Contentious salmon stocking plan can’t happen without First Nations support: scientist – CBC

Jan 31, 2019

‘It is integral that First Nations agree,’ says UNB scientist

A University of New Brunswick scientist working on a contentious Miramichi salmon stocking program admits it cannot proceed without backing of First Nations groups.

And there appears little likelihood of that happening, with Eel Ground Chief George Ginnish calling it a “non-starter.”

CAST, which stands for Collaboration for Atlantic Salmon Tomorrow, is a New Brunswick registered company chaired by James Irving, co-CEO of J.D. Irving Ltd., Glenn Cooke of Cooke Aquaculture and Saint John businessman Brian Moore.

It is working in partnership with the Miramichi Salmon Association and the Canadian Rivers Institute at UNB on the proposal to stock thousands of adult salmon in the river.

Read More: https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/salmon-conservation-stocking-sas-smolt-to-adult-irving-cooke-aquaculture-dfo-1.4999177