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Fish Farm Conglomerate Mowi Take Fisheries Ministers to Court Over Discovery Islands Shutdowns 
CA Source: West Coast Now 11/4/2023
Fish Farm Conglomerate Mowi Take Fisheries Ministers to Court Over Discovery Islands Shutdowns
Credit: Eduardo Baena.
Two former Canadian fisheries ministers are facing a civil suit from an international fishing conglomerate over recent fish farm closures in BC.
 

Joyce Murray and Bernadette Jordan were both instrumental in the federal government’s decision to shut down fish farms in the Discovery Islands, north of Campbell River. Now, Norwegian seafood company Mowi Canada West is taking its grievances to the Supreme Court of British Columbia, claiming “misfeasance in public office,” among other charges, after Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) did not renew 11 of its fish farm licences this year.

 
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