SerengetiGuide
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BC salmon farms in Discovery Islands to go | Sea West News
Decision on Discovery Islands’ salmon farms more about social licence to operate in the area…
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being sent out (be sure they will find new locations however)
First Nations have approved some more sites out of bull Harbour at Hope Island.
I stand with the FN and their leadership in the Broughton for making the correct and very courageous decision to remove these open net cages out of Wild Salmon habitat. I’m sure they faced a lot of pressure to cave in to big foreign conglomerates from a lot of parties.Not upset about the farms being sent out (be sure they will find new locations however) but scared for the reasoning behind it. We have to stand up or will be ruled over by 4% of the population soon.
I stand with the FN and their leadership in the Broughton for making the correct and very courageous decision to remove these open net cages out of Wild Salmon habitat. I’m sure they faced a lot of pressure to cave in to big foreign conglomerates from a lot of parties.
The future for Farmed salmon is in controlled environment facilities anyway so may as well get them to get on with it and stop using the Ocean as a sewer system for free as corporate welfare at the cost of the natural environment.
Yup..there's that old saying that keeps popping in my headalso glad to see them taken out. But not excited about the reasoning behind it...as that’ll boil over to fisheries and already has begun too. Think big picture, not little window.
Excellent, excellent post, Steeler! Rational, fair, balanced and nuanced.Theres another saying in my head after reading these posts "damned if you do damned if you dont". If the first nations here had decided they wanted the farms the same folks would be blaming them for that decisions as well. This is the right move and first nations werent the only ones on the side of removing these farms think cohen comission and just about every sportsfisherman without their heads up there butt. Fisheries is changing and that isnt the fault of first nations or Justin Trudeau its called years of inaction and ignoring numbers falling off, fish farms and other pollution and habitat destruction. Sportsfisherman need to stop going after the low hanging fruit and start blaming regulators and working with first nations rather than alienating them. You're worried about the 4% when you should be worried about the 1% they have way more power and care less about salmon or sportsfisherman or the future.
working with first nations rather than alienating them.
Tell me how hard will the fight against native ff will be...or anything natives do.. yes thats a sarcastic questionExcellent, excellent post, Steeler! Rational, fair, balanced and nuanced.
In your words , "Going after the low hanging fruit"Theres another saying in my head after reading these posts "damned if you do damned if you dont". If the first nations here had decided they wanted the farms the same folks would be blaming them for that decisions as well. This is the right move and first nations werent the only ones on the side of removing these farms think cohen comission and just about every sportsfisherman without their heads up there butt. Fisheries is changing and that isnt the fault of first nations or Justin Trudeau its called years of inaction and ignoring numbers falling off, fish farms and other pollution and habitat destruction. Sportsfisherman need to stop going after the low hanging fruit and start blaming regulators and working with first nations rather than alienating them. You're worried about the 4% when you should be worried about the 1% they have way more power and care less about salmon or sportsfisherman or the future.
Tell me how hard will the fight against native ff will be...or anything natives do.. yes thats a sarcastic question
Yeah i know his/her stance on anything FN ..I believe AA already stated that he would begrudgingly accept First Nation led Fish Farms and Partnership.
That's called covering your butt from liability. If the Feds ever acknowledged that Fish Farms cause harm to the environment as they do, the Farmers would likely take them to court. They got into this slimey messy relationship with Fish Farms and this is the way they will slip out by blaming it on the First Nations. It should never have been allowed in the first place.IF you want to analysis the low hanging fruit then i would say removing Fish Farms in only the Discovery Islands was the low hanging fruit. IF your a big anti fish farm person then I would say the government statement fell way flat. For example where in the statement did they acknowledge the harm fish farms has caused? or where did they say they did this for the benefit of salmon? or where did they say this is to prevent sea lice and disease? or improve salmon stocks? or to protect migrating salmon?
nope its:
" Today’s decision was not easy. I am committed to working with all involved parties; the First Nations,"
"In response to feedback heard from First Nations throughout consultations"
". Consultations with the seven First Nations in the Discovery Islands area provided important guidance to the Minister and heavily informed the decision."
"there are many factors that must be taken into consideration, including consultations with First Nations to ensure it is the right fit for the community and the area."