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Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks Marine Salmon Farming Compliance Report

April 2001

Document format: pdf

Publisher: Canada Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks

Creation date: April 2001

In support of government’s Salmon Aquaculture Policy (SAP) framework, the Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks (MELP) in Year 2000 undertook four initiatives related to the development of performance based standards (PBS) for fish wastes and improving compliance with its legislated mandate.

These initiatives were:

Requiring the salmon farming industry to supply operational, site characteristic and currents information;

Requiring the salmon farming industry to implement an environmental monitoring program to determine benthic conditions at or near netpens and to support the development of the PBS;

Collecting and analyzing sediment samples at 32 farms to serve as an audit of industry's monitoring program and provide additional data to support the development of the PBS;

Compliance inspections of marine salmon farms.

This report outlines the findings of the compliance inspections as well as industry's overall compliance with the requirements to supply information and undertake an environmental monitoring program. Results of industry and MELP’s environmental monitoring programs will be released upon completion of the data analysis.

Key Words: Canada • Salmon • Salmon Aquaculture Policy Framework • Effluents Management • Policy and Regulation • Farm Management