Charlie
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So you think I should leave my job, where I raise fish for market which are consumed instead of wild salmon, and take a position in an industry which almost entirely derives its income from the death of wild salmon - to help wild salmon?
Brilliant.
Actually, the answer to leaving your job is yes. It is easier to find a job now, while you are still working than waiting until you get laid off, which is just a matter of time - unless you want to wait and leave with your company when they decide to pull-out of BC.
You really don’t understand the Pacific salmon industry, do you? That industry “entirely” derives its income from the death of wild salmon – and certainly does help wild salmon, including hatchery production (if done right) and just might be more “Brilliant” than staying in that cesspool of a job you're currently in.
For all the "appalled" people out there, there seems to be a distinct lack of professional fish pathologists, virologists and otherwise trained experts who share the same view.
As for the "guaranteed income" - I'd love to see some evidence of it, it's been tossed around a lot lately but I have yet to see anyone show the numbers.
There are actually more “peer reviewed” studies from distinct professional fish pathologists, virologists and otherwise trained experts who share the same views, than that of your very few industry bias individuals including that one you posted from Dr. Marty, who didn't refer to any science and just gave a “in my professional opinion.” Without even getting into the disease debate, what do all those other peer reviewed studies conclude:
- Atlantic salmon farming is NOT sustainable
- “open net pen” salmon farming is harmful to the environment
You go to any “credible” environmental organization, not associated with your industry and see the same thing over and over. There really are probably 30 or so that now focus on ocean sustainability pretty much every one of them will tell you that wild salmon from Alaska is a best choice. The “open net pen” farmed salmon is in the red category – avoid. The reasons YOU are on that “avoid” actually has nothing to do with transmitting diseases to wild salmon. Just to give you a few reasons to find another job now is;
Environment:
- All the excess food going out in the environment – everything they don’t eat dropping right through those pens,
- all the pesticides going out in the environment, especially “SLICE” dropping right through those pens, and killing any/all Crustaceans – crabs, clams, oysters, etc in the area,
- all the antibiotics going out in the environment
- all their waste dropping right to that sea floor
- and then those good ole Atlantic salmon escapes, who have established in BC rivers
Currently - Non-sustainable. That 1.2:1 ratio is BS… that is highly concentrated fishmeal and oil and still takes:
- approximately five (5) pounds wild fish to grow one (1) farmed Atlantic.
Then you have the fats, minerals, vitamins, and micronutrients from the:
- artificial feed diet
- artificial coloring
- grain products of corn, soy, which a lot of if not all is genetically modified
- feather meal
- chicken meal
Let’s not forget, research consistently demonstrates that Natural Astaxanthin outperforms Synthetic Astaxanthin in all of its antioxidant and biological functions. The Synthetic Astaxanthin used in your fish food is from mushrooms, which is actually not even approved for humans, but it’s okay to feed it to fish that humans consume?
- Farmed salmon contains Synthetic Astaxanthin
Now how about that farmed salmon PR “hype”? Is their “farmed” salmon omega-3s really as good for you as they claim? I’ll answer that for you – it is NOT! You actually have good omega-3s and BAD omega-6s. It takes eating more of the good omega-3s to balance those bad omega-6s and that is NEVER going to happen eating “farmed” Atlantic salmon. With that increased grain-based diet the industry is bragging so much and hard about for sustainability, they forget to inform that also changes the fat ratio very remarkably in those farmed salmon. Check it out, as the approximately ratio is now one (1) omega-3s to one (1) omega-6s. There are “NO” omega-3s left to balance any of the bad omega-6s. BTW… Wild sockeye salmon have between six (6) - nine (9) omega-3s to one (1) one omega-6s, so you have:
- more omega-6s in farmed salmon
- less omega-3s
Last and most important is fish lot PR hype of what the Cohen Commission REALY stated. He was clear that “CANADA” has NOT “COMPLETED” any studies concerning transfer of disease to the “FRASER RIVER SOCKEYE” - ONLY! The Commission was not asked to address the industry as a whole and he did not.
There is quite a few peer reviewed studies concerning the transfer of diseases to and from wild populations. Just start looking! Once you start looking, you might also want to ask Chile how they are dealing with ISA that was transferred to their river stocks? Bet they tell you - IT’S BACK!!!
The government of Canada has openly stated “there is no value in the Pacific salmon;” Canada allowed those “open net pen” Norwegian companies into BC, against the their own scientific advice, for one thing and one thing only – GDP (MONEY)!
Think about this… the U.S. set back and did nothing on the east coast and ended up with ISA over there. Do you really believe Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and Idaho will let the U.S. set back and do nothing IF Norwegian ISA is ever confirmed in BC? So, the final and last reason to start looking for a new job:
- Your - NORWEGIAN EXOTIC DISEASES!!!!
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