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[chris gadsden]

As I and others have said many times for a while now.https://globalnews.ca/video/4938080/ottawa-accused-of-silencing-critics-on-salmon-virus?fbclid=IwAR1fkGaZQegA0ven8tFTZ5jTuVWm-V6nDz6QTowCokRIBWwQ0htUulTTQWw

[Fisherbob]

As I and others have said many times for a while now.https://globalnews.ca/video/4938080/ottawa-accused-of-silencing-critics-on-salmon-virus?fbclid=IwAR1fkGaZQegA0ven8tFTZ5jTuVWm-V6nDz6QTowCokRIBWwQ0htUulTTQWw

Here comes the cry me a river. What happend to silencing of the dfo’s?. And of course a member of the DSF will keep rambling on. We all know who pays this guys income.
https://business.financialpost.com/opinion/vivian-krause-suzukis-funding

[chris gadsden]

https://globalnews.ca/video/4959664/federal-fisheries-minister-talks-about-controversies?fbclid=IwAR2dfsiwybJusdh109VqEpds68aQTeLzPvHpfDg9MEc0L8VoDQ_9yw0fuQA

[wildmanyeah]

Wow two thumps up to the fisheries minister

Canada keen to support technology overhaul for salmon farms: fisheries minister

https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/canada-keen-to-support-technology-overhaul-for-salmon-farms-fisheries-minister?fbclid=IwAR0rxo5jrsSHZZO9VzYuDzCnJu502HMrrTYSIKQhOm-Xnr2KsRb_oTqTbnU

“There is scientific debate out there, so we need to address the issues that people have expressed concern about,” he said. “Should we be siting fish farms on wild salmon migration pathways? Given the debate around pathogens, probably not.”

Environmental groups have raised concerns that net-pen farms may harm wild fish through the transfer of sea lice and other pathogens, most recently pressing the industry to test farmed fish for piscine reovirus (PRV).

“We are moving toward area-based management which means moving to sites that are more environmentally suitable, where communities are supportive and — in the long run — looking at closed-containment technology and how we get to the point where those (designs) are economically viable,” said Wilkinson.

As people transition away from red meat and the output of the world’s wild fisheries declines, demand for farmed seafood is expected to increase.

“The answer to feeding those people will not be to catch more fish, so there is an opportunity to solve that challenge through aquaculture if we can do it sustainably,” he said.

[wildmanyeah]

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/british-columbia/article-more-caution-needed-with-salmon-farming-on-west-coast-federal/

[chris gadsden]

Why we are concerned about the FF file as well.https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dfo-buried-scientists-concerns-about-endangered-steelhead-b-c-deputy-minister-says?fbclid=IwAR2AxSXhO8hdzUcdCgSSsv0Kv8ipAPAEy9OQZGWbw7Qf5N_jNew3dJs2wkc

[aquapaloosa]

Why we are concerned about the FF file as well.https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/dfo-buried-scientists-concerns-about-endangered-steelhead-b-c-deputy-minister-says?fbclid=IwAR2AxSXhO8hdzUcdCgSSsv0Kv8ipAPAEy9OQZGWbw7Qf5N_jNew3dJs2wkc

Your article indirectly excludes salmon farming in BC as a threat to these steelhead.  However I agree this is concerning but no surprise.

Salmon harvesting is the “only substantial threat to Interior Fraser steelhead that can be immediately mitigated” to save a population that has fallen from 8,000 spawners to only 277, writes Zacharias.

[chris gadsden]

We were at the Fisheries Minister's office in North Vancouver on Saturday. https://youtu.be/eCXN3r_Q10o

[wildmanyeah]

We were at the Fisheries Minister's office in North Vancouver on Saturday. https://youtu.be/eCXN3r_Q10o

BC wild salmon council

https://engage.gov.bc.ca/app/uploads/sites/426/2019/03/Wild-Salmon-Advisory-Council-Report.pdf

Fish farms: Although not in the WSAC’s terms of reference, concerns with marine open-pen salmon farming –
such as lighting, disease, sea lice, pesticides, and escapes – were repeatedly raised. The need for incentives
and innovation related to transitioning to closed containment or land-based systems was often referenced. At
the same time, some stated that salmon farms are not the key culprit in wild salmon declines, and that many
other issues must be addressed. Overall, it was suggested that there needs to be more ongoing co-ordination
between B.C., Canada and Indigenous communities on fish farms and their impacts on wild salmon. Examples:
• Incentives for innovation and closed containment
• Limits to salmon farming in Western U.S. (e.g., Washington, Alaska)
• Broughton Archipelago government-to-government process, outcomes and next steps
• Land-based aquaculture challenges and success stories
¡ Climate change: Participants in the engagement period remind

[chris gadsden]

https://www.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1388951&fbclid=IwAR3j25iwd1GBet6QmCS3GtZZ8gLiKpP4gV-HvbM_rgKkOtvddcSaku7RkeM

[Fisherbob]

What is PRV?
http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/science/aah-saa/species-especes/aq-health-sante/prv-rp-eng.html

[Fisherbob]

Good news
http://seawestnews.com/new-studies-reaffirm-prv-is-not-a-salmon-killer/

[wildmanyeah]

Good news
http://seawestnews.com/new-studies-reaffirm-prv-is-not-a-salmon-killer/

Does Not change a thing and the news is neither good nor bad.

The courts have told DFO they have to deal with PRV and the government has chose not to appeal.   That is where its at fish farms will have to deal with it.

Fish farm hatcheries will have to be PRV free.

[aquapaloosa]

I think you're reading into it wrong WMY.  Heres an article that better describes the court action.

https://www.straight.com/news/1214671/jonathan-wilkinson-renewed-approach-aquaculture?fbclid=IwAR29q9QVzceSBterav7008ZOq19oTp-4ynYF54SN_QZedG5Bj1V2Q5yaieM

For example, in an article that ran on this website earlier this month, a noted environmental activist asserted that (if not appealed) a recent Federal Court decision regarding piscine orthoreovirus (PRV) requires, by law, that, as of June 4, smolts be tested for PRV before being transferred to open-net pens. In fact, what the court actually found is that DFO’s current policies set the threshold for “harm” to wild stocks too high and should be revisited. The court also said that upon revisiting this matter, “it is possible that the Minister will still conclude that it is appropriate to maintain the PRV Policy,” i.e. that it is not necessary to test for PRV.

[Fisherbob]

You may have missed this part of the artical also wmy.
“Do salmon farmers test for PRV?

Yes. BC salmon farmers provided samples for the 2014 scientific study that documents PRV in BC and Alaska salmon without associated disease. BC salmon farmers are providing samples for other scientific studies that are underway. This is being done even though Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO), and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA), do not have PRV on the list of reportable diseases/pathogens.”
http://seawestnews.com/new-studies-reaffirm-prv-is-not-a-salmon-killer/