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Caught by surprise, Canadian salmon farming group sees closed containment push as limiting

The Atlantic Salmon Federation, a conservation group, is questioning with Canada's Liberal Party didn't expand its plan to phase out net-pen salmon farming beyond British Columbia

By Jason Smith | Oct. 1, 2019 19:11 BST
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A salmon net pen farm in British Columbia, Canada.
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A promise from Canada's Liberal Party that if they're elected they'll introduce legislation to move net-pen salmon farming in the province of British Columbia to closed-containment systems by 2025 caught many in the salmon farming sector by surprise [...]

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