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DFO officials investigated over alleged attempts to silence scientists

The Public Sector Integrity Commissioner, Harriet Solloway, is launching an investigation into allegations that senior federal fisheries officials attempted to silence scientists involved in research related to the threat from open-net pen salmon farms to wild Pacific salmon.

 

Commissioner Solloway is investigating whether DFO officials seriously breached the Values and Ethics Code for the Public Sector and DFO’s own Policy on Science Integrity “by attempting to silence scientists through reprimands, to dissuade them from communicating with the media and the public about their research; and by attempting to obstruct or influence their testimony before FOPO.”

'Na̱mg̱is First Nation reactivates judicial review of DFO's salmon farm virus policy

DFO’s PRV Policy allows open-net pen fish farms to be stocked with fish infected with PRV because DFO claims PRV poses no more than a minimal risk to wild Pacific salmon. The PRV Policy is a key aquaculture policy that allows open-net pen farms to operate in BC.

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