September 26 2012
Federal inquiry recommends freezing fish-farm expansion until 2020
Oct 31, 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/31/bc-cohen-salmon-report-released.html
There is “no smoking gun” to explain the “steady and profound” decline of the Fraser River sockeye, according to the B.C. Supreme Court justice who led a two and half year inquiry into the collapse.
But in his final report released today in Vancouver, Justice Bruce Cohen lays out 75 recommendations, including the shutdown of dozens of fish farms on the sockeye migration route, if they’re found to be too risky.
In a hefty, three-volume report spanning more than a thousand pages, Cohen says that “the idea that a single…
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Federal inquiry recommends freezing fish-farm expansion until 2020
Oct 31, 2012
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2012/10/31/bc-cohen-salmon-report-released.html
There is “no smoking gun” to explain the “steady and profound” decline of the Fraser River sockeye, according to the B.C. Supreme Court justice who led a two and half year inquiry into the collapse.
But in his final report released today in Vancouver, Justice Bruce Cohen lays out 75 recommendations, including the shutdown of dozens of fish farms on the sockeye migration route, if they’re found to be too risky.
In a hefty, three-volume report spanning more than a thousand pages, Cohen says that “the idea that a single…
Read More