Groups appeal NS fish farm approval

Local community members from St. Mary’s Bay and the Atlantic Salmon Federation have filed an appeal to the Nova Scotia Supreme Court to oppose the creation of one of the province’s largest fish farms.

“The cumulative impacts of new and existing fish farms in the Bay of Fundy are adding up”, said Bill Taylor, president of the Atlantic Salmon Federation. “Without sufficient consideration of the impacts of all these operations on endangered species, like wild Atlantic salmon, the Minister’s decision was clearly unreasonable.”

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