tincan
Well-Known Member
Yes! another nail in the open net-pen fish farm coffin. The more this industry is looked at the more we learn of it's destructive behaviour and deceitful practices.
Open net-pen industry and apologists have made a lot of false claims over the years and one by one they are being proven as lies
ie.
"Fish farms don't pollute" - Actually, ya they do. And in a lot of ways
"Sea lice aren't a big issue" - they are a huge issue!! Industry spends a fortune trying to deal with this issue
"Even if lice are present in big numbers, there's no pathogen/virus issues to worry about" - Wrong again, these lice do carry and transfer pathogens to other farmed and wild fish
"HSMI doesn't exist and if it does it's not caused by PRV" - It does exist. It is caused by PRV. Ask Kristi Miller or Brian Riddell.
"There are no diseases in our fish" - SSHI has detected many new pathogens and virus that have never before been discovered, in addition to detecting PRV, HSMI and many other known and potentially fatal pathogens
"Even if there are diseases we deal with them and they don't transfer to wild fish" - See the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative findings to see proof otherwise
"Farmed atlantic salmon don't eat wild fish" Except when video catches them eating juvenile salmon and other wild species
All of these false claims (and many more) have been proved wrong by scientific researchers doing what they do. I can't help but be reminded of the 'god of the gaps' analogy that Neil Tyson references below
The fish farming industry in BC as we know is finally slowly but surely running out of excuses for existing as more and more research continues to be done. One nail a time this industry will hopefully be buried soon and moved on land. The feed will still be an issue once on land but a lot of the pollution/disease issues will be mitigated. It's been a good free ride for them for too long.
Open net-pen industry and apologists have made a lot of false claims over the years and one by one they are being proven as lies
ie.
"Fish farms don't pollute" - Actually, ya they do. And in a lot of ways
"Sea lice aren't a big issue" - they are a huge issue!! Industry spends a fortune trying to deal with this issue
"Even if lice are present in big numbers, there's no pathogen/virus issues to worry about" - Wrong again, these lice do carry and transfer pathogens to other farmed and wild fish
"HSMI doesn't exist and if it does it's not caused by PRV" - It does exist. It is caused by PRV. Ask Kristi Miller or Brian Riddell.
"There are no diseases in our fish" - SSHI has detected many new pathogens and virus that have never before been discovered, in addition to detecting PRV, HSMI and many other known and potentially fatal pathogens
"Even if there are diseases we deal with them and they don't transfer to wild fish" - See the Strategic Salmon Health Initiative findings to see proof otherwise
"Farmed atlantic salmon don't eat wild fish" Except when video catches them eating juvenile salmon and other wild species
All of these false claims (and many more) have been proved wrong by scientific researchers doing what they do. I can't help but be reminded of the 'god of the gaps' analogy that Neil Tyson references below
The fish farming industry in BC as we know is finally slowly but surely running out of excuses for existing as more and more research continues to be done. One nail a time this industry will hopefully be buried soon and moved on land. The feed will still be an issue once on land but a lot of the pollution/disease issues will be mitigated. It's been a good free ride for them for too long.
Coalition calls for end to open-pen salmon farming in B.C. by 2025
Wild First wants transition to land-based aquaculture
Rafferty Baker · CBC News · Posted: Apr 27, 2018
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/briti...-for-end-of-open-pen-salmon-farming-1.4637585
