Submission 0351-MITCHELL

Submitter: Frank Mitchell

Community: Victoria

Date Submitted: November 11, 2023

Summary:
There is no sound justification for keeping data on the rates of infection and sea lice on salmon farms secret. The issues are difficult enough without having the facts systematically obscured.

Submission:
Dear Commissioner Cohen,
One factor which has increased uncertainty and increased political temperatures has been the secrecy surrounding data on rates of infection, sea lice, etc on salmon farms. There is no sound justification for keeping such data secret. The issues are difficult enough, without having the facts systematically obscured.