The executive director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association says a formal consultation process for the future of the industry is welcome after years of “ad hoc” discussions over Ottawa’s pledge to end open-net salmon aquaculture.
Fisheries and Oceans announced Wednesday that open-net salmon farms may continue operating during the consultation process that’s set to run until early 2023, with the final plan to transition 79 farms expected to be released next spring. It’s too early to say what the supports for coastal communities might be, since the framework is still being developed, Murray said.
There are no more farmed Atlantic salmon in the Discovery Islands, representing about 30 per cent of the volume of aquaculture industry off B.C.’s coast, she said. Ottawa is now undertaking a separate consultation process, which Murray said will involve talking with First Nations and fish farm operators about the possible non-renewal of the salmon licences in the area, with a final decision expected next January.The federal government will not reissue any licences for Atlantic salmon farms around the Discovery Islands in the meantime.
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