Little Hawk
Active Member
One of my 'Brothers in Arms' in the fight against the salmon farmers sends me these press updates regularly and I thought it might be prudent to share them here for those of you who also have your ears-to-the-ground on this important issue. If you label me an alarmist fish-hugger that's okay; I've been called worse.
At this juncture I don't believe the Cohen Inquiry will throw a big-wrench into the salmon-farming machine any more than the Legatt Inquiry did back in the early 2000's. There are too many crooked politicians in high places owned by the industry. This in not good news for Pacific Salmon...
"Dear Minister Ashfield - how far out on a limb are you willing to go?" (Alexandra Morton, 29th June): http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/...far-out-on-a-limb-are-you-willing-to-go-.html "Cohen commission’s calm hides turmoil behind scenes" (The Globe & Mail, 29th June): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...m-hides-turmoil-behind-scenes/article2079410/ "Cohen's Countdown on Disease Time-Bomb" (Superheroes 4 Salmon, 29th June): http://www.superheroes4salmon.org/blog/cohen’s-countdown-disease-time-bomb "Fear not, light at end of fish farm debate" (The Times Colonist, 29th June): http://www.timescolonist.com/Fear+light+fish+farm+debate/5022010/story.html "Community dialogue on aquaculture: Very successful community meeting on aquaculture featuring marine biologist Inka Milewski and sustainable seafood expert, Rob Johnson" (Save Our Coastal Fishery, 29th June): http://www.saveourcoastalfishery.com/ "Modernise fish farming sector to protect wild salmon stocks" (The Herald, 29th June): http://www.heraldscotland.com/comme...ector-to-protect-wild-salmon-stocks-1.1108971 "Fish inquiry short on questions, answers" (National Post, 28th June): http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...ford-fish-inquiry-short-on-questions-answers/ "What is DFO doing to protect juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon from sea lice infestations during this migration season?" (Farmed & Dangerous, 28th June): http://blog.farmedanddangerous.org/...ce-infestations-during-this-migration-season/ "Fish farming blamed for salmon declines" (Compassion in World Farming, 28th June): http://www.acompassionateworld.org/2011/06/fish-farming-blamed-for-salmon-declines/ "Salmon: You’ll never grow bored with the chameleon of the sea" (The Vancouver Sun, 28th June): http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Salmon+never+grow+bored+with+chameleon/5019651/story.html "Nova Scotia mayor leads blockade protest at aquaculture meeting…" (Responsible Aquaculture, 28th June): http://responsibleaquaculture.wordp...eads-blockade-protest-at-aquaculture-meeting/ " <http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/9071-bc-salmon-and-the-isa-riddle-is-infectious-salmon-anaemia-isa-lurking-on-salmon-farms-in-british-columbia.html> B.C. Salmon and the ISA Riddle: Is Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) lurking on salmon farms in British Columbia?" (Pacific Free Press, 27th June): http://www.pacificfreepress.com/new...king-on-salmon-farms-in-british-columbia.html "Researchers Find Sea-lice Transmit Disease" (Osprey Steelheader News, 27th June): http://ospreysteelheadnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/researchers-find-sea-lice-transmit.html "Atlantic salmon to be raised in closed-containment system" (FIS, 27th June): http://www.worldfishsite.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear= <http://www.worldfishsite.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=27&id=43911&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target> &day=27&id=43911&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target= Including from Alexandra Morton in a letter today to new Canadian Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield: " My first question: Do you understand that the marine influenza virus called Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISAv) has been transmitted with eggs? • If “no,” you are denying the scientific literature and the ongoing epidemic of a Norwegian strain of ISAv wiping out 70% of the 500 salmon farms in Chile • If “yes,” you need to amend the Fish Health Certificate that has been approving Atlantic salmon egg shipments into BC with no ISAv reporting requirement. • If you amend this Certificate you will need to look into whether ISAv has already entered British Columbia and act on that..... If ISAv is detected in British Columbia we can determine where it came from, who brought it here and who’s watch it came in on" Track the Cohen Inquiry online via http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/Schedule/ - the evidentiary hearings in Vancouver continue until 8th July when there is a summer recess until 18th August (the aquaculture hearings are expected to start on 25th August and run until 9th September). For more details see: http://www.salmonaresacred.org/cohen-commission And follow via Facebook's "Salmon Inquiry - Cohen Commission Watch <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113025692098919&ref=ts> ".
