Fish farming endangers wild salmon
June 9, 2009 by CVNews
Filed under BC news, Canada government, Environment, Nature
Male and female sockeye salmon. Sockeye is one of five main commercial salmon species in British Columbia. (Photo: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)
Message from Alexandra Morton in Norway, disease and sea lice are not under control in Norwegian salmon farms and BC stands to lose all.
I have been in Norway for 10 days because 92% of fish farming in British Columbia is Norwegian owned. I have met with many Norwegian scientists, members of the Mainstream and Marine Harvest boards, been to their AGMs, toured the area with fishermen, examined a closed-containment facility, met the Norwegians fighting for their fish and joined a scientific cruise. [Read more]
