A Code of Practice also signed by 10 major aquaculture players. Will perhaps require aquaculture to tag its' fish. Need to educate aquaculture workers to our cause. Disease and Hybridization are two huge reasons why weirs are needed. In aquaculture, sperm is received from Iceland and the eggs from Norway.
Hybridization is a serious problem to our wild salmon when aquaculture fish escape.
Sherrie Sprangers asked if there would be microscopes on site at the weirs so biologists can check the scales of fish to see if wild or not. Not right now. Fred answered that the objective of the Plan is to restore a certain number of fish coming back. And to restore angling to the Downeast rivers. Morten asked what the land use restrictions will be as a result of listing.