Canada names new fisheries minister as BC salmon
New Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has appointed Newfoundland and Labrador MP Joanne Thompson as Minister of Fisheries, Oceans and the Canadian Coast Guard.
Thompson, the MP for St John's East, replaces Diane Lebouthillier, a Quebecois who was the last fisheries minister appointed by outgoing PM Justin Trudeau, who mandated three successive fisheries ministers to transition from open net salmon farming in British Columbia.
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Fisheries Transition Plan
In December 2020, the first of those ministers, Bernadette Jordan, announced that 19 farms in the Discovery Islands in BC must close by mid-2022, and refused to allow new transfers to smolts to the sites.
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Licence Changes
The renewed licences were for just two years. Trudeau sacked Murray as part of a reshuffle in July 2023 and replaced her with Lebouthillier.
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