CANADA - Comments Invited for Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standards

Public comment period for draft Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standards open until August 30, 2010

Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has issued draft standards for Organic Aquaculture for review and comment

Working Draft for Organic Aquaculture (C**/CGSB 32.312–Organic Aquaculture Standards) (PDF)

Comment Form (Word)

Email or Fax your Comment Form or any questions to:

Anne Caron
Standards Division
Canadian General Standards Board
Gatineau , Quebec
K1A 1G6
Fax: 1 (819) 956-5740
Email: anne.caron@tpsgc-pwgsc.gc.ca

Note: Action groups, such as Farmed & Dangerous are campaigning hard against this standard, encouraging the public to comment in line with their viewpoint. Among objections, the group says the draft standard calls for "all feed to be derived from organic or sustainable sources unless not commercially available in which case up to 30% of feed can come from non-organic, unsustainable sources and
allows “organic certified” fish to use substantially more wild fish in feed than farmed fish produced, a use of marine resources that results in a net-loss of marine protein because 30% of feed can be composed of wild fishmeal and oil".