Seems the First Nation's seem to have the most power/influence in getting the fish farms out. Hopefully other bands will see their success and begin lobbying to have them removed from their territories. This is hopefully just the start of it. Although the last paragraph of the article is troubling when Marine Harvest says they'll have to apply for tenures elsewhere to move the production too. In the end we may just see them move from politically charged areas to lesser area's where they'd get little or no media and FN attention.
Seems the First Nation's seem to have the most power/influence in getting the fish farms out. Hopefully other bands will see their success and begin lobbying to have them removed from their territories. This is hopefully just the start of it. Although the last paragraph of the article is troubling when Marine Harvest says they'll have to apply for tenures elsewhere to move the production too. In the end we may just see them move from politically charged areas to lesser area's where they'd get little or no media and FN attention.
Marine Harvest has pretty much made up for any future lost production in the BA with two new tenures in Goletas Channel also increased production at three existing sites in Quatsino Sound and at five more in QC Strait and Goletas Channel.
I have no doubt that the fish farm companies are telling their shareholders exactly that in their quarterly shareholder reports - not to bail - all is well - FNs are lining-up around the block to accommodate the losses.
Plenty of FNs want economic opportunity, for sure. But very few feel the risk imposed by the open net-cage technology is worth it. Even within those communities that have accepted the risk - there is substantial opposition. And there there are the ones that just set-up shop irrespective of FN consent - but those are slowly closing shop - like the ones in the Broughtons. Hence the "nothing-to-see-here-move-along-folks" messaging.
Shellfish, on the other hand - is not seen as such a big risk - but unlike the net-cage industry that arrives with turn-key operations and signing bonuses - shellfish requires substantial time & labour investment for much lower returns, and other issues around closures and limited markets.
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