Alexandra Morton took pictures of herring covered in sea lice on July 18th, off of a dock near northern Vancouver Island. “There were thousands of herring, all of which were very young. Sea lice on herring this small (about 4cm long) were never reported before salmon farms arrived. These lice appear to be Caligus, which are also found on farm salmon.” According to Alex, the tiny herring must have passed through an area with a lot of adult lice- her educated guess is salmon farm feedlots.
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A number of grocers have recognized the controversy around open-net cage farmed salmon and have taken them off their shelves. Choices and IGA for example have stopped selling farmed salmon entirely. Whole Foods/Capers do not sell open-net cage farmed salmon in the Pacific Northwest. Where they do sell farmed salmon, they purchase it from a very specific farm in Norway that doesn’t sue antibiotics or chemical sea lice treatments. Overwaitea has committed to selling closed containment farmed salmon instead of open-net cage farmed salmon. Nester’s Market has also stopped selling open-net caged farmed salmon as has Meinhardt’s and Stongs in Vancouver and Big Carrot in Toronto. [...] According to a study entitled “Consumption Advisories for Salmon Based on Risk of Cancer and Noncancer Health Effects”, the answer is: no. In fact, no ocean fish are free from contaminants and toxins, but ingestion of BC open-net raised farmed salmon is nearly 10 times more cancer-causing than some species of BC Wild Salmon. Consumption advisories are based on USEPA cumulative carcinogenic risk assessment methods for total DDT, dieldrin, total chlordane, heptachlor epoxide, lindane, hexachlorobenzene, toxaphene, PCBs and dioxins/furans. These consumption advisories are summarized below: Western Canada farmed salmon: 0.4 x per month (once every 2.5 months) Thank-you Organic Oceans Greetings! Our Wild Salmon Circle contest winners were recently announced at the first annual Wild Salmon Circle BBQ. As you might (or might not) be able to tell, these are line-caught Fraser sockeye salmon fillets, donated by our generous friends Dane, Steve and Laura at Organic Ocean Seafood (www.organicocean.com). They sell their wares– salmon, ling cod, halibut and other sustainably harvested seafood– at the Granville Island Fisherman’s Wharf. Organic Ocean also donated a 15-lb Haida Gwaii Chinook salmon to our lucky raffle winner, Jill Schroder. The company was great and the fish was delicious. If you missed our first BBQ, we’re sorry we [...] The Wild Salmon Circle is pleased to announce our first-ever contest: We are challenging our members to come up with original, creative and meaningful ways to support B.C.’s wild salmon. Entries can be submitted in any form including pictures, videos, songs, sculptures, etc. Prizes will be awarded to those entries which, first and foremost, meaningfully impact the fight to protect wild salmon and, secondly, do so creatively. The contest closes September 7, 2010. Entries can be submitted either by email to: wildsalmoncircle@gmail.com or by mail to: Wild Salmon Circle, 101-1184 Denman St., Box 604, Vancouver, BC. V6G 2M9 |
Latest on Thu, 10:03 am : March 24, 2011 I would like to suggest that people send e-mails or written letters to the 2 largest offending Salmon farm operators in BC waters. Cermaq and Marine Harvest are large Norwegian companies that operate the majority of open net farms in BC. Below are e-mail addresses to management people at these corporations. (Google these companies for more info. & review their "sustainability policies") I suggest telling them of your concerns about their conduct in their host country of Canada and perhaps discuss issues like... their continued denial of unsustainable operating practises, their non acceptance of responsibility that their operations cause [...] : We've heard about it, and WSC has signed onto a brief to the FDA noting our objection to the pending approval. For more information, check out the Canadian Biotechnology Action Network at www.cban.ca Best TB : have you seen the news clip about the FDA in the USA approving PEI gm salmon as safe? |
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