Atlantic Canada salmon farmers fume over DFO science report
The Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association says research scientists with the Canadian government were 'irresponsible' and 'showed anti-salmon farming bias'
Aquaculture site near Harbour Breton, a community on the south coast of Newfounland near the Conne River. Photo from Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association website
The salmon farming industry in Atlantic Canada is fuming over comments made by scientists at Canada's Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) that suggest aquaculture is the main reason for the decline of wild salmon stocks in the Conne River, on the south coast of the province of Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) [...]
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