Morton applies to take over expired tenures

Gazette Staff
September 2, 2010
North Island Gazette 

Biologist Alexandra Morton says fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago are operating on expired Crown Land tenures but aquaculture companies say they are not to blame for the expired licenses.

“I don’t know how these foreign companies can be in full production for years on expired tenures, but these sites are the fishiest places in the Broughton ...,” said Morton in a press release last week. “I have made detailed application to MAL (Ministry of Agriculture and Lands) to use these sites for what they have done so well for 8,000 years – grow wild fish to the benefit of the people, the economy and future generations who might appreciate the food security in the years to come.”

But the B.C. Salmon Farmer’s Association says its members are simply waiting for the tenures on some of their farms to be renewed.

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