The proposed Regulations would open the way for aquaculture operations to deposit prescribed drugs, pesticides and other deleterious substances into aquatic ecosystems, when some have had well-documented adverse environmental impacts on ecosystems, and a recent Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) report on the potential effects of anti-sea lice pesticides confirms the importance of a site-specific approach to substance deposit regulations.[1] The problems associated with these operations necessitate consistent and strong national standards and monitoring, to ensure these operations meet the most vigorous environmental protection.
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[1] Department of Fisheries and Oceans, “Potential Exposure and Associated Biological Effects from Aquaculture Anti-Sea Lice
Pesticides: Canadian Science Advisory Secretariat Science Advisory Report 1013/049” (October 2013) at 9, 11-12, 17, online:
http://www.dfo–‐mpo.gc.ca/csas–‐sccs/Publications/SAR–‐AS/2013/2013_049–‐eng.pdf