At this juncture I don't believe the Cohen Inquiry will throw a big-wrench into the salmon-farming machine any more than the Legatt Inquiry did back in the early 2000's. There are too many crooked politicians in high places owned by the industry. This in not good news for Pacific Salmon...
"Dear Minister Ashfield - how far out on a limb are you willing to go?" (Alexandra Morton, 29th June): http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/...far-out-on-a-limb-are-you-willing-to-go-.html "Cohen commission’s calm hides turmoil behind scenes" (The Globe & Mail, 29th June): http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news...m-hides-turmoil-behind-scenes/article2079410/ "Cohen's Countdown on Disease Time-Bomb" (Superheroes 4 Salmon, 29th June): http://www.superheroes4salmon.org/blog/cohen’s-countdown-disease-time-bomb "Fear not, light at end of fish farm debate" (The Times Colonist, 29th June): http://www.timescolonist.com/Fear+light+fish+farm+debate/5022010/story.html "Community dialogue on aquaculture: Very successful community meeting on aquaculture featuring marine biologist Inka Milewski and sustainable seafood expert, Rob Johnson" (Save Our Coastal Fishery, 29th June): http://www.saveourcoastalfishery.com/ "Modernise fish farming sector to protect wild salmon stocks" (The Herald, 29th June): http://www.heraldscotland.com/comme...ector-to-protect-wild-salmon-stocks-1.1108971 "Fish inquiry short on questions, answers" (National Post, 28th June): http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com...ford-fish-inquiry-short-on-questions-answers/ "What is DFO doing to protect juvenile Fraser River sockeye salmon from sea lice infestations during this migration season?" (Farmed & Dangerous, 28th June): http://blog.farmedanddangerous.org/...ce-infestations-during-this-migration-season/ "Fish farming blamed for salmon declines" (Compassion in World Farming, 28th June): http://www.acompassionateworld.org/2011/06/fish-farming-blamed-for-salmon-declines/ "Salmon: You’ll never grow bored with the chameleon of the sea" (The Vancouver Sun, 28th June): http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Salmon+never+grow+bored+with+chameleon/5019651/story.html "Nova Scotia mayor leads blockade protest at aquaculture meeting…" (Responsible Aquaculture, 28th June): http://responsibleaquaculture.wordp...eads-blockade-protest-at-aquaculture-meeting/ " <http://www.pacificfreepress.com/news/1/9071-bc-salmon-and-the-isa-riddle-is-infectious-salmon-anaemia-isa-lurking-on-salmon-farms-in-british-columbia.html> B.C. Salmon and the ISA Riddle: Is Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) lurking on salmon farms in British Columbia?" (Pacific Free Press, 27th June): http://www.pacificfreepress.com/new...king-on-salmon-farms-in-british-columbia.html "Researchers Find Sea-lice Transmit Disease" (Osprey Steelheader News, 27th June): http://ospreysteelheadnews.blogspot.com/2011/06/researchers-find-sea-lice-transmit.html "Atlantic salmon to be raised in closed-containment system" (FIS, 27th June): http://www.worldfishsite.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear= <http://www.worldfishsite.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?monthyear=&day=27&id=43911&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target> &day=27&id=43911&l=e&special=&ndb=1%20target= Including from Alexandra Morton in a letter today to new Canadian Fisheries Minister Keith Ashfield: " My first question: Do you understand that the marine influenza virus called Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISAv) has been transmitted with eggs? • If “no,” you are denying the scientific literature and the ongoing epidemic of a Norwegian strain of ISAv wiping out 70% of the 500 salmon farms in Chile • If “yes,” you need to amend the Fish Health Certificate that has been approving Atlantic salmon egg shipments into BC with no ISAv reporting requirement. • If you amend this Certificate you will need to look into whether ISAv has already entered British Columbia and act on that..... If ISAv is detected in British Columbia we can determine where it came from, who brought it here and who’s watch it came in on" Track the Cohen Inquiry online via http://www.cohencommission.ca/en/Schedule/ - the evidentiary hearings in Vancouver continue until 8th July when there is a summer recess until 18th August (the aquaculture hearings are expected to start on 25th August and run until 9th September). For more details see: http://www.salmonaresacred.org/cohen-commission And follow via Facebook's "Salmon Inquiry - Cohen Commission Watch <http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=113025692098919&ref=ts> ".
