News of interest this week

The following is a recap of News Items we found of interest this week.

Yesterday Simi spoke with Dr. Craig Orr, executive Director of Watershed Watch Salmon Society, about the news that the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association recently announced their intent to increase open-net farmed salmon production in B.C. waters by 43% (to 100,000 metric tonnes) by 2020 with a further increase to 150,000 metric tonnes by 2025. Dr. Orr said that these open net farms would be detrimental to wild salmon. What response do the BC Salmon Farmers Association have to the claims that the Watershed Watch Salmon Society made yesterday on the show? In studio: Jeremy Dunn, Executive Director of the BC Salmon Farmers Association

PAA Note: Jeremy Dunn starts at ~18.45 min in

• MP3 is posted on Positive Aquaculture Awareness Audio Gallery at:

 

 B.C. Farmed salmon to be featured at the Kentucky Derby

Odd Grydeland, April 4, 2014

Canada: Grieg Seafood’s Skuna Bay brand of farmed Atlantic salmon from British Columbia is receiving rave reviews, and a recent cooking competition at Seattle’s Pike Place Market provided additional accolades for the product. Published by Cornichon- another international food critic- the following article explains some of the features of this first class food product:

PAA Note: Cornichon article includes pictures.

 

 Yes, You Can Make This: BLT Fish's Skuna Bay Salmon with Quinoa and Spring Veggies

Kelly Bryant, OK Magazine, April 1, 2014

Celebs like Neil Patrick Harris and Bridget Moynahan have been spotted dining at New York City’s BLT Fish and judging from this amazing looking salmon dish we can totally see why.

Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, April 2, 2014

Canada: A new study suggests that the hundreds of millions of pink salmon in the Pacific Ocean- many of which originate at Alaskan aquaculture facilities- represent a risk to other wildlife, including sea bird. Other reports by the likes of former fish farmer Bill Vernon from British Columbia have suggested that the output of billions of salmon from hatcheries and spawning channels around the Pacific Ocean might be jeopardizing the well-being of truly wild salmon due to the competition for available food resources.

Posted by Alaska Salmon Ranching on Sunday, March 30, 2014

A few days ago Greenpeace’s Oceans Campaigner wrote a rant about why it “can’t, and won’t, endorse farmed salmon”. However, all William MacKenzie accomplished was to expose how out of touch Greenpeace is about seafood and aquaculture.