Are opponents to the net pen industry getting ready to sue to hand regulatory oversight over from the Atlantic Canada provinces to the federal government, just like what happened in British Columbia in 2009?

That's the buzz among conservation groups, as confirmed by Steve Sutton, director of community engagement for the Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF), during Thursday morning's press event in St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador, to talk about the latest in relation to Mowi's loss of 2.6 million Atlantic salmon off the province's southern coast, a catastrophe blamed on a prolonged warm water period [...]