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Pen farming fish has two sides
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Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
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April 5, 2000
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McColl, Malcolm
Indian Country Today (Lakota Times)
04-05-2000
Pen farming fish has two sides
By Malcolm McColl
TODAY CORRESPONDENT
David Groves works for Sea Spring Sea Farms which operates fish farms in
the Inside Passage of the British Columbia coast using proven methods of
net pen farming.
A moratorium on the process was lifted with certain restrictions. The
practice of following (moving existing farms to different sites) is allowed
to resume but any new farms must employ a closed containment system of fish
pens.
"The closed containment pen is a bag instead of a net," Groves said. "It is
not economical. It is too expensive and we think it fails to solve any
perceived problems. The waste leaves the ...
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