Eyes wide shut: Senate report on aquaculture

The Senate committee's three-volume report presents no evidence that the aquaculture industry is over-regulated compared to other resource sectors such as forestry, mining and livestock operations. According to reports from DFO and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency, federal aquaculture regulations (12 acts) are on par with regulations for other types of livestock operations (12 acts) in Canada.

Fisheries and Oceans Minister Dominic LeBlanc, pictured June 20 on the Hill after a cabinet meeting. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY INKA MILEWSKI

September 26, 2016

MIRAMICHI, N.B.—Recently, the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans reissued its report called An Ocean of Opportunities: Aquaculture in Canada with the gushing headline "Double aquaculture and reap billions," (Sept. 19,2016). According to the committee's press release, the Senate committee b...

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