B.C. Salmon Farmers Association defends Broughton overproduction

November 5, 2008
Courier Islander

The BC Salmon Farmers Association says overproduction of Atlantic salmon happened in Broughton Archipelago fish farms because "no farmer likes to kill healthy livestock."

Last month the Living Oceans Society said it was "appalling" that government documents showed Mainstream Canada salmon farm sites in the Broughton Archipelago produced as much as twice the tonnage allowed in their licences. Production limits are supposed to minimize the impact that animal waste from fish farms will have on the local environment, reduce the risks of hyper-concentrations of sea lice, and minimize the health risks that overcrowded sea pens would pose to the fish themselves.

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