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Q-54 — Mr. Robinson (Burnaby—Douglas) — With regard to Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) survey tests of domestic and imported aquaculture fish: (a) what drugs, chemicals, contaminants and pesticides were included in these tests; (b) what are the tolerance levels for these compounds under current Canadian regulations; (c) when were these tolerance levels last updated; (d) what scientific research has been conducted on potential impacts from PCBs since these tolerance levels were first established; (e) what is the number of fish tested annually in CFIA surveys; (f) what is the percentage of imported fish tested in these surveys; (g) what percentage of Chilean farmed salmon imports is tested for malachite green; (h) what percentag ...[+++]e of Chilean farmed salmon has tested positive for malachite green; (i) what is the percentage of fish tested in relation to the amount imported/exported; (j) what are the Canadian standards for allowable residues of malachite green; (k) what percentage of Canadian farmed salmon and trout is tested for malachite green; (l) what are the Canadian standards for antibiotic residues in farmed fish; (m) what percentage of Canadian farmed salmon is tested for antibiotic residues; (n) how many times has the CFIA recalled farmed fish because of elevated levels of antibiotic residues; (o) what are the Canadian standards for levels of the therapeutant emamectin benzoate in farmed fish; and (p) what percentage of Canadian farmed fish is tested for emamectin benzoate?

(1) Directive 91/67/EEC lays down requirements and provisions for the establishment of appropriate conditions for the placing on the market in zones and farms with approved programme or status, of live farmed fish, molluscs and crustaceans, their eggs and gametes, not belonging to the susceptible species referred to in Annex A, column 2, list II, to that Directive.

They noted that a major problem was the absence of objective, scientific information on a number of issues, including the ecological effects of escaped farmed salmon on local species, the incidence and possible transfer of disease between wild fish and farmed fish, and the possible environmental risks associated with the wastes that are generated by fish farms.

Consignments of live farmed fish, their eggs and gametes in intra-Community trade from a farm infected with a disease referred to in list II of Annex A to Directive 91/67/EEC towards other farms infected by the same disease, must be accompanied by a certificate drawn up in accordance with the model laid down in Annex II.

On both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts, advocates of salmon aquaculture made the following arguments: pathogens (bacteria, viruses) are part of the natural world; pathogens are no different in farmed fish than they are in wild fish populations; there is no scientific evidence that diseased farmed fish have had an impact on wild stocks, or vice versa; and it is much more likely that wild fish infect farmed stocks because, unlike natural stocks, farmed fish are monitored for disease and treated.

The association's concerns include: the risk of disease transfer from net pens to wild stocks; risk of disease introduction from the importation of exotic species' eggs and milt; the increased risk of the transfer of common diseases among domestic species; the loss of access to traditional, commercial, recreational, and aboriginal fishing grounds; pollution of habitat from fish sewage; government funding and subsidies for aquaculture resulting in fewer financial and human resources available for research assessment and the management of wild fish resources; injury, stress, and mortality to marine animals caused by net entanglement ...[+++]and the use of acoustic deterrent devices; the impacts on wild resources from drugs and pesticides used on aquaculture sites; genetic interaction between wild and escaped farm fish; competition for food between wild and escaped farm fish; the losses of wild fish, especially small juveniles consumed by net pen fish; the loss of juvenile habitat; parasite infestation; the presence of farms altering the availability of natural plankton and feeds and creating a hostile environment for wild fish larvae and juvenile fish; increased disease susceptibility due to increased stress levels among pen fish; risk to human health from increased utilization of antibiotics and other drugs used in farm fish; and the risk and impact of farm fish becoming resistant to antibiotics.