May 16, 2014
The following is a recap of news items about Salmon Farming we found of interest this week:
More 60 Minutes…
Activist Alexandra Morton lies on national TV
2014/05/12 Salmon Farm Science
CBS’ famous 60 Minutes program recently aired several segments about salmon farming, and they were actually pretty fair. The show was a generally fair representation of salmon farming in BC. I especially liked how the segment showing the seafloor beneath a fallowed salmon farm showed the seafloor was crawling with prawns. My only two concerns were:
The good, the bad, the ugly and the good
Campbell River Courier-Islander, May 14, 2014
The 60 Minutes segment on fish farming Sunday evening was like a heavyweight fight, with Ian Roberts of Marine Harvest pitted against anti open net pen activist Alexandra Morton. And like a title fight, viewers - at least from British Columbia - were expecting a winner. In the battle between the two main components, the match would be best described a draw.
OUR VIEW: Tonight on 60 Minutes – nothing new
Editorial - Campbell River Mirror, May 13, 2014
There are many things to which the old adage “Be careful what you wish for...” applies and American television coverage is usually one of them. But after the venerated television newsmagazine show 60 Minutes turned its cameras on the salmon farming industry on the coast of British Columbia and on the Campbell River area particularly, the conclusion has to be...okay.
Salmon farming controversy aired in U.S. homes
Alistair Taylor - Campbell River Mirror, May 13, 2014
British Columbia’s salmon farming industry was front and centre in millions of American homes Sunday night. CBS’ flagship newsmagazine 60 Minutes featured a 13-minute segment on the West Coast industry entitled Salmon in the Sea which investigated the issue of whether salmon farms help or hurt declining wild salmon stocks.
PAA Note: we have 60 minutes links compiled on our News Page for your reference
60 Minutes and BC Salmon Farming , May 12, 2014: http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/60-minutes-and-bc-salmon-farming
More 60 Minutes and BC Salmon Farming , May 14, 2014: http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/more-60-minutes-and-bc-salmon-farming
Copper River Salmon Hype
Anybody for $ 110/Kg salmon?
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, May 14, 2014
Canada: Copper River salmon from Alaska is coming to Seattle this Friday, creating the regular hype of excitement over a brand of salmon successfully built around an image of purity and health
Is Your Copper River salmon really wild?
Blogfish, May 15, 2014
It's Copper River salmon time again, and everyone here in Seattle is looking forward to some lovely fresh salmon. I'll be waiting a couple of weeks until prices come down, the first shipments tend to be expensive. Is Copper River salmon worth the high price? There are a lot of good salmon out there, and I think Copper River fish are great, but so are a lot of other fish that don't have the same hype or high prices.
