Whole in the Water
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That's what makes politics a tricky endeavor. Too bad if it may be a hard choice! Political parties need to take a stand on this issue like all the other important issues. We need leaders, not wafflers!
Aquaculture improving?..The Fish Farm Thread
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Here's the PSF's take on it:
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Statement: Open-Net Pen Aquaculture Transition | Pacific Salmon Foundation
On behalf of Michael Meneer, President & CEO, Pacific Salmon Foundation June 19, 2024 Today, the Government of Canada has made an important decision to end open-net pen aquaculture in B.C.’s coastal waters within the next five years, following through on a promise made by the Prime Minister in...
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Whole in the Water
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Some good news on the lard based salmon farming front - more power to them! The sooner we get the poluuting, disease spreading net pen farms out of the ocean and onto land the better!!!
https://chekplus.ca/m/NsOLgik7/way-...-fish-farm-near-port-mcneill-called-a-success
‘Way of the future’: Land-based fish farm near Port McNeill called a success
by Dean Stoltz September 16, 2024 6:25 pm
On a piece of land near Port McNeill, well away from ocean waters, an American company is raising steelhead trout and says it’s economically viable to do so.
“It’s an economical business to run, and our ownership group is happy with the results at this time, and with the change to steelhead, we actually believe we can maximize the output of the farm,” general manager Kody Smith told CHEK News.
The Kuterra farm was originally opened in 2013 by the Namgis First Nation to raise Atlantic salmon, but the small size of the operation, along with the trial and error nature of being the first land-based farm in North America, made it hard to make any money.
The Namgis have now been leasing the land to Whole Oceans, based in Iowa, since 2019.
Difficulty getting Atlantic salmon smolts resulted in the switch to steelhead last year.
“Well, on a piece count basis, there’s probably somewhere in the hundred to 110,000 fish per year roughly. We’re targeting roughly 300 metric times of production,” Smith added.
He says that’s far less than the tens of thousands of tons produced by open-net farms, but there is high demand for Kuterra fish, and it’s all sold in B.C.
Fish are harvested when they are a little over two kilograms (about 4.5 pounds), and there are three cycles of fish every year.
“B.C. it’s a more costly venture, but you know it’s doable and safer for the environment to have them on land, and we have proven that here,” said Namgis Chief elected councillor Victor Isaac.
“I absolutely believe it’s the way of the future,” said past Chief Don Svanvik.
“They’re in China. They’re in Japan. They’re all over Europe, and I think there’s even one in Saudi Arabia.”
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It cost $10 million to build the small operation in 2013, half of which was paid for by taxpayers.
Larger scale farms that would be needed for a full transition to land from open net farms could be cost prohibitive.
Kuterra says it works at reducing hydro costs all the time, and freshwater is also a challenge.
“We do use electricity and we use freshwater that comes from our aquifer here. We do replenish that aquifer with our clean and treated water, and for cleaning the water, we use mechanical filtration as well as biological filtration, and then we need to make sure we are happy and healthy,” said Kuterra.
The waste from the fish is used by a third party to make fertilizer.
Growers are waiting for the federal government to release a transition plan for aquaculture companies.
The Liberal government has given fish farmers a five-year extension on their open-net fish farms but says they have to be out of the water in 2029.
It’s hoped that the transition plan, which was promised by the end of July, will detail how that will work.
https://chekplus.ca/m/NsOLgik7/way-...-fish-farm-near-port-mcneill-called-a-success
‘Way of the future’: Land-based fish farm near Port McNeill called a success
by Dean Stoltz September 16, 2024 6:25 pm
On a piece of land near Port McNeill, well away from ocean waters, an American company is raising steelhead trout and says it’s economically viable to do so.
“It’s an economical business to run, and our ownership group is happy with the results at this time, and with the change to steelhead, we actually believe we can maximize the output of the farm,” general manager Kody Smith told CHEK News.
The Kuterra farm was originally opened in 2013 by the Namgis First Nation to raise Atlantic salmon, but the small size of the operation, along with the trial and error nature of being the first land-based farm in North America, made it hard to make any money.
The Namgis have now been leasing the land to Whole Oceans, based in Iowa, since 2019.
Difficulty getting Atlantic salmon smolts resulted in the switch to steelhead last year.
“Well, on a piece count basis, there’s probably somewhere in the hundred to 110,000 fish per year roughly. We’re targeting roughly 300 metric times of production,” Smith added.
He says that’s far less than the tens of thousands of tons produced by open-net farms, but there is high demand for Kuterra fish, and it’s all sold in B.C.
