Submission 0867-MARKO

Submitter: alexei marko

Community: vancouver

Date Submitted: November 25, 2011

Summary:
Open net salmon farms in BC should be prohibited until they can conclusively be proven not to harm wild stocks.

Submission:
I am appalled by the continued lack of accountability shown by the government organizations we put in place to protect this precious wild resource that belongs to all of us. It is absolutely ridiculous to be allowing these farms to continue to exist in light of all the evidence indicating the potential damage to wild salmon stocks. Open net salmon farms in BC should be prohibited until they can conclusively be proven NOT to harm wild stocks. This is the prudent and sensible approach to addressing something which can have such catastrophic long term consequences. To proceed otherwise shows a level of short sightedness and pandering to corporate interests that is shameless and borders on criminal.