Protocol Agreement Ministry Agriculture Fisheries and Food - Aquaculture Uses in the TA

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PROTOCOL AGREEMENT
ON

AQUACULTURE USES IN THE ISLANDS TRUST AREA

BETWEEN:

PROVINCIAL MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE, FISHERIES AND FOOD
AND:

ISLANDS TRUST

WHEREAS:

Pursuant to Section 3 of the /slands Trust Act, the legislated object of the Islands Trust,
is to preserve and protect the Trust Area and its unique amenities and environment for
the benefit of the residents of the Trust Area and the Province generally, in cooperation
with municipalities, regional districts, improvement districts, other persons and
organizations, and the government of the Province;

Pursuant to Section 8.1 of the /slands Trust Act, for the purpose of carrying out the
object of the Trust, the Islands Trust Council may, subject to the approval by the
Minister of Municipal Affairs and Housing, enter into agreements with the Province and

agents of the Province respecting the coordination of administrative activities within the
Trust Area;

The ISLANDS TRUST, through the following corporate entities is responsible for:

Trust Council - making recommendations to the Lieutenant Governor in Council
respecting the acquisition, use and disposition by the Crown in right of the
Province of land situated within the Trust Area, establishing general policies to
carry out the object of the Trust, ensuring proposed local planning activities
comply with the Trust object and Policy Statement;

Trust Fund Board - acquiring and holding land in perpetuity to protect
significant environmental sites and features; and

Aquaculture Protocol October 1996 ]

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Local Trust Committees - providing local land use planning and regulation and
responding to the concerns of island Mlle and property owners;

The Aquaculture and Commercial Fisheries Branch of the Ministry of Agriculture,
Fisheries and Food (The Ministry) is responsible for the orderly and sustainable
development and growth of the aquaculture industry, including the administration of
licences for aquaculture operations under the Fisheries Act and establishing farm
operating standards under the Farm Practises Protection (Right to Farm) Act and their
regulations. Aquatic Crown Lands in the Trust Area form part of the unique amenities
of the Trust Area and require special attention to maintain their unique character;

Both the Ministry and the Islands Trust share responsibility for the protection and

conservation of aquacultural habitat and resources in the Trust Area for the enjoyment
of present and future generations;

Both the Ministry and the Islands Trust recognize that environmental and land use
planning issues related to aquacultural uses are complex, often transcending political
boundaries, and thus require coordinated responses from the parties;

AND WHEREAS:

Both parties recognize the need to clarify:
1. the Ministry's responsibility for aquaculture in the Trust Area:

2. local trust committee responsibility for land use planning and regulations in the
Trust Area; and

3. the Islands Trust responsibility to pres

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