Binks-collier

explores apparent dysfunction in BC’S salmon farms — and in the federal agency entrusted with protecting Canada’s wild fish. Fisheries and Oceans Canada (dfo) is a global outlier in insisting that prv poses little danger to wild salmon. Reams of documents, emails, and independent studies portray an agency shockingly bereft of scientific integrity. As participants in the Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River, my colleagues and I spent months submitting evidence that the dfo’s stance on the effects of sea lice on wild salmon was biased to support industry. Like Binks-collier, many ponder whether the dfo will lead BC salmon the way of Newfoundland cod. Here’s hoping those in charge grow a spine and adopt a true conservation mandate.

Craig Orr

Watershed Watch Salmon Society

Victoria, BC