Farmed salmon giant appeals court ruling that hands jurisdiction to Ottawa
Larry Pynn
March 9, 2009
The Vancouver Sun
B.C.'s biggest producer of farmed salmon announced Monday it has launched an appeal of a landmark B.C. Supreme Court decision that found the federal government -- not the province -- has exclusive jurisdiction over the management of salmon farming.
Clare Backman, director of environmental relations for Marine Harvest Canada, argued that the court failed to recognize that farmed salmon are the property of the company and should not be characterized as a "fishery" to be managed by Ottawa.
Backman said in an interview that Marine Harvest already is required to meet both provincial and federal laws and is less concerned with which level of government assumes management responsibility for salmon farming.
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