Port Mouton Bay in Nova Scotia oppose any aquaculture fish farms

A group calling themselves Friends of Port Mouton Bay have forward a motion in the long battle they have had to keep aquaculture companies from creating any fish farms in the Bay area. They want the province to permanently stop fish farms from setting up in Port Mouton Bay. To achieve their goals of stopping any aquaculture setting up, they have ask the Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture Sterling Belliveau to declare the bay as unsuitable for aquaculture.

Port Mouton Bay, Nova Scotia

The group was in council on February 20, asking the Region to support the idea by writing a formal letter to the minister and other political leaders. The group are not against aquaculture as an industry, they just feel that Port Mouton Bay is not suitable for aquaculture, Peter Muttart one of the presenters said “We recognise the value of fish farming. Fish farming could take the pressure off wild stock,” Read more ...

This blog is written by Martin Little, The Aquaculturists, published and supported by the International Aquafeed Magazine from Perendale Publishers. To get your copy of 'PPLAPP' click here.