The Tofino-Long Beach Chamber of Commerce voted to take the position after presentations on closed-containment salmon farms by the Living Oceans Society and Friends of Clayoquot Sound, reports The Canadian Press.
"We need to find a made-in-B.C. solution that protects our marine environment and also facilitates the advancement of a sustainable aquaculture industry in our province," Will Soltau of the Living Oceans Society told The Canadian Press.
According to the news agency, Soltau asked the chamber to write a letter to the provincial government, asking for the creation of a new $10-million fund.
Environmentalists have long called for containment pens to be operated on land because they prevent salmon from escaping into the ocean and affecting wild stocks.
BC Urged to Contain Fish Farm Threat
CANADA - The B.C. government should create a $10-million fund to encourage the province's salmon farmers to develop closed-containment technology, say chamber of commerce members on Vancouver Island.