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B.C. government to freeze new net-pen salmon farms in Discovery Islands until 2020 – Vancouver Sun

Huge news! BC to freeze all new net pen licenses.

VANCOUVER — A B.C. government announcement Friday that no new tenure agreements would be issued for net-pen salmon farms in the Discovery Islands until 2020 was immediately welcomed by one of the strongest critics of salmon farming.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/business/agriculture/government+freeze+salmon+farms+Discovery+Islands/8138579/story.html#ixzz2OIbEFoOf

 

 

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