Federal fish science analyses continue to muddy the waters in salmon farm fight

Competing analyses are providing new ammunition in the debate over the link between sea lice, B.C.’s coastal salmon farms, and the feds' upcoming 2029 open-net ban.
Last June, the federal government announced that existing open-net salmon farms in British Columbia would have five years to transition to land-based, closed-containment systems, with the farms banned outright in the Discovery Islands and the Broughton Archipelago since 2023 due to concerns over their connection to sea lice infestations.

Recent re-examinations of federal fisheries data by its own scientists are churning the debate over Ottawa’s decision to wind down salmon farms off the coast of British Columbia, and raising questions about the department's ability to conduct unbiased analysis while balanc...

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