Fish processors in BC fail to comply with Canada's laws
The Canadian Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy has conducted an audit of more than 30 fish processing plants after a video showing an open pipe spewing bloody fluid from a fish processing plant into the Salish Sea in British Columbia, Canada, stirred up public outcry.
The video was presented by Wild First, a Canadian non-governmental organization that opposes open net-pen salmon fishing, and it was shoot on site of a processing facility located in Campbell River, British Columbia, owned by the Brown’s Bay Packing Co, informs Seafood Source magazine.
The results of the audit mission were not satisfactory as minister George Heyman admitted that Canada’s fish processing industry must step up to follow the law and protect the marine environment.
"This audit clearly tells us more work needs to be done to ensure our coastal waterways are safe for all wild fish stocks. The industry has been largely operating under an outdated permitting regime, going back several decades. We are taking immediate steps to ensure permits are updated and strengthened at fish processing facilities throughout BC", the minister said.
In the neighbourhood, US' Washington state has passed a law to ban net-pen salmon farming since March 2018 and all existing farming operations in the state will be phased out by 2025.
(Photo source: Browns Bay Packing)
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