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C-FOAM Seminar Series on Best Practices presents:
Expert Panel Discussion:
Sustainability in Aquaculture
Special Guest Panellists:
Trevor Swerdfager, Director General,
Conservation & Protection, Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Ruth Salmon, Executive Director ,
Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance
John Werring, Aquatic Habitat Specialist,
David Suzuki Foundation
Tillmann J. Benfey, Professor/Director of Animal Care,
Department of Biology, UNB (Fredericton)
Time:
Place:
4:00-7:00p.m.
Wednesday, April 6, 2011
DMS4170, 4th Floor Desmarais Building,
55 Laurier Avenue East, Ottawa
C-FOAM is pleased to present a panel discussion among aquaculture leaders in Canada
focusing on success and sustainability in salmon cage aquaculture. The 4 panelists from
industry, the ENGO community, aquaculture science, and the regulatory agency (DFO) will
discuss information for the interested public in Ottawa and contribute to debate on the
sustainability of aquaculture practice. Questions to the panelists include:
•What are the benefits of salmon aquaculture to Canada – to the country’s economy, to
coastal communities, to consumers?
•What is known about the impacts on coastal ecosystems and on wild salmon populations?
•What are the main uncertainties reimpacts, and what is being done to resolve these?
•How does the regulatory regime work to ensure sustainability?
Le panel sera presenté en anglais./The panel will be given in English.
Refreshments will be served
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