A FF anywhere is still a FF.
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You sound like Don Staniford when you speak like that.
BC has it's own specific advantages and challenges when it comes to salmon aquaculture.
Right now the scientific community is still working on identifying the natural influencing factors in wild salmon population fluctuations, and is pretty far away (IMHO) from actually pointing to an accurate number when it comes to what salmon farms might impact either way.
The continued insular thinking by those who oppose the practice is predominately based on speculative, fill-in-the-blanks studies which only serve to provide peer reviewed fodder full of "may" "might" "could" weasel words which completely invalidate their findings.
As Dr. Beamish pointed out - that is part of science, and the rebuttals crafted in response to such papers clearly point out where the plot falls apart.
I am quite confident that current projects aimed at fish health matters and farmed/wild interactions will support what seems to be clear, at least anecdotally, which is healthy farmed salmon pose little risk to wild populations - and through effective management from the aquaculture side, those criteria can be achieved.
As I've pointed out before elsewhere - if there actually was a time when salmon aquaculture had a % mortality on wild salmon populations identified and supported by observation, it would then have to be compared to other impacts like the survival of released wild Coho and undersize Chinook by fishermen.
That's a double edged sword, and I have a hard time believing that whatever measurable impact aquaculture might have will rank higher than many common practices with grandfathered in "Social License".