Denman LTC Aqua Enforcement Letter DFO

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700 North Road, Gabriola Island, BC  V0R 1X3 
Telephone  250-247-2063    Fax  250-247-7514 
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Email  northinfo@islandstrust.bc.ca 
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June 16, 2020        File No. DE-3030-02 
(Marine Shorelines) 
 
Via email:  
ShellfishAquaculture.XPAC@dfo-mpo.gc.ca 
 
Fisheries and Oceans Canada 
304-60 Front St 
Nanaimo BC  V9R 5H7 
 
Dear Compliance Officer, 
 
Re: Complaint - DFO Aquaculture Licence Number 119203, BC Landfile Number 1400036, Denman 
Point, Denman Island, Baynes Sound 
 
I am writing on behalf of the Denman Island Local Trust Committee regarding a complaint raised by the 
Association of Denman Island Marine Stewards (ADIMS) respecting issues with a shellfish aquaculture 
operation at Denman Point in Baynes Sound. The aquaculture licence number and BC landfile are noted 
above and the complaint is attached. 
 
Marine plastic debris and ghost netting washing up on Denman Island shores is the substance of the 
complaint, like many we receive. We are asking for your leadership and request that appropriate and 
collaborative agency action be taken to resolve the issues identified in this complaint.  
 
Almost the size of Prince Edward Island, the Islands Trust Area covers the islands and waters between 
the British Columbia mainland and southern Vancouver Island. This is almost 5,200 square kilometres of 
Salish Sea, including 13 major and more than 450 smaller islands.  The Government of British Columbia 
enacted the Islands Trust Act to protect this unique part of the world. It provides habitats for an 
exceptional variety of species: more than 200 types of migratory and resident birds; more than 90 
species at risk (according to the Federal Species at Risk Act); numerous species of fish; killer whales; 
migrating gray whales; diverse intertidal life; terrestrial wildlife and vegetation.  
 
At the local level, much of the work of the Islands Trust is carried out by elected local trust committees. 
This special-purpose form of local government is given authority for land use planning and regulation 
under the BC Local Government Act. About 26,000 people live on the islands and another 10,000 people 
are non-resident property-owners. The area is home to over 28,000 Coast Salish Peoples, who have 
called it home since time immemorial. It is Trust Council’s policy and Denman Island’s land use policy 
that aquaculture is a valuable activity in the Trust Area, if compatible with maintenance of ecosystems 
and community character.  
 

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Baynes Sound, in the Strait of Georgia, between Denman Island and Vancouver Island, is a particularly 
important and sensitive ecosystem.  Followi

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