Fisheries committee  It terrifies our fishermen. It terrifies our fishermen's family members. It's a real threat. They perceive it as a real threat to their industry.

Fisheries committee  Initially, they had talked about 16 jobs, but to date we know of only six part-time jobs.

Fisheries committee  Yes.

Fisheries committee  Their leases are up and running.

Fisheries committee  Based on what we've seen happen, as I have referred to before regarding New Brunswick in 1995, and again in 2009-10, where we had lobster deaths because of exposure to pesticides related to the open-net aquaculture industry, there are concerns that if we had these changes to the

Fisheries committee  I would say no as well. I don't know. From what we've been able to learn, based on what's gone on so far in the industry, there are certain things that are required in order for them to maintain healthy fish: pesticides, antibiotics. As it stands, there is no barrier between th

Fisheries committee  The company is Kelly Cove Salmon, which is a subsidiary of Cooke Aquaculture. It's from New Brunswick.

Fisheries committee  I don't really know a whole lot about IMTA, other than that when our application initially went in, the proponent head suggested that IMTA would be used in the farm, and then for some reason that was withdrawn. The only thing I can say is that, from what we've been able to determ

Fisheries committee  Well, we have the aquaculture operation that operated in Port Mouton Bay, Nova Scotia. There was significant opposition to that site in that community and there still is. The site is no longer there. We had several meetings with the community groups that were involved in trying t

Fisheries committee  From the fishermen that we've talked to, both in Port Mouton and Shelburne Harbour, what was explained to us was that initially when the net pens go in, the water quality is still there and you're not having that nutrient overloading occurring, and for the first year or so, the l

Fisheries committee  I think the best way to answer that question is to look at.... We've been seeing in the last three years that Nova Scotia's Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has been expanding salmon aquaculture. There are several lease applications now in and around the province of Nova S

Fisheries committee  I think it would be very well received in our communities. It's actually one of the things we were discussing with the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture at our public consultation, when we had several fishermen in the room offer land and said they would be willing to do any

Fisheries committee  I believe the best way for this industry to move forward would be to closed land-based containment. I don't believe any type of open-net salmon aquaculture can be done that will not have some type of negative effect on the environment.

Fisheries committee  Well, I think there are a couple of things at play here. I think the process by which these sites are looked at is no longer applicable to the size of the leases being applied for. The industry has gone from applying for what were once, 25 years ago, applications for small farms

Fisheries committee  The example that comes to mind is the lobster deaths that occurred in New Brunswick in the early nineties, and then again in 2009 and 2010. There were huge numbers of lobsters lost there within a 50-kilometre radius.... It was very alarming to fishermen in both Nova Scotia and Ne