This is over three years old now but perhaps gives some idea.
With our Pacific Salmon Strategy, Canada’s Conservatives will:
• Enforce a strict timeline for the completion of stock assessments;
• Prioritize funding for community-led habitat restoration or other projects thatsupport at-risk stocks;
• Ensure the Salmonid Enhancement Program is sufficiently resourced to support atrisk stocks;
• Increase support for and engagement with Indigenous- and community-led hatcheryand enhancement projects;
• Implement mass-marking programs at BC fish hatcheries and allowing mark-selective harvest of salmon in BC’s sport fishery, protecting sensitive fish populations while maintaining the health of BC’s public fishery;
• Create a pinniped management plan that will address threats to at-risk stocks in a balanced way; and
•Identify the likelihood of future threats due to climate change.
A Conservative government will:
• Maintain the decision to remove salmon farms from the Discovery Islands, but ensure the process is more respectful of local First Nations, communities, andworkers;
• Create a modern Aquaculture Act that can help restore public confidence;
• Strengthen monitoring requirements for salmon farms;
• Develop, in consultation with industry, First Nations, communities and other stakeholders, a comprehensive Salmon Aquaculture Management Strategy that addresses both the risks and opportunities of this sector; and
• Develop a tax incentive program for the development and adoption of technologies that reduce contact between wild and farmed salmon.
Gander, NL – Conservative Shadow Minister for Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard, Clifford Small, released the following statement after the Trudeau government refused to increase quotas for Northern Cod and the Atlantic Mackerel moratorium continues: “Trudeau’s Fisheries Minister...
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