GLG
Well-Known Member
We can banter on this subject of sea lice all day but maybe we should let the principle actors do it and just read what was said.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2006
K. Brooks , D. Stucchi , R. Beamish, S. Jones, M. Krkošek, R. Routledge, A. Morton
http://www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/38thparl/session-2/aquaculture/hansard/W61205a.htm
Granted this was back in 2006 and we have seen changes in the way that "slice" is used today.
We seem to have a pest control management solution like Brooks was cheering for.
If I'm not mistaken, and correct me if I'm wrong be when this was all said and done the final analysis was put the farms in closed containment system. If some of you read carefully you will see that CK has links to the papers that were brought forth in this debate. Most studies from "Brooks" were discredited because he jigged the parameters to get the results he was looking for. Case in point using 4 gram and larger fry when in the wild the fry are in the 2 gram size. Nice one but you got called out when challenged. For those that don't read the link Brooks is a paid consultant of the fish feedlot crowd.
So here we are in 2013 and not much has changed... well that might not be true because we have less fish feedlots up there and a new program to "slice" the ones that remain so the wild fry/smolts are better protected.
Sure hope it is enough because the fry/smolts have run the "gauntlet of death" to get to the open water. We will see when they return in a few years.
SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON
SUSTAINABLE AQUACULTURE
TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2006
K. Brooks , D. Stucchi , R. Beamish, S. Jones, M. Krkošek, R. Routledge, A. Morton
http://www.leg.bc.ca/cmt/38thparl/session-2/aquaculture/hansard/W61205a.htm
Granted this was back in 2006 and we have seen changes in the way that "slice" is used today.
We seem to have a pest control management solution like Brooks was cheering for.
If I'm not mistaken, and correct me if I'm wrong be when this was all said and done the final analysis was put the farms in closed containment system. If some of you read carefully you will see that CK has links to the papers that were brought forth in this debate. Most studies from "Brooks" were discredited because he jigged the parameters to get the results he was looking for. Case in point using 4 gram and larger fry when in the wild the fry are in the 2 gram size. Nice one but you got called out when challenged. For those that don't read the link Brooks is a paid consultant of the fish feedlot crowd.
So here we are in 2013 and not much has changed... well that might not be true because we have less fish feedlots up there and a new program to "slice" the ones that remain so the wild fry/smolts are better protected.
Sure hope it is enough because the fry/smolts have run the "gauntlet of death" to get to the open water. We will see when they return in a few years.