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Wild salmon inquiry nearing completion

Environmental groups in British Columbia have already placed their bets on the findings of a commission established to look into the wild fluctuations of returning sockeye salmon to the Fraser River- unfortunately, they may be missing the boat
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, September 25, 2012

http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=95862

 
Canada Leads the World in Fisheries Research

September 27, 2012
OTTAWA – The Honourable Keith Ashfield, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement:
“It is an honour that Canada has been recognized as the world leader in fisheries research by top researchers around the world in the Council of Canadian Academies report: The State of Science and Technology in Canada, 2012. This report confirms what has been acknowledged by many – Canada’s fisheries science is the best in the world.

http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/statement-declarations/2012/20120927-eng.htm


Alexandra Morton’s Heartland Institute

Salmon Farm Science, September 26, 2012
We were glad to see that Alexandra Morton took our idle musings seriously and is now sampling wild salmon in earnest.
In fact, she’s so serious about it she wants to start her own lab because she doesn’t trust the evil government-sponsored labs.
…And who knows, some good data may actually come out of this. That is, if the army of brainwashed salmon farm-hating cultists she is enlisting can be trusted to take proper scientific samples, document everything properly, follow a proper chain of custody and ensure samples are not contaminated, and that sample sizes are meaningful (i.e. one fish from some spawning back-channel hardly provides any useful information indicative of any trends).

http://salmonfarmscience.com/2012/09/26/alexandra-mortons-heartland-institute/


Alaska harvests half the number of salmon as Norway

Canada: And the Alaskan fish are only half the size and worth just over one third of the price received for a kilo of farmed Atlantic salmon
Odd Grydeland,FishfarmingXpert, Septermber 26, 2012
Critics of the farmed salmon industry often attempt to perpetuate the myth that “wild” salmon is much better than farmed fish, and therefore they command a premium price. Not so, says the numbers from the Alaska Department of Fish & Game and the Norwegian Seafood Export Council. While there is no doubt that the average ex-vessel price for Alaskan salmon- much of which start its life in a hatchery being raised on a diet developed for the conventional salmon farming industry- has been going up in recent years, the average price is still less than US$2.- (~€1.38) per kilo (2011 figures)

http://www.fishfarmingxpert.com/index.php?page_id=76&article_id=95880

[Novabonker]

[chris gadsden]

http://www.stuff.co.nz/marlborough-express/news/7787331/Farms-will-scar-Sounds

[chris gadsden]

MARINE HARVEST earnings drop 85%.... operations in Canada having a particularly tough time. Earnings per share dropping - SO if the shareholders aren't having a good time, and it is not about jobs as Marine Harvest told us they fired people on the North Island trying to reverse this downward plunge WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Why are we threatening wild salmon with the disease of an industry that is failing? It is up to us on this facebook page to inform government this Emperor has no clothes and we are tired of being bullied by it. We want wild salmon, Lobsters, herring! We are it, we are the last line of defense, I don't see anyone else on this. Print out the red sign, and post it EVERYWHERE. There are no losers here. A coast with wild fish is all about jobs and a thriving LOCAL economy. And those shareholders will be fine. We don't have to sacrifice our homes to fill theirs with trinkets.


From Alex

[chris gadsden]

http://www.vancouversun.com/travel/Robert+Bateman+wildlife+painting+salmon+naturalism/7369380/story.html

[curious]

WHY ARE WE DOING THIS? Why are we threatening wild salmon with the disease of an industry that is failing?
 A coast with wild fish is all about jobs and a thriving LOCAL economy. And those shareholders will be fine. We don't have to sacrifice our homes to fill theirs with trinkets.


From Alex

Maybe to privatize the profits and socialize the losses.

 John Fredriksen, reportedly the largest Marine Harvest shareholder, can likely see the loss of wild salmon will continue if feedlots are allowed in the same areas. Maybe his oil drilling platforms and LNG carriers will be working on the coast here, anyways he is well positioned to benefit financially and very influential.

"In consideration for this option agreement with LNG Partners, GOLAR will receive certain preferential rights to participate with LNG Partners in the Douglas Channel LNG Project, either through investment in infrastructure, provision of suitable export vessels, or LNG off-take.
Golar LNG Limited"s Chairman John Fredriksen commented " We are excited to support the Douglas Channel LNG Project in it's efforts to reach Final Investment Decision and believe that the venture has a great opportunity to becoming North America's First LNG Export Project in over 40 years".

GOLAR LNG Limited
Hamilton, Bermuda
October 10, 2012

http://investorvillage.com/smbd.asp?mb=16645&mn=4586&pt=msg&mid=12189955  

[chris gadsden]

http://www.ptleader.com/main.asp?SectionID=36&SubSectionID=55&ArticleID=32295

[chris gadsden]

http://www.facebook.com/groups/111365508874859/permalink/508883269123079/

[chris gadsden]

http://www.scotsman.com/news/environment/parasite-kills-hundreds-of-tonnes-of-fish-across-the-western-isles-1-2572428

[chris gadsden]

http://donstaniford.typepad.com/my-blog/2012/10/daily-mail-on-scottish-salmon-farming-.html