SRD joins call to fund closed containment aquaculture development

August 20, 2008
Courier Islander

The Georgia Strait Alliance (GSA) is congratulating the Strathcona Regional District for joining the call to the Province to fund the development of closed containment aquaculture.

At their July 31 meeting, the Strathcona Regional District passed a resolution asking "that the provincial government allocate funds toward the establishment of a closed system aquaculture innovation and development fund to assist with the implementation of a plan to transition commercial scale open net-cage fin-fish aquaculture to closed containment system aquaculture".

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