Aquaculture improving?..The Fish Farm Thread
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wildmanyeah
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I had it at a sushi restaurant while I was on the island. It’s decent
wildmanyeah
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It tastes better then stocked trout
wildmanyeah
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Wonder what these taste like. Don.t think the would hold together for sushi but maybe a chowder slop.
Most of the salmon in sushi restaurants in Vancouver is farmed. Lots have a wild sockeye option but if you don’t specify your getting farmed.
Stephen Kowalski
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Good for you. I have tried it and all sorts of other farmed fish as well (even the open net ones but shhh!). They taste fine - are clean of toxins (dont tell Dr. Susukistein...) and are a source of healthy sustainable protein.
Had a discussion with an executive at Trout's Unlimited today - he asked me what the hell is going on with the BC salmon industry. In fact, he wanted to know if he should invest in a fishing lodge. Tough times - I told him his investment is about as solid as investing in a Canadian pipeline. ****. Had to screw over an islander who needs help. This is where we are headed. All the "anti" industry folks need to understand that the consequences of propaganda might shut down every farm, but won't fix the salmon problem. FF's will move if we screw them over - to other parts of the world that need the jobs and industry. Where in the world would FF's be more regulated and scrutinized than in Canada? Where would there be more indigineous employment in fish farms than in Canada? Where can posters or people or the press rage against an industry that has had government support than in Canada? Do you honestly think Dubai - or China or the US give a flying f*** about what is happening here? Tired of the debate....
Most people have eaten it Dave and didnt know it. Salmon barbecues at fishing derby's and hatchery events. Usually at fund raising events the salmon is sponsored.
ChinookExerciser
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I have a funny story on this topic, I was at Telegraph Cove this summer. I stop into the Killer Whale cafe for dinner. I have a burger but they have a salmon BBQ going on and place is packed. As im walking out on the side they have a bunch of those white styrofoam fish boxes stacked and right on the label Atlantic salmon (Mowi).
I chuckled, I bet everyone their eating had no idea.
No where on any of the signs did they advertised it was atlantic salmon and the place was packed with fishermen and ENGO hippy power sailer types.
Atlantic salmon farms in Puget Sound taken to court
https://www.kuow.org/stories/atlantic-salmon-farms-taken-to-court
https://www.kuow.org/stories/atlantic-salmon-farms-taken-to-court
ChinookExerciser
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B.C. First Nations and salmon farming industry anxious for Liberals to get back to work
https://aptnnews.ca/2019/11/23/b-c-...try-anxious-for-liberals-to-get-back-to-work/
NEWS FLASH LIBERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO CONSULT FIRST NATIONS ABOUT REMOVING FISH FARMS
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On Nov. 20, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Nova Scotia MP Bernadette Jordan as his new fisheries minister replacing Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson who was given the Environment and Climate Change portfolio.
The new parliament officially gets underway Dec. 5, with a speech from the throne and for people on the coast of British Columbia, it can’t come soon enough.
“There’s a lot at stake here and a lot of questions that need answered,” says Chief John Smith of Tlowitsis First Nation on East Vancouver Island.
During the federal election campaign, the Liberal’s promised to transition from open-net salmon farms to closed containment systems in B.C. by 2025.
The promise not only shocked the aquaculture industry, but also First Nations.
Smith says he immediately sent Trudeau a letter with his concerns, but hasn’t heard back."
“I was in Ottawa last year and thought we had a good understanding, but the government didn’t consult with us before their announcement,“ says Smith.
“I plan on going to Ottawa as soon as we can organize a meeting.”
https://aptnnews.ca/2019/11/23/b-c-...try-anxious-for-liberals-to-get-back-to-work/
NEWS FLASH LIBERAL GOVERNMENT FAILED TO CONSULT FIRST NATIONS ABOUT REMOVING FISH FARMS
"
On Nov. 20, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appointed Nova Scotia MP Bernadette Jordan as his new fisheries minister replacing Vancouver MP Jonathan Wilkinson who was given the Environment and Climate Change portfolio.
The new parliament officially gets underway Dec. 5, with a speech from the throne and for people on the coast of British Columbia, it can’t come soon enough.
“There’s a lot at stake here and a lot of questions that need answered,” says Chief John Smith of Tlowitsis First Nation on East Vancouver Island.
During the federal election campaign, the Liberal’s promised to transition from open-net salmon farms to closed containment systems in B.C. by 2025.
The promise not only shocked the aquaculture industry, but also First Nations.
Smith says he immediately sent Trudeau a letter with his concerns, but hasn’t heard back."
“I was in Ottawa last year and thought we had a good understanding, but the government didn’t consult with us before their announcement,“ says Smith.
“I plan on going to Ottawa as soon as we can organize a meeting.”
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
The government is in no doubt a sticky situation and has once again failed to consult First Nations.
Environmentalists push PM on B.C. salmon farms
https://globalnews.ca/video/6227421/environmentalists-push-pm-on-b-c-salmon-farms
https://globalnews.ca/video/6227421/environmentalists-push-pm-on-b-c-salmon-farms
wildmanyeah
Crew Member
It will be interesting if it ends up in the mandate letter and said wording if it does.
Cooke Aquaculture to pay $2.75 million, ending WFC lawsuit over net pen collapse
http://www.wildfishconservancy.org/...on-ending-wfc-lawsuit-over-net-pen-collapse-1
http://www.wildfishconservancy.org/...on-ending-wfc-lawsuit-over-net-pen-collapse-1
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