Media

The Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board is committed to providing a clear and consistent process for media to cover adjudicative hearing proceedings. These guidelines were established to provide direction on how the Board will interact with the media and how members of the media can participate at Board hearings. The aim is to create understanding between media, the public, parties to a hearing, and the Board about how media may participate at hearings.

These guidelines are relevant for:

  • Members of the media who want to cover an adjudicative hearing held by the Board
  • Board members and Board staff who handle media requests about Board related activities

Process and Public Comment

All media requests related to Board activities, including hearings, should be directed to the Clerk. As members of a quasi-judicial administrative body, Board members and the Chair will not be available for, nor provide, public comment on their work on the Board. 

* Only applications that have been referred to the Board by the Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture will be acknowledged as received by the Board, which then initiates the Board adjudicative process. 

* Public submissions or correspondence on a specific application within the adjudicative process will not be accepted until a notice of public hearing has been published in the Royal Gazette.

* The Board can not discuss any applications that have not been referred to the Board by the Minister of the Department of Fisheries and Aquaculture. 

Notice

As part of the public notification process, the Board will publish a notice of hearing on this website no later than 30 days after the date the Board receives an application referred by the Minister.  

Hearings

Reporters and bloggers attending a hearing will be asked as a courtesy to identify the organization they represent.

  • While adjudicative hearings are in progress, recordings – audio, video or photos – are not permitted by the public, media or social media.
  • General background photos/videos that do not include photos of hearing participants' computer screens and/or notes, are permissible when hearing sessions are not in progress. 
  • The public, media and social media are reminded not to record sidebar conversations, private conversations between the Board members, or conversations between parties and their counsel or agent.
  • With the permission of the Clerk and hearing participants, interviews will be accommodated: in the hearing room when the hearing is not in session (either before the hearing has commenced or after the hearing has concluded); outside the hearing room in a manner that will not interfere with the in-session hearing. 

Links to the recorded live-streaming files of a specific hearing are located within the section dedicated to that hearing's documents and can be accessed after reading and accepting the following:

THE BROADCAST OF ANY AUDIO RECORDING OF PROCEEDINGS, WITHOUT THE PRIOR CONSENT OF THE NOVA SCOTIA AQUACULTURE REVIEW BOARD, IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED. 

I, the undersigned, understand and agree that the audio recordings to be provided pursuant to this request will be provided subject to the following terms and conditions: 

1.     that I will not broadcast the audio recording(s) on radio, television, the internet, social media sites, or any other medium without the prior consent of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board; 
2.     that I will not distribute the audio recording(s) without the prior consent of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board; 
3.     that I will not make copies of the audio recording(s) without prior consent of the Nova Scotia Aquaculture Review Board; 
4.     that I will not provide the audio recording(s) or copies of same, to any third party who I know, or ought reasonably to know, may broadcast or distribute them; and 
5.     that I will not transcribe or distribute or use any of the Board's remarks without providing the Board with a copy of the typed transcript for approval in advance. 

I further warrant that I am authorized to sign this agreement and I understand that this agreement is binding upon me personally and upon that corporation or organization that I represent.

When you click on a link to access the live streaming files, you will be asked to enter your name and e-mail address for each link, which will act as your signature and acceptance of the above.

Decisions

No later than 60 days after the date that a hearing concludes, the Board will issue a decision, including reasoning, and post on their public web site.

 

For enquiries, please contact us.