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BC salmon farmers confront ‘very difficult uncertainty’ amid net-pen transition

'There's been a very difficult uncertainty for the sector -- for producers, for employees, and also for the First Nations' -- Timothy Kennedy, CEO, Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance

By Nick Sambides Jr. | July 15, 2022 18:36 BST
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Nearly three years after the Canadian government committed to phasing out British Canada (BC) net-pen salmon farms by 2025, the process to determine what precisely their future will look like hasn't yet started and won't end until 2024, a leader of the farmers told Undercurrent News [...]

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