B.C. loses salmon farm jurisdiction - Provincial supreme court rules the province has been improperly regulating industry
Larry Pynn
February 9, 2009
Vancouver Sun
The B.C. Supreme Court ruled Monday the federal government — not the province — has exclusive jurisdiction over the management of salmon farming, a landmark decision hailed as a victory for the future of wild stocks.
“The regulation of fish farming by the province is ultra vires, beyond its power,” said a triumphant Greg McDade, the lawyer who pursued the case on behalf of independent sea-lice researcher Alexandra Morton and others.
“It means for 20 years, the province has been unlawfully regulating it.”
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