Submission 0072-BERGHOFER

Submitter: Desmond Berghofer

Community: Vancouver

Date Submitted: June 16, 2010

Summary:
The commission should examine the evidence concerning the spread of disease from net-cage salmon to wild salmon, and call on credible sources independent of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, such as Alexandra Morton, to testify.

Submission:
I am concerned that net-cage salmon are spreading disease to the wild salmon that pass these nets on their migration routes. I ask that the Commission examine the evidence supporting this concern very carefully and call on credible sources such as Alexandra Morton to testify. It is important that sources independent of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans be consulted on this issue, as the Department appears to have a bias in favour of net-cage farming.