Groups protest Nova Scotia aquaculture policy

Coastal communities in Nova Scotia are uniting to halt expansion plans for ocean-based salmon farms in the province.

More than 100 community groups and organizations will be in Halifax on Monday to protest the government's lack of public consultation prior to the release of a strategy that would see more open-net pen salmon farms erected across the province.

Open-net pen marine aquaculture involves fish that are grown in nets in the ocean, said Bruce Hancock, executive director of the Aquaculture Association of Nova Scotia.

Silver Donald Cameron, a journalist and writer of the upcoming documentary Salmon Wars, said coastal residents have serious concerns about the plans outlined in the strategy.

“The issue has kind of created its own little movement,” said Cameron in Halifax on Sunday.

Cameron said the groups are not against aquaculture, but rather the government's plans to expand the CAD 50 million industry without having consulted the public.

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