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Updated: January 2005 Industrial Waste AGRICULTURE AND AQUACULTURE Finfish Aquaculture Waste Control Regulation The new Finfish Aquaculture Waste Control Regulation provides the legal authorization for all finfish farms to discharge waste, without permits, while ensuring that aquaculture wastes are managed in an environmentally sustainable manner. It replaces the Aquaculture Waste Reduction Regulation (B.C. Reg. 470/88), which regulated waste discharge from finfish farms using less than 630 tonnes of feed per year, while exempting them from the need to obtain a permit. (Today few farms use less than 630 tonnes per year.) The new regulation also exempts farms using more than 630 tonnes of feed per year from the need to obtain a permit. The regulation addresses the recommendation in the 1997 Salmon Aquaculture Review by the Environmental Assessment Office for a regulation that would "implement a performance-based waste management model." It is the final policy piece required for lifting the moratorium on new finfish aquaculture sites, as identified in the government's strategy announced in January 2002. Requirements of the new regulation include a monitoring program. The report entitled Protocols for Marine Environmental Monitoring is a "handbook" on how to carry out this monitoring program.
Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) Member Biographies The Scientific Advisory Group (SAG) was given five tasks to complete for the Ministry of Environment (WLAP):
The Scientific Advisory Group submitted to the ministry three PowerPoint presentations, two reports, and minutes of a meeting — all available here:
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