URGENT CALL TO ACTION! - The Government of Nova Scotia is developing an online mapping tool that will screen coastal waters for potential suitability for aquaculture development. The NS Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture has just launched their public input survey for this new aquaculture Coastal Classification System (CCS), deadline for public input is March 15, 2025. The CCS has the potential to pave the way for significant, barrier-free open net-pen expansion. Please make the time to review their "Fact Sheets" and complete the survey.
Visit the link below to get informed and take the survey to share you feedback.
After submitting your feedback we encourage you to share widely to your network through email and social media.
DEADLINE: March 25, 2025
For reference below is a copy of the present Government assessment of suitability for open net pens. Credit: Stantec Report dated December 2009 "Roadmap for Aquaculture Investment in Nova Scotia" Put simply, "green means go" for open net pens from the Halifax peninsula around the southwest coast of Nova Scotia up to Digby".
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