e-463 (Fishing industry)
- Keywords
- 8545-421-24-06 Government Response to petitions concerning the fishing industry
- Closed containment aquaculture
- Environmental protection
- Wild salmon
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the House of Commons
- West Coast wild salmon are under threat from disease, pollutants, and sea lice originating from open net-cage fish farms;
- In 2015, the Federal Court of Canada ordered Fisheries & Oceans Canada to stop granting licenses that allow transfer of disease-carrying farmed salmon into ocean net pens without Ministerial oversight;
- Over 80% of B.C. farmed salmon appear infected with the highly contagious piscine reovirus associated with heart disease in salmon;
- West Coast wild salmon support over 9,000 coastal community jobs, cultural traditions, and complex ecosystems, including contributing to coastal forests, which produce the oxygen we breathe;
- Canada can become a world leader in safe and reliable closed containment fish farming on the West Coast; and
- Fin Donnelly, MP Port Moody-Coquitlam, introduced Bill C-228 to protect West Coast wild salmon, an Act to amend the Fisheries Act (closed containment aquaculture), requiring West Coast finfish aquaculture to transition rapidly from harmful open net-cage fish farms to safe and reliable closed containment facilities.
- Open for signature
- July 6, 2016, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- November 3, 2016, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Presented to the House of Commons
-
Fin Donnelly
(Port Moody—Coquitlam)
December 2, 2016 (Petition No. 421-00997) - Government response tabled
- January 18, 2017
Only validated signatures are counted towards the total number of signatures.
Province / Territory | Signatures |
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Alberta | 282 |
British Columbia | 5855 |
Manitoba | 58 |
New Brunswick | 36 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 78 |
Northwest Territories | 10 |
Nova Scotia | 73 |
Nunavut | 1 |
Ontario | 518 |
Prince Edward Island | 4 |
Quebec | 122 |
Saskatchewan | 29 |
Yukon | 10 |