Submission 1089-MURDOCK

Submitter: Ronda Murdock

Community: Parksville

Date Submitted: December 14, 2023

Summary:
If we lose the pacific salmon there is nothing that the farmed fish industry could do to make up for that.

Submission:
The bottom line is that the jobs provided by farming atlantic salmon in open net pens in the waters of coastal British Columbia are not worth the damage it is causing. The health of Pacific Salmon is far too important to the economy is so many different ways because the salmon are connected to the forests and wildlife such as Grizzly and Black bears, eagles and other important life forms. All these life forms are important to the tourism industry , sport fishing industry and to the well being of British Columbians. If we lose the pacific Salmon there is nothing that the farmed fish industry could do to make up for that. No amount of money could replace this loss.