CHARLOTTETOWN, P.E.I. – Environmental advocacy groups from across Canada gathered in Charlottetown Tuesday to call on Federal Environment Minister Catherine McKenna to halt the development a controversial facility that plans to grow genetically modified salmon in Prince Edward Island.
Last week, the provincial government approved AquaBounty Canada Inc.’s application to expand its current facility in Rollo Bay by building two 40,000 square foot structures where they company will rear AquaAdvantage salmon, a sterile genetically modified (GM) salmon, from eyed egg to market size.
On Tuesday, representatives from local and national environmental groups held a joint press conference to call on McKenna to step in and conduct further study on this project.
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