Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne maintains he was bound to
silence because of an ongoing investigation into a massive fish kill off
Newfoundland’s south coast, but the information and privacy
commissioner wants to know if he had other obligations.
silence because of an ongoing investigation into a massive fish kill off
Newfoundland’s south coast, but the information and privacy
commissioner wants to know if he had other obligations.
Byrne
has faced criticism for staying quiet over what government called
a “mass mortality event” that wiped out 2.6 million salmon. Northern
Harvest Sea Farms had been raising the salmon in cages along the
coastline.