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    <title>Op-ed: Hello Mr. Premier can you get your fish gang to do some more homework on this? </title>
    <link>http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-hello-mr-premier-can-you-get-your-fish-gang/33742</link>
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/endangered_perspective_-_saving_the_atlantic_salmon_0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Aquaculture is destroying our keystone wild salmon stocks, and we even gave them our extra tax dollars to do it! Are we nuts, asks Lil MacPherson. Hans-Petter Fjeld photo (CC-BY-SA)  &quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;338&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p align=&quot;LEFT&quot;&gt;My previous op-ed, &amp;ldquo;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.southcoasttoday.ca/content/halifax-restaurant-owner-wouldnt-feed-farmed-salmon-her-dog&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;I wouldn&amp;rsquo;t feed farm salmon to my dog&lt;/a&gt;&amp;rdquo; really stirred up some emotion&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/op-ed-hello-mr-premier-can-you-get-your-fish-gang/33742&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/lil-macpherson">Lil MacPherson</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/cooke-aquaculture">Cooke Aquaculture</category>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2015 18:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Robert DeVet</dc:creator>
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    <title>Behind closed doors</title>
    <link>http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/behind-closed-doors/31638</link>
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                    New federal initiative will weaken aquaculture regulations, group fears        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_6203_resized.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;New regulations will allow fish feedlots to dump pesticides, drugs, fishfood and waste into local harbours without a license or environmental assessment, protesters fear. Photo Robert Devet&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) &amp;ndash; Proposed changes in federal aquaculture pesticide regulations should be discussed in public, not behind closed doors.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/behind-closed-doors/31638&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/robert-devet">Robert Devet</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/dfo">dfo</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/halifax">Halifax</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/nsapes">NSAPES</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/open-pen-salmon">open pen salmon</category>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2014 14:50:05 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Robert DeVet</dc:creator>
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    <title>Aquaculture guidelines under change</title>
    <link>http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/acquaculture-guidelines-under-change/31130</link>
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/salmon_0.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;A new government report recommends changes to the way the aquaculture industry operates in Nova Scotia.  Photo: [Pacific Northwest Stream Survey Collection]&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;309&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;K&amp;#39;JIPUKTUK (HALIFAX) -&amp;nbsp;An &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.aquaculturereview.ca/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;independent review panel&lt;/a&gt; is calling for an overhaul of Nova Scotia&amp;rsquo;s aquaculture regulatio&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/acquaculture-guidelines-under-change/31130&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/stephanie-taylor">Stephanie Taylor</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/cooke-aquaculture">Cooke Aquaculture</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2014 17:24:54 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Robert DeVet</dc:creator>
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    <title>No More Environmental Impact Assessments for Salmon Farms in Nova Scotia</title>
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                    Navigable Waters Act omnibus cut leaves gap in federal assessments; province won&amp;#039;t pick up the slack        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/2887227075_f26f395c6c_o.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;In Nova Scotia, Environmental Assessments are no longer required for fin-fish farms like this one. [Photo: peigi_pest]&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;338&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;HALIFAX &amp;mdash; &amp;quot;I&amp;#39;m absolutely gobsmacked,&amp;quot; says Marike Finlay. &amp;quot;I really cannot believe this is happening in Canada.&amp;quot; &amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/no-more-environmental-impact-assessments-salmon-fa/16461&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/erica-butler">Erica Butler</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/apes">APES</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/aquaculture">aquaculture</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/department-environment">Department of Environment</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/farmed-salmon">farmed salmon</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/fin-fish">fin fish</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/nova-scotia">Nova Scotia</category>
 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/open-net-pen-0">open net-pen</category>
 <pubDate>Fri, 22 Feb 2013 15:55:10 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>Miles Howe</dc:creator>
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    <title>Call for Aquaculture Reform</title>
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                    Over a hundred groups unite in support of a moratorium on high-risk aquaculture        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/img_5127.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;Raymond Plourde of the Ecology Action Centre gives a failing grade to Nova Scotia&amp;#039;s Aquaculture Strategy. [Photo: Miles Howe]&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;288&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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                    &lt;img src=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/sites/mediacoop.ca/files2/mc/imagecache/page450/_mg_0201_1.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;&quot; title=&quot;A crowd of close to 300 concerned Nova Scotians were in attendance&quot; width=&quot;450&quot; height=&quot;300&quot; class=&quot;imagecache imagecache-page450 imagecache-default imagecache-page450_default&quot;/&gt;        &lt;/div&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;K&amp;#39;jipuktuk (Halifax) &amp;ndash; 108 different organizations banded together in Halifax today to let provincial politicians know they want salmon aquaculture out of the ocean and onto the land.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/story/call-aquaculture-reform/11183&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/author/palmira-boutillier">Palmira Boutillier</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/coastal-communities">coastal communities</category>
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 <category domain="http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/tag/halifax">Halifax</category>
 <pubDate>Mon, 04 Jun 2012 22:44:37 +0000</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>PalBou</dc:creator>
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