News: Monterey Bay Farmed Salmon Assessment; Canada disappointed in overall ranking
Intrafish, Josh Stills, April 30, 2014
...the new ranking comes on the heels of last week's story from Intrafish which stated Monterey Bay had flip flopped on it listing of the British Columbia region as "yellow" or "good" in an earlier draft report...
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Seafood Watch, salmon farming industry should consider the Monterey Bay Aquarium a complete irrelevance.
April 28, 2014
Seafood Watch, salmon farming industry shouldconsider the Monterey Bay Aquarium a complete irrelevance.
Callander McDowell, reLAKSation no 655, April, 28, 2014
Irrelevance: Both IntraFish and Seafood Intelligence have reported that the Monterey Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch is about to update its advice about eating farmed salmon and although British Columbia producers thought they were going to be the first salmon farming region to be listed as a ‘good alternative’ or ‘yellow rated’ the report is now expected to be unchanged with farmed salmon red listed as something to be avoided.
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/seafood-watch-salmon-farming-industry-shouldconsider-monterey-bay-aquarium-complete-irrelevance
Of "fairness", balance & equal standards when assessing so-called “wild”, and farmed salmon
COLOUR BLIND? Why was a “Yellow”/”Best Alternative” rating recommendation for BC farmed salmon not released since 2012, and ‘reviewed’-down many times until it became “Red”/"Avoid"???
An Open Letter to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch programme and to its funder, The David and Lucile Packard Foundation...
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/fairness-balance-equal-standards-when-assessing-so-called-%E2%80%9Cwild%E2%80%9D-and-farmed-salmon
Monterey Bay flip-flops on farmed salmon sustainability
Intrafish, April 23, 2014
A recent draft of Seafood Watch ranking put BC farmed salmon in the 'good alternative' column, but an unexplained change of heart now likely means aquarium will continue to encourage consumers to avoid farmed salmon altogether.
Salmon farmers in British Columbia thought they were going to be the first region listed as a "good alternative" or "yellow" by Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood Watch program, but when the report comes out, sources close to process told IntraFish they'll all be seeing "red."...
http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/monterey-bay-flip-flops-farmed-salmon-sustainabili
