc, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, and to my MP Jody Wilson-Raybould, herself of aboriginal background, who should have a vested interest in this issue. To date, I have received polite replies from the latter — “share your concern,” “funding more research,” etc.
Vancouver Sun – October 22, 2016.
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