Aquaculture regulation in the post Doelle-Lahey era

A scoping process, the details of which are fully at the discretion of the Minister, is counter to the open and transparent approach contemplated by the Doelle-Lahey Report. [...] The criteria for the information session and the report are at the discretion of the Minister and the ALLR make no mention of public access to any of the information. [...] The Doelle-Lahey Report recommended the Administrator have the authority, following the screening phase, to seek more information from the proponent, allow the proposal to move forward to assessment or reject the proposal with reasons (at p. 92). [...] As described above, the ALLR does not specifically speak to the release of any of the documents developed by the proponent, including the application, the summary of the scoping session document, or the development plan. [...] The public notice for the adjudicative hearing includes basic information such as the location of the site and the species.