Opposing use of salmon farm pesticides



Published on March 4, 2011
Published on March 4, 2011
 

Three regional groups are among 20 that have asked Prime Minister Harper to halt regulations that will enable use of toxic pesticides in open water by the salmon aquaculture industry.

Topics :
Bay Coastal Alliance , Sustainable Development of Digby Neck , Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada , Fundy Weir Fishermen , Canada , Grand Manan Fishermen

Among those who have indicated concern over the impact of aquaculture pesticides on the marine environment are Fundy Weir Fishermen’s Association, St. Mary's Bay Coastal Alliance and the Partnership for the Sustainable Development of Digby Neck and Islands

The 20 groups, in their joint letter to the prime minister, said the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada is developing regulations that would undermine the Fisheries Act that prohibits dumping of toxic substances into fish bearing waters.

The regulations would effectively exempt salmon farmers from legislation designed to protect the marine environment and Canada’s fisheries, says the letter.

DFO is tasked to oversee the Fisheries Act which it threatens to weaken with these new regulations.

Signatories to the letter also include the Ecology Action Centre, Grand Manan Fishermen’s Association, Fundy North Fishermen’s Association, and the Atlantic Salmon Federation.

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    Mark Joyce
    - March 17, 2011 at 13:52:46

    So let me get this right some government people are going to dump a lethal pesticide into safe fish growing areas George Norman Has it frankly I am wondering if this move has anything to do with the government trying to screw up this area so they can take it over for what ever reason this is a natural breeding area for many forms of sea life LETS LEAVE IT THAT WAY

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    George Norman
    - March 14, 2011 at 12:35:29

    This is just another example of the Harper Government bowing to the requests of his friends in big industry, and putting aside the welfare of our environment and the ordinary people that live in this land for the benefit of a few. No doubt, these pesticides have been certified as "perfectly safe", but then so was DDT at one time. Any time you add foreign substances to a body of water, you change the environment, even though the noticeable effects may not be seen for decades. By then, however, the money will have been made, and the damage will have been done.

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    Daniel Mills
    - March 7, 2011 at 14:40:57

    May good judgment and common sense prevail. Pray tell, where does DFO think toxic substances go? To continue to rape and pillage the oceans as we have so done to the forests with the same proves that we are not learning, and putting short time gain ahead of long term pain. Each step, in the name of science or not, which is contra-nature will only in the long term result in ecological disaster. If we need "toxic substances" to grow "fake fish" in the ocean,please do it in controlled 'sealed' conditions on the surface of the earth. Thank-you for the opportunity to speak thusly.

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