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LOWER SACKVILLE:<\/strong> Nova Scotia is moving forward with recommendations from an advisory committee to improve aquaculture regulations in the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A report from the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Regulatory Advisory Committee, released today, March 17, finds the sector’s current regulatory framework is a good foundation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n It makes 17 recommendations for improvements. [adrotate banner=’34”]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n There are three themes in the recommendations: [adrotate banner=”71″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”194″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Craig was appreciative of the committee’s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I thank the committee and everyone who participated for sharing their insight to help us with this important work,” said Craig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Quick Facts: [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”169″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additional Resources: [adrotate banner=”93″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”148″]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" [adrotate banner=”188″] [adrotate banner=”105″] LOWER SACKVILLE: Nova Scotia is moving forward with recommendations from an advisory committee to improve aquaculture regulations in the province. A report from the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Regulatory Advisory Committee, released today, March 17, finds the sector’s current regulatory framework is a good foundation. It makes 17 recommendations for improvements. “Our […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":9524,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[957],"tags":[4757,13,4758,48,4759],"class_list":["post-35121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-aquaculture-recommendations","tag-lower-sackville","tag-minister-steve-craig","tag-n-s","tag-regulations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
“Our aim is to support low-impact, sustainable growth in Nova Scotia’s aquaculture industry,” said Steve Craig, Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture. “These recommendations are the result of extensive consultation and will guide us in making improvements. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
— applying the right level of regulation to both small and large operations
— sharing more information and making it easier to find and understand for better transparency
— creating more opportunity for public participation in the application process for licences.
The current aquaculture regulations, developed following an independent review, have been in place since 2015.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
— consulting firm Davis Pier facilitated stakeholder and public consultation for the aquaculture regulatory review
— there were 988 survey responses and representatives from the aquaculture sector, fish harvesters, environmental and community groups, municipalities and academia were consulted
— there are 235 marine and land-based aquaculture sites in Nova Scotia
— the aquaculture industry employs about 900 people and contributes more than $80 million per year to Nova Scotia’s economy<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aquaculture Regulatory Review: Final Report and Recommendations: https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/aquaculture\/laws-regs\/docs\/regulatory-review-final-report.pdf<\/a>
What We Heard Summary Report and more information on the regulatory review:
https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/fish\/aquaculture\/laws-regs\/docs\/regulatory-review-what-we-heard-summary-report.pdf<\/a> <\/p>\n\n\n\n