Canadian Gov Caught Poisoning Water.

Update: Just learned, Gov approved dumping Rotenone posion in Miramichi Lake to kill fish

What was the poison, really? What was the real purpose of poisoning the water? Hasn't heard anymore about this incident. Hope the brave soul who shut the poison off is still ok and not harmed by those men or the poison he walked through.

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'New Brunswick: Federal government approves use of fish-killing pesticide [Rotenone] in Miramichi River"

Conservation groups say action needs to be taken to protect Atlantic salmon

The product will kill the vast majority of fish in the waters being treated. According to an authorization document from Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the death and decomposition of fish "will modify the food web, the fish habitat ecological structure and the nutrient input" of the waters.

Salmon conservation groups and the North Shore Micmac District Council pushed for the rotenone project, which they'd hoped would go ahead last summer.

It was put on hold after Jeff Carr, the provincial environment minister at the time, asked for an environmental assessment. The Environmental Department approved the rotenone spraying on April 28.

"We've been fighting a losing battle since the moment we learned about it," said Daniel Houghton, who's part of a group of cottage owners at Miramichi Lake who have been opposing the project. "I have three children that are going to be in that water."

A team that has been put together by conservation groups, including the Atlantic Salmon Federation and the North Shore council, will be applying the pesticide with the help of 70 volunteers, Crabbe said.

"It's nothing that any of us want to do," he said. "None of us wake up and desire to take an action that will result in the death of animals and fish, we're conservationists."

The Miramichi watershed is "where thousands of New Brunswickers go and connect with nature," Crabbe said. "It's where people around the world come to see what our province and our people have to offer, and the presence of smallmouth bass would fundamentally change that."

Aboriginal council believes eradication is uncertain

The New Brunswick Aboriginal Peoples Council opposed the project throughout consultations, saying it doubts eradication efforts will be successful. The council represents off-reserve and non-status Indigenous people in the province.

In a report submitted to the environmental minister, Chief Barry LaBillois mentioned community members have reported catching smallmouth bass outside the areas being targeted for treatment. He believes rotenone will be more destructive than its advocates say and suggested it is a high price to pay to get rid of an invasive fish.

"In the Miramichi River, I believe this fish has already taken possession," he said. "Now you're going to kill every other type of fish, and I'm just talking fish. You're not talking about insects, vertebrates, frogs, and birds that are going to be impacted at the end of the day as well. You're going to kill all of this just for a few smallmouth bass that are already cemented there?"

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/fish-killing-rotenone-1.6066761

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Considering the Nuclear Option in Controlling Invasive Species
Rotenone: when you absolutely, positively have to kill every last fish in the lake.

How far would you go to get rid of an invasive species? In New Brunswick, conservation groups and local First Nations want to kill all of the fish in Miramichi Lake using a pesticide called rotenone. They want to reset the lake’s ecosystem, rid it of invasive smallmouth bass, and give the Miramichi River system’s dwindling Atlantic salmon a second chance.

The plan sounds drastic. But this nuclear option has been deployed before, says Barry Madison, an aquatic toxicologist at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. “It’s really only used in oh-shit scenarios.”

https://hakaimagazine.com/news/considering-the-nuclear-option-in-controlling-invasive-species/

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Source: https://odysee.com/@TimTruth:b/Govt-caught-poisoning-water:5