Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: DragonSpeed on April 11, 2005, 05:10:04 PM
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From the Book of Joe (http://www.bookofjoe.com/2005/04/salmon_fraud_fa.html):
In a story in the New York Times, it has been exposed that 23 of 25 fish sellers were marketing FARMED salmon as Wild!
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The best part was the quote from the wholesaler "100% of Canadian Wild Fish are farmed"!
LMAO!!!
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Yeah.... ::) The excuses were classic. "He must have sent me the wrong ones this time" LOL!
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"They must have taken them from the wrong pile in the back"! ;D
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I also can't believe that this topic hasn't generated more discussion here. :(
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Too bad they won't take our "wild" cattle!!! Maybe we could sent them some wild Hot House Tomatoes. I just picked up some wild lettuce from Mexico at the store on the way home. It sure is better than the stuff we grow here in the Fraser Valley. This sounds like a good ol' American lawsuit comin' down the pike.
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Here's a thought. If 80% of North American Salmon consumed is Farmed, what happens if we stop farming salmon. The pressure on wild stocks might become untenable. :(
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Dillema...if the fish farms are creating an environment that destroys the wild stocks we will be left with only farmed fish. If wild stocks are over fished, we'll be left with only farmed fish.
Farmed fish is part of the answer to over population, but we must find a way of making it sustainable and affordable.
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Does it have to be "affordable"? Is it OK that there are cheap farms down in Chile which are destroying wild fish, and habitat down there? Can't farmed salmon simply become more expensive so that it is on par with operating costs of a more environmently friendly model? Should we be putting pressure on the Chilean government to enforce environmental standards at their fish farms so that they can't continue to undercut our pricing, and then a more environmentally sustainable model can be developed by all?
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If it's not afordable, people won't buy it. As for Chile, the answer is no, it's not OK. Yes we should put pressure on the Chilean Gov't both as a Gov't and as consumers. This is a world wide problem and it's not just in the fish industry. Look at the polution in all developing countries. Of course, most of the goods these countries produce are manufactured for and consumed by 1st world companies/consumers. Consumers need to be better educated on the goods they purchase but, they also have a responsibility to educate themselves. We want cheap, cheap, cheap, and we don't ask about the consiquences until it's too late.
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Is it OK that there are cheap farms down in Chile which are destroying wild fish, and habitat down there?
What wild fish? any runs of salmon in chile are escapee's from the farms.
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I think DS is refering to other spicies that salmonid. They have a real problem with native spicies like "Chilean Sea Bass" (not it's real name) they are now in danger of extintion.
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What wild fish? any runs of salmon in chile are escapee's from the farms.
Not quite true-Japanese stocked Spring Salmon in some Chilean rivers about 15 years ago and now they have naturally occurring runs.
Some Springs have recently been caught in a river in Argentina-they ran all the way up from the Pacific Chilean-can't remember the river's name.