Biologist Sues fish Farm

Moisture Missile · **Joined:** Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:53 pm **Posts:** 700

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In the court action filed Tuesday in B.C. Provincial Court, Ms. Morton alleges that Marine Harvest Canada possessed wild pink salmon without a licence. Ms. Morton is represented by Jeff Jones, a lawyer in Port McNeill who prosecuted violations of Fisheries regulations on behalf of the federal department from 1983 to 2004.

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The incident had been investigated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. “We understood they decided not to proceed further.

Full Article here: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/nat ... le1290672/

Tasteless · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:55 am **Posts:** 119

Speechless, they were out catching pink salmon smolts?

Would these be to stick in the fish farms or something?

Gooey · **Joined:** Thu Jul 30, 2009 9:57 am **Posts:** 33

If smaller wild fish can swim right through the middle of a pen then I guess that further explains how lice populations on farmed fish can impact wild salmon.

Brutal...just one more sign that the aquaculture industry needs to evelve to land based closed systems.

Tasteless · **Joined:** Thu Aug 20, 2009 1:55 am **Posts:** 119

Doesn't the european countries that raise farmed salmon have all their aquaculture on land to protect wild salmon stocks?

Gill Raker · **Joined:** Sat Aug 08, 2009 11:04 am **Posts:** 57

It sounds like they ensure there are no fish farms anywhere near specific wild salmon runs that they have to preserve.

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