PSF Submits Response to Federal Aquaculture Act Consultation
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
February 16, 2021
PSF Submits Response to Federal Aquaculture Act Consultation
PSF made a formal submission in January to DFO’s consultation regarding the creation of a new federal Aquaculture Act. Thank you to PSF Science Advisor Dr. Brian Riddell for his work in drafting our submission along with the PSF Board’s Science Committee for input along the way. We felt compelled to make this submission given our position statement on open-pen aquaculture and research on salmon health. In a nutshell, we stressed the need for a new Aquaculture Act to acknowledge the protection of wild Pacific salmon and their ecosystems as the first priority of the federal government, and that all aquaculture proposals must also meet the requirements of the Fisheries Act. We made additional points supporting First Nations involvement in aquaculture decisions, application of the precautionary principle, and need for science to minimize interactions between aquaculture and wild fish populations.
Read the submission here:
PSF-Submission-Federal-Aquaculture-Act-Consultation-Jan-14-2021.pdf
Contact:
Daniel Lanigan
Communications Coordinator
Pacific Salmon Foundation
About the Pacific Salmon Foundation:
PSF is the independent, thoughtful leader and catalyst in conservation, restoration, and enhancement of Pacific salmon and their ecosystems through strategic partnerships and leveraged use of resources. www.psf.ca