Read scientific papers thoroughly
Dr. Gary Marty, Campbell River Mirror, November 8, 2012
Re: “Cohen commission report must be acted upon”; by Leona Adams; Opinion, Nov. 6.
Ms. Adams claims that “Provincial and federal government science proves net-pen salmon farms now pose more than a minimal risk of serious harm to the health of migrating Fraser River Sockeye Salmon.” I disagree.
…Ms. Adams also expressed concern about smolts being exposed to 650 billion infectious particles per hour during an IHN virus outbreak on a fish farm. That sounds like a lot of virus, but viruses are very small.
It would take about 11,000 years for the infected farm to release enough IHN virus to fill a single sockeye salmon egg…
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/dr-gary-marty-advice-read-scientific-papers-thoroughlyPerennial naysayers
Grant Warkentin - Campbell River Mirror, November 08, 2012
Re: “Cohen commission report must be acted upon,” “Don’t be duped by story,” Nov. 7, 2012
Perennial aquaculture naysayers Leona Adams and Paul Dean seem to believe that if they repeat myths often enough, people will think they are facts.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/perennial-aquaculture-naysayersCohen report not an indictment of fish farms
Clare Backman, Times Colonist, November 4, 2012
In contrast to Cohen's cautious but clear message are the responses from those opposed to aquaculture, who spin the report as an indictment of salmon farming
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/cohen-report-not-indictment-fish-farmsCohen report doesn’t blame fish farms
Ian Roberts, The Province, November 5, 2012
It’s a shame that some have chosen to misrepresent the recommendations of the Cohen Report, A $26-million study looking at the recent decline of Fraser River sockeye.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/cohen-report-doesn%E2%80%99t-blame-fish-farmsNews: Fish Farming - “The Mouse in the Room”
CBC Radio, All Points West, November 2, 2012
Stewart Hawthorn, board member of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association, says the call for more research on fish farming is valid.
http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2012/11/02/stewart-hawthorn-board-member-of/News: Salmon and climate change – “The Elephant in the Room”
CBC Radio, All Points West, November 5, 2012
The Cohen Commission labeled climate change as one of the biggest threats to sockeye salmon. We hear from Ken Denman from the University of Victoria.
http://www.cbc.ca/allpointswest/2012/11/05/salmon-and-climate-change/News: BC Salmon Farmers Fearless of Cohen Report
By Carmen Weld, Monday, November 5, 2012 - 3:15 PM
The Discovery Island fish farms generate thousands of jobs for the North Island and the freeze on fish farming recommended by the Cohen report has some worried. But, the BC Salmon Farmers Association’s Board Member Clare Backman says there is nothing to worry about.
http://hqcomoxvalley.com/home/news/Local/2012/11/05/BC-Salmon-Farmers-Fearless-of-Cohen-ReportNews: Judge Cohen’s recipe for change
MARK HUME , VANCOUVER , The Globe and Mail, Sunday, Nov. 04 2012
In his extended narrative on the uncertain future of Fraser River sockeye, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Bruce Cohen lays out a plan to transform the Department of Fisheries and Oceans.
www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/judge-cohens-recipe-for-change/article4911704/News: Editorial: Sockeye salmon report sobering, but definitive
Vancouver Sun editorial November 2, 2012
Bruce Cohen’s commission of inquiry into what he quite rightly calls the uncertain future of Fraser River sockeye salmon is both refreshing and depressing.
www.vancouversun.com/Sockeye+salmon+report+sobering+definitive/7491651/story.htmlThe Cohen report, in pictures
Salmon Farm Science, November 2, 2012
Rather than post a long, boring article about what the Cohen report really says versus what people are claiming it says, we decided our readers are smart enough to read it for themselves.
Instead, we have decided to provide a summation in annoying animated gifs.
http://salmonfarmscience.com/2012/11/02/the-cohen-report-in-pictures/The Cohen report: how the lawyers reacted
Fish Farm Science, November 6, 2012
We missed something in our last post.
Given that the bulk of the $26 million in tax dollars spent on the Cohen commission went to lawyers (not for salmon farmers, though, who paid their own legal costs), we are sure they had a reaction, too.
http://salmonfarmscience.com/2012/11/06/the-cohen-report-how-the-lawyers-reacted/Anti-aquaculture protesters are dinosaurs
Salmon Farm Science, November 7, 2012
Anti-aquaculture protesters are rapidly becoming irrelevant.
They are dinosaurs, thundering around trying to scare people with vague talk of risk and potential harm, with very few facts to back them up.
http://salmonfarmscience.com/2012/11/07/anti-aquaculture-protesters-are-dinosaurs/Cohen Commission: A lesson on communicating an agenda
Alaska Salmon Ranching, Posted on November 5, 2012
A previous blogsuggested that a 26 million dollar study into the recent decline of Fraser River sockeye salmon in British Columbia was perhaps heavily influenced by the agenda of numerous environmental groups and individual anti-salmon aquaculture zealots.
It seems as though we were spot on.
A single tweet appeared today, compliments of @ClayoquotKid, which clearly proves there is an orchestrated campaign to sway public opinion about salmon aquaculture in British Columbia.
http://alaskasalmonranching.wordpress.com/2012/11/05/cohen-commission-a-lesson-on-communicating-an-agenda/
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