{"id":6651,"date":"2024-02-09T19:36:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:36:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/?p=6651"},"modified":"2024-02-09T19:41:13","modified_gmt":"2024-02-09T23:41:13","slug":"fish-farm-letter-writing-workshop-planned-for-liverpool-library-as-deadline-looms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/2024\/02\/09\/fish-farm-letter-writing-workshop-planned-for-liverpool-library-as-deadline-looms\/","title":{"rendered":"Fish farm letter writing workshop planned for Liverpool library as deadline looms"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Debris from the fish farm near Coffin Island on Beach Meadows Beach in 2021. (Rick Conrad photo)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Rick Conrad<\/strong><\/p>\n

If you\u2019re concerned about a proposed fish farm expansion in Liverpool Bay, there\u2019s a letter writing session planned for the Thomas H. Raddall Library on Saturday from 1 to 4.<\/span><\/p>\n

Kelly Cove Salmon, which is owned by Cooke Aquaculture, has applied to add to its operations near Coffin Island and to add two new sites off Brooklyn and Mersey Point.<\/span><\/p>\n

If successful, Kelly Cove\u2019s operation would grow to 60 pens from its current 14. It would mean about 1.8 million salmon would be farmed in the bay, compared to the current estimated 400,000.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board has public hearings scheduled for Liverpool beginning March 4.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Members of the public can have their say on the application<\/a> until Feb. 12 by sending their comments to the review board.<\/span><\/p>\n

Residents contacted QCCR this week concerned that their letters were being rejected by the board. In an email to QCCR, the review board said individual comments from those who are listed as members of one of the five intervenors in the application will be rejected.<\/span><\/p>\n

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A notice posted at Queens Place Emera Centre.<\/p><\/div>\n

For example, some supporters of Protect Liverpool Bay had their submissions rejected because the grassroots group listed their names as members when it applied for, and was granted, intervenor status. The others are the Region of Queens, the Brooklyn Marina, a group of 23 lobster fishermen, and Kwilmu\u2019kw Maw-Klusuaqn, which is representing the Acadia First Nation.<\/span><\/p>\n

The review board told QCCR that \u201cin the interests of efficiency, if a single body can present those interests, those concerns can be dealt with by a single entity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>The board encourages public participation and does want to hear from everyone,\u201d Stacy Bruce, the board’s clerk said in the email.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHowever, as (Protect Liverpool Bay) is a party to the hearing representing all its members, if a member\u2019s name is on the list PLB provided, they may not submit written statements as they are already being represented by PLB as an intervenor and not as a member of the general public. Only members of the general public that are not party to the hearing are permitted to submit written or oral submissions.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Opponents of the expansion got a big morale boost this week when Premier Tim Houston told a business luncheon in Liverpool that he personally opposes more fish farms in Liverpool Bay.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI think some areas are great for aquaculture and I think that some others are maybe not the best place for it,” he told about 80 Liverpool businesspeople and others<\/a> at a luncheon on Wednesday, sponsored by the South Queens Chamber of Commerce.<\/p>\n

\u201cOn this specific question on Liverpool Bay, \u2026 I personally don\u2019t think Liverpool Bay is a suitable place for it.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s my personal opinion. I respect the process, the independent review board will do their process and will have hearings. They\u2019ll do their thing. But my personal opinion is I don\u2019t think Liverpool Bay is a suitable place for it.\u201d<\/p>\n

Email: rickconradqccr@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\nhttps:\/\/www.qccrfm.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/letterwritinglibraryfeb924.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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