So what? While the empirical data for direct  disease transmission has been less than convincing it has proven meaningless to policy decisions to restrict or eliminate open net farming. Just the risk of it alone has been enough curtail or even remove them. It's something neither you or the industry as a whole has been able to grasp.

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Norway became a global salmon behemoth. Now it's facing the consequences:

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/how-norway-s-salmon-industry-became-a-global-behemoth/106949872

Norway which created the international salmon farming industry and has regarded it as the 'new oil', is now facing intense debate as to how far the industry can grow. The negative effects sounds not surprising like the debates in BC. The big question is how many net operations can be put in one fiord without
destroying it's ecology. Many fear a breaking point is now approaching.

Thanks for the background to his nickname.

My condolences on the loss of your friend.

I knew Tom well and  I don't think he will be resting in peace ... he'll still be bitching somewhere about something, lol!

He told me a funny story of how he slipped and fell on the trail behind the On the Way store in his later years. He was walking into the wing dam run to fish for steelhead. He couldn’t get up after falling! He lay on his back for about 2 hours before another angler came by and helped him to his feet. Lol.

How did Toothpick Tom get his nickname?

He was always had a toothpick in his mouth and he could talk perfectly with it hanging out of his mouth! Lol!

How did Toothpick Tom get his nickname?

When Tom stopped smoking he started chewing on toothpicks ...

How did Toothpick Tom get his nickname?