Federal legislation is critical to growing aquaculture in Nova Scotia, says Bryan Bosien, VP of Snow Island, a salmon farm on the Eastern Shore.
“We don’t have clear legislation,” he said in an interview Thursday after appearing before the Senate committee in Halifax. The committee is studying aquaculture regulation.
“Anything to bring clarity to operators and stakeholders is welcome.”
Bosien was part of a panel of industry witnesses that included Pamela Parker, executive director of the Atlantic Canada Fish Farmers Association; Peter Corey, president of the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia; and Nell Halse, VP of communications with Cooke Aquaculture of New Brunswick, the region’s largest fish farming company.
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