Fish are harvested when they are a little over two kilograms (about 4.5 pounds), and there are three cycles of fish every year.
“B.C. it’s a more costly venture, but you know it’s doable and safer for the environment to have them on land, and we have proven that here,” said Namgis Chief elected councillor Victor Isaac.
“I absolutely believe it’s the way of the future,” said past Chief Don Svanvik.
“They’re in China. They’re in Japan. They’re all over Europe, and I think there’s even one in Saudi Arabia.”
Story continues below
It cost $10 million to build the small operation in 2013, half of which was paid for by taxpayers.
Larger scale farms that would be needed for a full transition to land from open net farms could be cost prohibitive.
Kuterra says it works at reducing hydro costs all the time, and freshwater is also a challenge.
“We do use electricity and we use freshwater that comes from our aquifer here. We do replenish that aquifer with our clean and treated water, and for cleaning the water, we use mechanical filtration as well as biological filtration, and then we need to make sure we are happy and healthy,” said Kuterra.
The waste from the fish is used by a third party to make fertilizer.
Growers are waiting for the federal government to release a transition plan for aquaculture companies.
The Liberal government has given fish farmers a five-year extension on their open-net fish farms but says they have to be out of the water in 2029.
It’s hoped that the transition plan, which was promised by the end of July, will detail how that will work.
When the conservatives get in that will get extended out another 10 years or cancelled outright.
Whole in the Water
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Pretty damn sad IMO that it doesn't seem to matter what political party is in power they just bow to the pressure from big corporate interests and the local people and environment we all need to live, gets screwed time and time again! 
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Whale researcher reports increased numbers of orcas, salmon near Alert Bay
Remote research station captures massive wild salmon migration on whale cameras
www.campbellrivermirror.com
SpringFever552
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Whale researcher reports increased numbers of orcas, salmon near Alert Bay
Remote research station captures massive wild salmon migration on whale cameras
Nice ,so @wildmanyeah was bang on with his prediction
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Whale researcher reports increased numbers of orcas, salmon near Alert Bay
Remote research station captures massive wild salmon migration on whale cameras
maybe that’s where all the tyees ended up in the belly of whales
Well I got one out front of SH and quite a few others. Best fishing in years.
More coho’s around too. Haven’t seen that many coho’s since the 80’s.
Two years in a row doesn’t make a trend so we will wait and see how the next few come in.
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
I was talking about Campbell river where they said there is more whales around
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Vancouver started getting way more tyee s
After they put in the rec restrictions a few years ago,
No doubt everyone else having to release chinook over 80 has helped the local Vancouver fishery
Port alberni, Campbell river tyee pool seem to be a different story this year
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Almost no commercial trolling and very short seasons for rec fishing. If there is no uptick in fish numbers now (springs and coho) there never will be. Those runs that are targeted by in river fisheries (early stuart sockeye for instance) will never see significant improvements IMO.
Well the article I referenced didn’t mention Campbell River but maybe that is where all those fish they saw on the video were headed.
The fish I caught and actually kept were very fresh so I don’t think they were plus 80 releases that were just hanging around the mouth of the Fraser. We had some heavy rain late in August that surely sent some on their way and when the September fishery opened they were quite fresh.
See what the next couple of years brings and maybe it will sway a few of the Pro Open Net Farmers to recognize the ability of the Salmon to flourish in the Farms absence.
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
Fair enough said it alerts bay, that area and port McNeil, port Hardy all area with similar stocks of fish and where NRKW hang out
We’re in the most restrictive harvest regime the west coast salmon have ever been under.
God I hope they continue to do well
When was the last year that a commercial trolling coho fishery was allowed in the Georgia Straight? It’s probably been at least 3 decades.
Wild salmon migration routes influence sea lice infestations: An agent-based model predicting farm-related infestations on juvenile salmon
This study presents an Agent-Based Model (ABM) simulation to assess the impact of varying migration routes on sea lice (Caligus clemensi) infestation levels in juvenile wild sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Discovery Islands, British Columbia, Canada. This research highlights the...
cuttlefish
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Wow, only thirty years late.
Wild salmon migration routes influence sea lice infestations: An agent-based model predicting farm-related infestations on juvenile salmon
This study presents an Agent-Based Model (ABM) simulation to assess the impact of varying migration routes on sea lice (Caligus clemensi) infestation levels in juvenile wild sockeye salmon (Oncorhynchus nerka) in the Discovery Islands, British Columbia, Canada. This research highlights the...journals.plos.org
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