Kudoa in your fish sticks: anti-salmon farming agitators ignore the big picture
Posted by salmonfarmscience, July 9, 2012
The small group of agitators at Salmon are Sacred sure act like a cult.
We do not use this term lightly. It is far to easy to use this term baselessly to demonize an opponent, and we are not interested in doing that.
But we believe, after reading through this list, that the behaviour and comments by many of the people involved with this group, coupled with the hero worship centred around Ms. Alexandra Morton, is similar to cult behaviour and is disturbing. Even if they do not strictly fit the definition, they certainly behave like evangelists, except the message they are spreading is one of hate, shame and fear directed against salmon farmers.
They are currently focused on a marine parasite called kudoa. There are a few different varieties of the parasite which affect many different species of fish. Anti-salmon farming agitators are trying to manufacture a food scare, after CTV News Vancouver aired a brief story about a man who bought some mushy fish from Costco and returned it.
Now all of a sudden everyone’s an expert on kudoa. The Union of BC Indian Chiefs has jumped on the bandwagon, spreading fear and doubt, using wording almost exactly the same as the latest nonsense published by Ms. Morton.
But, as usual, they ignore the big picture, and the real science done during the past 40 years.
Read the full blog here: http://salmonfarmscience.com/2012/07/09/kudoa-in-your-fish-sticks/
