Salmon farming spawns class-action suit
Dirk Meissner
February 3, 2009
The Canadian Press
VICTORIA, B.C. - A Northern Vancouver Island First Nation is launching a class-action lawsuit against the B.C. government alleging salmon farms are harming wild salmon stocks.
The Alert Bay-area aboriginal band will release details of their planned class-action lawsuit Wednesday at a press conference in Vancouver.
First Nations and environmental groups have long complained that waste from the farms is dangerous to wild stock, and that farmed salmon spread disease and contribute to higher concentrations of sea lice that cripple young wild salmon.
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Posted February 3rd, 2009
