Á sama tíma og aðrar þjóðir lýsa því yfir að laxeldi þurfi að fara úr sjókvíum og upp á land er stefnt að stórauknu sjókvíaeldi við Ísland. Það er engin glóra í þeirri stefnu. Á Íslandi eru kjöraðstæður fyrir landeldi, nóg af fersku vatni, gott landrými, jarðhiti og hagkvæmt orkuverð.
Skv. frétt CBC News:
“The B.C. minister in charge of aquaculture tenures for the province is hinting at a sea change in the provincial government’s approach to Atlantic salmon farming in Pacific waters.
Doug Donaldson, the B.C. minister of Forest, Land and Natural Resource Operations and Rural Development, says the provincial government can’t ban open-net fish farms -— as Washington state did last week — because they are regulated by the federal government.
However, with provincial tenures for 22 fish farms coming up for renewal in June, the minister said the provincial government’s vision for the future includes moving them out of the ocean and into land-based operations, wherever possible.”