News we found of interest this week

February 27, 2015
News items we followed this week - Feb. 23 to Feb. 27 2015

Recipe: Grilled salmon tacos
By Global News, February 21, 2015 (Video 6:36 min)
Vancouver Community College Instructor Dave Ryan shares his recipe for salmon tacos. Ryan will be preparing Organic Chinook Tacos at the Surrey Firefighters Ignite a Dream fundraiser.
 
Americans should eat more seafood
The US Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC) has published a report which says that farmed seafood has at least as many omega-3 fatty acids as wild caught fish.
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, February 23, 2015

New Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2015: Everyone should eat more #seafood including #salmon! http://www.health.gov/dietaryguidelines/2015-scientific-report/PDFs/04-Integration.pdf … #aquaculture
 
Follow these tips for a heart-healthy diet
LA Daily News, February 23, 2015
...Fish is among the best natural sources of omega-3 fats. And beyond heart health, hundreds of peer-reviewed studies reinforce the multifaceted health benefits of eating fish, with supporting evidence from recommendations outlined by leading health organizations such as the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the World Health Organization.
 
Words matter: enough already with the hype
Act for Aquaculture, February 24, 2015
One of the biggest challenges facing the salmon farming industry may come as a surprise. Words. Divisive, exaggerated and inaccurate words. Words are powerful. Sometimes, it takes only a few choice ones to shape a perception, which in the case of salmon farming is usually misguided. We at Act for Aquaculture watched in dismay recently as once again false perceptions about our industry took center stage in the coverage about the federal government’s proposed Aquaculture Activities Regulation.
 
Ecojustice statement a Superbowl-sized insult to BC’s professional veterinarians
2015/02/24 salmonfarmscience
It’s enough to make you sick. Last December, Alexandra Morton managed to convince Ecojustice to back her personal vendetta against someone who once made her look bad. This month, the College of Veterinary Biologists relented (probably to stop the annoying Ecojustice press releases) and decided to set the Wayback Machine to 2007 and investigate her complaint.
Pacific Northwest Salmon

Spring Lecture Series March & April 2015
VIU Deep Bay Marine Field Station, February 24, 2015
This spring’s series will focus on a new publication of significance to all of us who live and work around the Salish Sea. The Sea Among Us presents a comprehensive study of the Strait of Georgia in all its aspects: geology, First Nations, history, oceanography, fish, birds, mammals, invertebrates and plants; the book is a sweeping overview of the waterway. During the 8 part Thursday night series the contributing authors will share their expertise and contribution to this insightful book. Come early to check out our aquariums and touch tanks and join us for dinner.   Each week’s lecture will offer a different themed menu: Seafood, Mexican, Italian, Greek, Japanese and more.  Tickets include admission to the station.
 
 
B.C.'s low snow pack could affect salmon run in summer
Low snow levels and warm weather may lead to problems for wildlife in B.C.'s rivers, streams
By Jeff Harrington, Sharon Lindores, CBC News Posted: Feb 24, 2015
...Mark Angelo, who taught in the fish and wildlife program at the B.C. Institute of Technology for 37 years, said he's never seen the snow pack so low — and it could soon lead to lower waters and higher water temperatures. "You could have increased mortality among resident fish, or among young salmon rearing in creeks like this,"
Of Interest
 
To save orcas, we must save salmon
Seattle Times,   By Ken Balcomb, Martha Kongsgaard, David Troutt February 21, 2015
Saving our region’s salmon is key to helping Puget Sound’s endangered resident killer whales....A new international effort, the Salish Sea Marine Survival Project, led by the groups Long Live the Kings and the Pacific Salmon Foundation, is under way to unravel the mystery of why salmon entering Puget Sound and the Strait of Georgia are dying at alarming rates.
 
Third orca calf born within two months off Vancouver Island
Katherine Dedyna / Times Colonist, February 26, 2015
 
Why don't people trust science?
By Tom Spears, Ottawa Citizen, Ottawa Citizen February 21, 2015
...Part of the issue is that science and the language it uses are becoming more complicated all the time. To read a piece of modern research requires several years of specialized university education. Even with a PhD and years of experience, a biologist and a physicist generally can’t read each other’s work. That means the public hasn’t a hope of reading research on climate change, or on genetically modified foods. They must trust experts to understand, and to tell the truth. And many people don’t trust in either of these. Consider:
 
Recipes we tweeted out this week.  Aquaculture Aware @BCAquaculture  
 
Easy dinner recipes: Gluten-free salmon ideas in an hour or less http://fw.to/gSzFU7l  #salmon #recipe #eatmorefish
 
Need a lift? Combine the powers of salmon and kale http://po.st/rSVHCw  via @phillydotcom #salmon #recipe #eatmorefish