Roy L Hales/ Cortes Currents - The fish farm industry does not want to leave British Columbia’s coastal waters in 2025. In a recent press release Andreas Kvame, CEO of Grieg Seafood, said, “Our industry is in continuous development with new technologies and innovations, and in Grieg Seafood we are committed to improvements that strengthen biological control and reduce interactions with wild salmon.” David Kemiele, Managing Director of Cermaq emailed Cortes Currents, “Our new protocol extends to the end of 2025 and we are using that time to refine what our operations will look like moving forward beyond 2025 and definitely innovation plays a critical role in that plan.”Dan Lewis, executive director of Clayoquot Action, explained, “They call it an SCCS semi closed containment system and what we're seeing with the consultation that DFO is running is the wording the ministry is using is things like we want the industry to leave the way with technological change and is becoming more and more clear that what they're talking about is these semi-close containment systems in the water.”Stan Proboszcz, senior scientist with the Watershed Watch Salmon Society, added, “There aren't any proven semi-closed containment projects that I know of anywhere that work. I know a few of the companies have been trialing that technology in British Columbia over the last several years and all I've heard about are failures. If they're talking about it, I honestly believe having worked on this issue for so long that it is just talk to maintain the status quo, which is open nets."