Will Canada gamble Pacific salmon on DFO science?

As cabinet contemplates how to implement the prime minister’s mandate to remove open net-pen feedlots from British Columbia by 2025, our elected officials should treat the Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada's advice with scepticism and caution.

Fisheries Minister Diane Lebouthillier should remove open net-pen feedlots from the coast of B.C. as first promised in 2019, writes Tony Allard.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY TONY ALLARD

May 27, 2024

In British Columbia, endangered wild Pacific salmon migrate through plumes of pathogens and parasites that enter the water from industrial feedlots of Atlantic salmon spewing these “externalities” onto their migratory routes.

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