Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => Fishing-related Issues & News => Topic started by: chris gadsden on December 11, 2013, 07:48:57 PM
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Hello
In the final weeks of 2013, I finally heard back from the CFIA. They never did retest my samples. The ramifications of this have not been fully assessed.
Whole Foods sells Norwegian farmed salmon, using guidelines that exceed WHO levels for some toxins.
In a short video I recap an incredible year and give you an idea of where I am headed.
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton
Thank you for your encouragement, ideas and support. Please let me know if you want me to continue.
It has been an incredible year,
Alexandra Morton
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What? Alex wants more money? Right ...;D
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Thanks for the link Chris.
It's a worthwhile video to watch. While it may be somewhat alarmist, I don't see anyone else taking government to task.
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Bullying tactics :)
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=675
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Bullying tactics :)
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=675
And that link leads to bull$*%ing tactics........ ::)
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Alexandra Morton
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Senate To Probe Fish Farms
The Senate is commissioning an 18-month study of fish farming amid industry complaints a “patchwork” of regulations is hurting the trade.
Senators voted to conduct a national probe of aquaculture of all seafood and fish species currently regulated by the Fisheries Act.
“We have heard from the industry they want a separate, stand-alone Aquaculture Act and there is some merit in that,” said Senator David Wells of Newfoundland & Labrador, a Conservative delegate to the Senate fisheries committee.
“We know the aquaculture industry does answer to a number of departments – fisheries, agriculture, Health Canada – and there’s merit in considering whether to streamline those regulations,” Wells said in an interview. “Regulation is an evolving science.”
A motion passed by the Senate would see the fisheries committee “examine and report on the regulation of aquaculture, current challenges and future prospects”, with a final report due by June 30, 2015.
The vote came as an industry group, the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance, blamed ad hoc regulations for stagnant sales.
“It is a farming industry; we’re not fishing,” said Ruth Salmon, executive director; “We happen to do it in the water but the activity is the same thing as any other terrestrial farming.”
Salmon, testifying before the Commons agriculture committee, estimated Canada’s share of the global farmed fish market has fallen 40 percent over the past decade: “Canada only now accounts for 0.2 percent of global aquaculture production and this stagnation has taken place while other producers in New Zealand, Norway, Scotland and Chile have raced ahead.”
“Why have we flat-lined?” Salmon continued. “The principle challenge confronting our sector is the complicated set of regulations that restrict growth and limit investment”; “As a result of this patchwork approach, many of these policies and regulations are reactive and inefficient. Together they create an overarching policy framework that retards competitiveness, obscures certainty and stall growth.”
Fish and seafood farming is worth $2.1 billion annually with a payroll of 14,500 nationwide, by industry estimate.
MP Mark Eyking, a former Liberal parliamentary secretary for trade, told the committee he knew of constituents who faced difficulty in importing oyster seed from the United States due to conflicting regulations.
“It’s been just brutal, the regulations,” said Eyking, MP for Sydney-Victoria, N.S.; “It just doesn’t seem like the government is changing”; “It’s stuck in this rut with old regulations from way back.”
The Fisheries Act dates from Confederation-era legislation
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Bullying tactics :)
http://blog.farmfreshsalmon.org/?p=675
It looks like some 10 year old is writing for them Bawb.
"We get it. Alexandra Morton and her small group of computer soldiers don’t like farmed foods. Well, actually, they only dislike farmed seafood. Well, actually, they just hate farmed salmon."
Really? Maybe your just making that up junior. Maybe people don't like "bad" farming practices.
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http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/10_reasons_not_to_eat_far/
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Hello
It is with disbelief and horror that I write to tell you I just learned the Prime Minister of Canada has quietly opened the door to a major expansion of B.C.fish farms sector despite warnings by the 2012 Cohen Commission about the effects of net-based farms on wild salmon. No press release, just snuck this out the door.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/national/Canadian+federal+government+opens+door+more+fish+farms/9392417/story.html#ixzz2qXhVuANq
98% of salmon farms in BC are owned by Norwegian companies - this is not about the people of BC. I think the Prime Minister of Canada is suffering from mental illness. This is not Canada.
I am writing to ask you to respond to this, stand up and make it clear to the markets that pay the three Norwegian companies in BC for these Atlantic salmon that this is not OK with you.
I just received a press release asking me to stand in front of a Superstore, any Superstore this Saturday and educate the public about farmed salmon.
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/10_reasons_not_to_eat_far/
And so I am passing this media advisory on to you. If it does not come through please visit my blog.
I can promise you this - we are facing something very, very big. This requires everyone who understands to speak to the markets who fuel this madness
I ask that you show up, be peaceful in honour of who we are and don't let this happen to the coast of British Columbia.
alexandramorton.typepad.com
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Ms Morton thinks the Prime Minister is suffering from a mental illness? Interesting accusation from an individual that appears to have similar challenges with reality.
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They are both megalomaniacs.
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Next election-- Harper is GONE
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http://aptn.ca/news/2014/01/21/idle-protestors-take-message-unique-venue/
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http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/
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Next election-- Harper is GONE
And sadly nothing will likely change :P
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7cxw7CRh69w&feature=share&list=UU_4LtEFjHj-ulBHuoq6COmQ