They actually knew about this years ago, not just this past spring. I know the filmer and heard him talking about it in 2012.
Don't need to name call but lets pretend the government followed the advice of all the eco-warriors on this site and closed all fish farms down. Since consumers still want salmon, where do they get it? I guess we will have to give more allocation to the commercial fleet and cut back all our sport quota's to one salmon a day. Oh wait, now all the fishing lodges and guides are struggling to get clients who need to shell out $4K to catch 2 salmon. I guess they need to get a new job. We can't argue the case that the Canadian who buys his salmon from safeway has less rights to the resource then the sporty who goes out and catches it. Alas, everyone is now losing. Fish farms lose, commercial fisherman lose, sporty's lose, first nations lose and consumers lose. This is not a solution.
Personally, I am all for fish farms because they take pressure off of the wild stocks. I am also for the farms to be operated safely and sustain-ably so they don't harm the wild stocks. Farmed salmon has been proven to be a healthy product that tastes great and is well accepted by consumers. Rather than make assumptions about a video, lets take a deep breath, ask our government to investigate to ensure the plant is operating under proper procedures, and if there is a gap in how the operations are preformed, lets address the issue and have it fixed. The video looks gross, but I am not sure it means a damn thing.
Don't need to name call but lets pretend the government followed the advice of all the eco-warriors on this site and closed all fish farms down. Since consumers still want salmon, where do they get it? I guess we will have to give more allocation to the commercial fleet and cut back all our sport quota's to one salmon a day. Oh wait, now all the fishing lodges and guides are struggling to get clients who need to shell out $4K to catch 2 salmon. I guess they need to get a new job. We can't argue the case that the Canadian who buys his salmon from safeway has less rights to the resource then the sporty who goes out and catches it. Alas, everyone is now losing. Fish farms lose, commercial fisherman lose, sporty's lose, first nations lose and consumers lose. This is not a solution.
Personally, I am all for fish farms because they take pressure off of the wild stocks. I am also for the farms to be operated safely and sustain-ably so they don't harm the wild stocks. Farmed salmon has been proven to be a healthy product that tastes great and is well accepted by consumers. Rather than make assumptions about a video, lets take a deep breath, ask our government to investigate to ensure the plant is operating under proper procedures, and if there is a gap in how the operations are preformed, lets address the issue and have it fixed. The video looks gross, but I am not sure it means a damn thing.
Bones's abscence on this thread says a lot even he can't defend this.Thanks for the post cuttlefish!!
well worth listening to.
I found it easier to start on 280085
No doubt PVR is present in Fish Farms Atlantic salmon!
The question is.... is our Government prepared to deal with the problem, which is a REAL threat to the survival of our wild salmon.
In the end the question is not are Fish Farms killing wild salmon with their sea lice and disease, but how many are they killing...10%, 30% 60% or more???
As Bones has said many times "where is the proof" of dead wild salmon.
We have seen dead Fish Farm Atlantic's though
The ED of the BCSFA tried to deflect saying he doesn't see the samples show where the PRV came from - discharge pipe or open ocean. I think that defelction would be pretty easy to debunk and I'm glad to see the provincial and federal regulators are taking this seriously.Bones's abscence on this thread says a lot even he can't defend this.
I'm assuming he is waiting for the PR machine employed by the BCSFA to puke out it's spin on this so he can cut and paste. They are likely in a boardroom discussing strategy right now...Bones's abscence on this thread says a lot even he can't defend this.
Is this how we treat wild salmon? Farmed fish ‘bloodwater’ discharged into salmon migratory route
WCEL
https://www.wcel.org/blog/how-we-tr...-bloodwater-discharged-salmon-migratory-route
"Nothing to see here, folks"...Can you remind us of Dr Mary’s previous statements concerning his non testing for PVR and HSMI.