Mainstream Canada maintains transparency over new farm site
Mainstream Canada Newsletter, Date: Wed, Kuly 11, 2012
New site is a better environmental choice
Anti-aquaculture campaigners with the Living Oceans Society are simply wrong in their recent criticism of our Plover Point farm site application.
They are missing the key point that our new site is a better environmental choice than the old one it will replace.
Our old Cormorant site is in a location which is not optimal for growing fish to harvest size and is used for smolt entry only. Once the smolts in Cormorant reach a suitable size, they must be transferred to other sites.
On the other hand, the Plover Point site, located in Ahousaht First Nation territory, was identified as a suitable replacement site in the protocol agreement between Ahousaht and Mainstream Canada because it is located in deeper water and in a better location with less risk of environmental impacts. It is appropriate for growing fish from smolt size to harvest size, and will allow us to increase fallow times at other sites in the region, lowering our overall environmental impact while still maintaining our current level of production.
This new site will not increase our production, but allow us to better manage our existing sites.
We have stated this repeatedly, and Mainstream Canada has always been transparent with the public about our plans for a new site in Clayoquot Sound. The Plover Point site we have applied for will, if approved, replace our Cormorant site in our production plans. The Cormorant site will be transferred to the Ahousaht First Nation, as per our protocol agreement with the Ahousaht government, for the Ahousaht to use for their own purposes.
Read more here: http://www.mainstreamcanada.com/mainstream-canada-maintains-transparency-over-new-farm-site
