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Online forum airs grievances about review board's salmon farm decision
Francis Campbell
Feb 01 2022
The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board was on the hook Tuesday for a large haul of grievances regarding its decision to approve a boundary amendment for a Digby County salmon farm. …
Opposition expressed to salmon fish farm proposal for St. Mary's Bay
DIGBY, N.S. —
January 20, 2020
A winter storm was only forecast for the following day, but a company exploring the possibility of expanding its salmon farm operations in St. Mary’s Bay, and in other parts of Nova Scotia, got a very chilly reception at a company-organized open house/information session in Digby.
'We don't want fish farms here,' says St. Marys Bay lobster fisherman
January 16, 2020 — Some people who live and work on St. Marys Bay in Digby County, N.S., want their local leaders to send a strong message to an aquaculture company that’s eyeing the area for salmon farming.
“It’s just a no-brainer. No, we don’t want fish farms here,” lobster fisherman Ritchie Crocker told CBC’s Information Morning during an interview from his boat on Tuesday morning.
Aquaculture opponent says N.S. disregarding freedom-of-information rules
Michael Gorman
Dec 02, 2020
A frequent user of Nova Scotia’s freedom-of-information system says he’s growing frustrated with what he calls the repeated disregard for the rules by the provincial Fisheries and Aquaculture Department.
Ron Neufeld has filed four requests for information from the department since last February and each has faced notable delays. …
Potential salmon farm operations raising concerns
January 24, 2020 — Coastal residents south of Halifax aren’t in the market for farmed salmon.
“We are very concerned about salmon farming,” said Syd Dumaresq of Chester, a spokesman for the Twin Bays Coalition that encompasses citizens in Mahone Bay and St. Margarets Bay.
“In the 1950s, we thought the ocean could absorb anything we threw at it and in 2020, we know that not to be true.”
Municipality of Digby urged to stand in opposition with residents against salmon farming in St. Mary's Bay
DIGBY, N.S. —
January 28, 2020
Even though the Municipality of Digby is not the one that would make the decision, those against an expansion of open pen salmon farming in St. Mary’s Bay have made it clear they want the municipality to stand with them in their opposition.
COMMENTARY: Aquaculture a broken business model that's ruinous for the environment
Robert Cervelli and Gregory Heming
February 10, 2020
Given the current awarding of “options for leases” for open-net aquaculture in our South Shore bays, it’s important to gain a higher perspective on the business and economic model being proposed, its effects on our local communities, and what alternatives may exist.
“Rally” to oppose Cermaq’s proposed industrial-scale fish farms in Mahone and St. Margaret’s Bays draws large crowd
March 20, 2020 — About 300 people gathered at a “rally” and information session held Sunday in Upper Tantallon in opposition to Cermaq Canada’s proposed industrial-scale salmon farm expansion into Mahone Bay and St. Margaret’s Bay.