A federal audit that cites the Department of Fisheries for failing to monitor the environmental impact of coastal salmon farms is disturbing, says an assistant deputy fisheries minister. The audit by the Commissioner of the Environment concluded regulators are not taking steps to protect wild fish stocks from aquaculture pesticides and diseases: ‘Pesticides can harm wild fish.’
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