Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - In the third of what has become a series of articles about the need for a transition plan, John Paul Fraser, President of the BC Salmon Farmers Association, considers the industry’s prospects for survival.
“You can make these tough decisions smart. You actually find out how to do it in a way where time and preparation help reduce the temperature and help create a plan to move forward and maybe also help invigorate local discussion. There is no question that this is also a good thing,” he began.
As regards the Minister of Fisheries decision to phase out the Discovery Island’s fish farms by June 30th, 2022, Fraser said, “Eighteen months … is a completely untenable and unworkable time frame to exercise any kind of transition, or whatever you may call it. It is really about termination … but I think the part that really upsets a lot of people … is that apparently this government made absolutely no effort.”
