The Fraser river Sockeye Disaster of 09
It's no secret anymore that all along the south/mid coast certain
wild salmon runs have been devastated as a direct result of current
Fish farming practices(Fraser river Sockeye disaster). These Atlantic
salmon fish farms are completely non sustainable for the earth and DO
NOT offer a better way to feed people. If you want to save wild salmon
please don't eat farmed salmon. It's deceptively labelled sometimes as
'BC salmon' but you can be assured that if you buy Sockeye, Pink, Chum
then it's wild! and healthy. Farmed salmon have 2-3 times the fat along
with PCB's, nerve toxins and antibiotics. Years of scientific research
has concluded that in areas shared by fish farms and migrating
juvenille wild salmon(Fraser river salmon and Sockeye too) there is a
mortality rate that often exceed 80%!! Don't even think for a minute
that 'global warming' is the problem because recent scientific data
shows that water temperatures/conditions and food supplies in the
Pacific Northwest are at ideal conditions for salmon and are predicted
to be that way for the next decade or longer. The problem is the
juvenilles are being decimated by sea lice infestations from fish farms
plus the many diseases that are outbreaking from these death
factories!! They dont make it past the farms to reach the food where
they can grow and return to their rivers. Worldwide Scientists and
accredited professionals are all posting the warnings that the Fish
farm industry needs to change it's ways or most Southwest BC wild
salmon stocks could be extinct in 10 years or less. There are still
however a lot of very corrupt people in high places who are acting as
if they are getting paid by the Fish farm industry and spewing all
kinds of lies that goes against every properly researched scientific
report out there and there are hundreds of these reports.
Check out this SHORT VIDEO:
http://www.callingfromthecoast.com/
made by our friends at 'Calling from the Coast' featuring
Alexandra Morton who has spent years researching how fish farms are
killing wild Pacific Salmon.
The best thing people can do is:
Don't buy farmed salmon, commonly found in Sushi and many
restaurants. And remember that people change the world all the time, so
we can easily win this.
If you want more info check out our website, call or email me and I'll send an info kit.
The problem with Salmon farming along British Columbia's coast
Posted: 09/20/2009