Association for Denman Island Marine Stewards raises concerns about shellfish industry plastic pollution

environment · 2020-08 · Baynes Sound, Denman Island

ADIMS expressed concern about a $350,000 Fisheries and Oceans Canada grant to the BC Shellfish Growers Association to clean up submerged ghost gear, noting it does not cover plastic debris littering shores. They call for industry responsibility and regulatory enforcement.

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• “The Association for Denman Island Marine Stewards,(ADIMS) was deeply concerned to read that the BC Shellfish Growers Association(BCSGA) had recently received $350,000 from the Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) to pay them to clean up this industry’s own plastic debris over a two year period.” — The Islands Grapevine – August 13th, 2020 (August 13th, 2020)

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