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Dr. Lawrence Dill Net Pen Presentation Now Online
If you are concerned about the latest proposals to bring net pen aquaculture to the Strait of Juan de Fuca (5 miles west of Port Angeles), or are concerned and unclear about the current standoff by the...
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Jefferson County Board of County Commissioners Adopts SMP
The Board of County Commissioners took formal action to adopt the new Shoreline Master Program with supporting documents by unanimous vote this morning, December 16, 2013. Staff is preparing to forward...
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NOAA: Coastal ocean aquaculture can be environmentally sustainable –
Little to no effects on coastal ocean environment seen with proper safeguards, planning. Olyopen.com says: “This report does nothing to change our belief that the lack of significant research into long...
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Land-based fish farms getting into the swim of things in B.C. – The Province
Good article about a working alternative to in water fish farms. This is a rated “green” tilapia farm near Sumas. No waste water is sent to the rivers. The way forward? It certainly takes away the...
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Sterilise farm salmon, say experts – The Scotsman
While this is not directly related to around here, it does have some interesting scientific findings that are relevant to our own battles against net pens. Read the whole article. It’s quite worth it....
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Salmon grown in B.C. land-based tanks come to market - Vancouver Sun
A very positive milestone has been reached in the net pen debate. Finally an alternative to net pen fish has hit the market. We strongly suggest that readers in BC purchase this fish *if* they want to...
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Kuterra aquaculture by ‘Namgis First Nation raises hope for wild salmon— and...
An update on the attempt to create a financially viable closed-containment aquaculture in BC. Ramifications for the Olympic Peninsula because of the push to bring open water net pens to the Straits and...
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Lawsuit Claims Commercial Salmon Farms Harm Native Fish In Puget Sound – KUOW
Finally, someone decides to question (and challenge) the prevailing assumption that having lice ridden net pens (and dumping antibiotics to protect the salmon from them) of Atlantic salmon in the midst...
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Marine Anemia Cover Up in B.C.
This just in from Alexandra Morton, the leading scientist opposing net pen aquaculture. If you have any question about the safety of net pen aquaculture, or the lengths that entrenched bureaucracy will...
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Land Based Fish Farming in Tanks Gets Boost in B.C.
Fish farm proposal gets $800,000 boost from federal government A unique fish farm proposal, designed to grow commercial volumes of salmon in tanks on land, was given an $800,000 government boost...
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New Research: Hatchery Salmon Posing Problems For Wild Stocks
As if we need more damning research into the problems of hatchery stocks, as our Jefferson County Commissioners continue to fight the WA State Dept of Ecology on net pens in our county waters....
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BC Fish Farm Quarantined over IHN virus.
A B.C. fish farm where a virus deadly to Atlantic salmon was detected has been quarantined, the Canadian Food Inspection Agency said on Thursday, as officials scramble to contain the highly infectious...
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Workshop on Net Pen Aquaculture for Planners
Not open to the public. – Editor Coastal and Shoreline Planners Group: Marine Net Pen Aquaculture Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Time: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm Location: Manchester Labs, Port...
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Peninsula Representative Put Forward Bill to Allow Ban on Net Pens
Representatives Van de Wege and others put forward a House Bill (1599) to allow counties to prohibit net pen aquaculture in their Shoreline Master Programs (SMPs). Currently, there is no provision to...
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Talk on GMO fish at Quimper Grange in PT April 1st.
Though it will be held April 1st, this is no joke. A talk by one of the leading people educating the public on the issues of fish farming and protecting wild salmon stocks. “TAMPERING WITH NATURE AND...
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Scientists are divided over virus threat to Northwest salmon – Various Sources
Like mariners scanning the horizon from the crow’s nest, scientists have for years been on the lookout in the Pacific Northwest for signs that a dreaded salmon-killing disease, scourge to farmed salmon...
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What’s wrong with industrial salmon net pens?–South Whidbey Record
An excellent overview of the problems with industrial net pens to raise salmon. Especially to the point is the following: The reason that industrial net pens are profitable for their operators is...
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