Ruth Salmon said it will bring the industry, First Nations and the federal and B.C. governments together to talk about how to transition away from open-net farms.
Murray said Thursday she will be proposing a framework for the plan in consultation with Indigenous communities, the industry, environmental groups and different levels of government. New Democrat fisheries critic Lisa Marie Barron issued a statement Thursday saying consultation for moving away from open-net farms should have taken place years ago, when the Liberal government first announced its intention to phase them out.
Aquaculture operators in the area located along a key migration route for wild salmon had already begun scaling back after Murray’s predecessor announced in late 2020 that 19 salmon farms would be phased out by the end of this month.