Thursday, April 14, 2011

BCSFA asks candidates to defend salmon farming

The British Columbia Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA) has taken the provincial election campaigns as an opportunity to address potential representatives in a letter regarding a recent effort to pressure them “into statements based on misleading information and incomplete explanations” about salmon farming. The letter calls for the protection of both wild salmon stocks and the practice of salmon farming in BC.

"We felt it was important to correct misinformation that is commonly circulated before candidates form their position on our business," said BCSFA Executive Director of Mary Ellen Walling.

The association insisted that well-regulated farms run by conscientious businesses can operate without endangering wild salmon populations that they can safeguard the surrounding environment while simultaneously enabling business but that this requires strong leadership on the part of federal representatives. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers
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