Sustainable Aquaculture

On May 16, 2007 the Provincial Government’s Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture released their recommendations for fish farming on the BC coast. While Raincoast believes the farming of carnivores (ie salmon) will never be sustainable (hence closed-containment is not a long term solution), we do support the committee’s recommendations to mitigate the immediate impacts of BC fish farms.

The Liberal government needs to hear from you, as some representatives are already dismissing the 18 month’s of work by this committee.  Tell the Liberals to implement the recommendations of their Special Committee on Sustainable Aquaculture, specifically their recommendations for:

• No new approvals for fish farms sites
• Immediate measures of fallowing farms be put in place in the interim
• No increase in production or size of any existing farms
• accountability and transparency from fish farm companies
  

Liberal Contacts:

Premier Gordon Campbell
  Email:  premier@gov.bc.ca
Mailing Address:
Room 156, West Annex
Parliament Buildings
Victoria BC
V8V 1X4, CANADA

Pat Bell, Minister of Agriculture and Lands
Email: AL.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Mailing Address:
PO BOX 9043, STN PROV GOVT.
Victoria BC
V8W 9E2, CANADA

Read the full Committee Recommendations here
Volume 1    Volume 2