Friday, March 25, 2011

Fish farm sues activist for defamation

A battle between anti fish farm group GAAIA and the aquaculture industry is going to the Supreme Court of BC over ads that have attacked the equate of farmed salmon with claims that its the same as cancer-causing tobacco. Mainstream Canada one of the largest aquaculture company is seeking damages for the false claims that the anti fish farm organisation has made in its ads

Mainstream Canada announced the lawsuit in a press release on Thursday, and Mr. Staniford responded by releasing a copy of a letter he sent to Mainstream’s parent company in Norway, Cermaq ASA, in which he says he welcomes the chance to debate the issue in court. Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers.

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