One other thing that came along in the 1990's that you forgot to mention.Or one could say that chinook populations in the Salish Sea have stabilized since the 1990's in response to shifting ocean productivity. The chart in their article is quite misleading....I could easily draw a stable straight line in Chinook abundance since 1990.
There's been a large shift in ocean productivity inside the Salish Sea, and pre-1990's we had high periods of productivity, including significant population of eulachons - a major prey source for Chinook and other salmon. They are now almost all gone, making other prey species such as herring and krill even more important. Coho almost completely disappeared inside the Salish Sea after 1992, in response to changes within ocean conditions.
Abundance of herring in the Salish Sea increased remarkably in most recent times, and in 2019 we noticed a marked increase in Salish Sea Chinook populations. Not too surprising, given prey abundance for Chinook. Unfortunately, it appears herring are now on the decrease...hoping that isn't going to impact salmon abundance.,
Press Release by Mainstream Canada: “Thousands of tests have shown that there is no ISA virus in B.C. salmon, farmed or wild… “As the chief veterinarian of B.C. said today, it defies logic and common sense to assume that a few samples taken at random from the coast would indicate the presence of ISA when thousands of controlled tests of good-quality samples indicate no such thing,” said Dr. Peter McKenzie, Mainstream Canada’s fish health manager and professional veterinarian.
Since 2003, farmed salmon in B.C. have been tested by regulators for the ISA virus. Nearly 5,000 farmed salmon have been tested, and all were negative for the virus. Wild fish are also tested for the virus. In 2011 alone, nearly 1,200 samples of farmed and wild fish have been tested for the virus and have all come back negative. As well, in reaction to recent speculation that ISA might be in B.C. these 1,200 samples were retested by the B.C. Animal Health Centre and again showed no sign of the virus.
However, for weeks, while the CFIA conducted its investigation, the world was whipped into a frenzy through the malicious activities of a small group of anti-salmon farming activists, the same group who submitted the samples for testing. These activists have made it clear their mission is to shut down the B.C. salmon farming industry, at any cost. The activists’ approach was emotional, fear-driven and ignored any good science which disagreed with their pre-conceived conclusions.”. Mainstream Canada press release 2011-11-08
YesAre you 100% sure that "there is no ISA virus in B.C. salmon, farmed or wild…" as stated in your post?
And are you 100% sure Dave that these diseases released onto wild stocks are having no effects? I'd like to see that data from a credible science source verses the BCSFA or industry new releases. They have a rather obvious conflict of interest in having this headache go far, far away...
And are you 100% sure Dave that these diseases released onto wild stocks are having no effects? I'd like to see that data from a credible science source verses the BCSFA or industry new releases. They have a rather obvious conflict of interest in having this headache go far, far away...
Agent, do you need to be reminded again that finding a virus does not necessarily indicate presence of disease? An example of this are Fraser sockeye, known carriers of IHNv.
The thing is you do know this, yet you throw it there, much like Almo does.
Your'e no better than her.