Land-based salmon farms not yet ready
By Mary Ellen Walling, Times Colonist, May 7, 2011
Re: "They're standing up for wild salmon," May 4.
The debate regarding land-based aquaculture is not whether there is such a technology, it's whether that technology is developed to a point that it can maintain the current industry. We are using recirculation facilities already to grow our fish for one-third of our lives.
The examples of successful landbased farms are all for very small quantities of different varieties of fish.
Salmon farms operate in the water because it is the most natural environment for fish to be in, using green energy to grow a very efficient source of protein.
Our operations are highly regulated and based on extensive research to ensure that we are not adding to the stresses faced by B.C.'s wild fish populations.
Mary Ellen Walling Executive director B.C. Salmon Farmers Association Campbell River
