VANCOUVER — Federal Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier says the country’s “strict rules” on banning open-net salmon farming are necessary, since the goal is to make British Columbia “a model” in global aquaculture
Lebouthillier said Thursday the government decision to delay the closure of ocean-based farms is a balance between the demand for farmed fish as a protein source and the need to protect wild salmon populations in British Columbia’s waters.
“When it comes to the oceans, with climate change, all the wild species currently are facing challenges around the world,” Lebouthillier said at a Vancouver news conference on a separate funding announcement on salmon restoration.
“We know that we
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