Friday, November 18, 2011

Environmental Canada charge Cooke officials

The CEO of Cooke Aquaculture; Mike Szemerda, the Vice President of Cooke Aquaculture, and Randal Griffin, Regional Production Manager of Kelly Cove Salmon were each charged, by Environment Canada (EC), with 11 counts for allegedly violating Section 36 (3) of the Fisheries Act. This section of the Act prohibits the deposit of a substance that is harmful to fish into fish-bearing waters.

“These investigations were conducted into the cause of dead and dying lobsters and the alleged use of a cypermethrin-based pesticide into the waters adjacent to aquaculture sites near Grand Mannan Island and Deer Island, New Brunswick. “The investigations had stemmed from lobster kills that were reported to EC in November and December of 2009 respectively.” 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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