The B次元官网网址楴amgis First Nation are taking the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) through the court system once again.

According to a press release issued by B次元官网网址楴amgis Chief Don Svanvik, the nation has B次元官网网址渇iled an application for judicial review of Fisheries and Oceans CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Oct. 3, 2019 policy decision not to prohibit the stocking of open-net pen fish farms with Atlantic salmon infected with the Piscine orthoreovirus (PRV).B次元官网网址�

The relase also noted that B次元官网网址淯nder this PRV Policy, smolts are to be tested for two supposed B次元官网网址榮trainsB次元官网网址� of PRV prior to transfer into open net pens but will not be tested for a supposedly B次元官网网址榥ative strainB次元官网网址� of PRV. DFO has not produced any evidence that such a B次元官网网址榥ative strainB次元官网网址� of PRV exists. DFO will not prohibit stocking fish farms with fish infected with PRV.B次元官网网址�

B次元官网网址淭his is a flagrant disregard of the precautionary principle, scientific research, our constitutionally protected title and rights, and the findings of the Federal Court,B次元官网网址� says Svanvik via press release. B次元官网网址淭wice the Federal Court has found DFOB次元官网网址檚 refusal to prohibit stocking of fish infected with PRV unlawful. In the first decision, the Federal Court found that DFO has a positive duty to prohibit B次元官网网址榯ransfers [into the marine environment] if the fish have diseases or disease agents that may be harmful to the protection and conservation of fishB次元官网网址�.B次元官网网址�

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