Spring 2023 Discovery Islands: Déjà Vu! I

Against what appears to us to be a textbook case of proper discharge of her Having found a conservation concern, the authority under the Fisheries Act, the Minister applied the precautionary industry complains in its court principle properly for perhaps the first documents about inadequate time in the history of theDepartment: consultation: towit, the failure of the she acted to eliminate a threat. [...] We concerns to industry, indicating clearly doubt that aMinister is obliged to single voice to the effort to put pressure on Canada and governments around the her intent to consider social, economic out and comment upon an applicant’s and scientific information inmaking her preferred approach to obtaining and world to do the same. [...] The Food andAgriculture Organization of theUnitedNations Wehaven’t yet seen the official record of Finally, as to the need to address salmon (FAO) long-termmonitoring of MinisterMurray’s decision and it will be farms in theDiscovery Islands quickly that document onwhich the Court bases and decisively: Fraser River sockeye assessedmarine fishery stocks its review of the decision. [...] Now, the returns are numbered was alive to the potential for her in the lowhundreds of thousands, with many of the discrete populations of the Make sure thatWTOmembersDepartment to present herwith an continue to prioritize this critical issue inadequate record, the sameway they did Fraser endangered or threatened. [...] If you find the analogy to the Department’s science advice process fails Committee had a laser focus on the so- boxing ring a bit over-the-top, you to adhere to internationally accepted called ‘risk assessments’ that formed the haven’t read the latest report from the norms of scientific integrity, such as peer basis of theDepartment’s advice to House Standing Committee on Fisheries review, transpa.