Oceana errs again, ignores the facts in fish feed screed
Mainstream Canada, October 17, 2013
By ignoring the issue of salmon ranching, Oceana shows that not only is the organization stuck in the past, but it is also unscientific and ignorant, content to preach rather than to educate the public.
Embarrassed, perhaps, when his ignorance about salmon feed conversion ratios was exposed last month, Oceana CEO Andrew Sharpless published a defensive blog post today.
“Comparing the feed ratios of farmed salmon to wild salmon is like comparing apples to oranges, or jack mackerel to wild salmon. It doesn’t make sense. To see the full picture, you need to compare the effect of both animals on wild fisheries and oceans,” he writes.
That’s true, Andy. You do need to compare the effect of both animals on wild fisheries and oceans. And the criticisms you throw at farmed salmon for feed consumption must also be applied to wild Alaskan salmon.
That’s because the wild Alaska salmon Andy likes to promote eat the same fish feed that farmed fish eat.
Yep. Wild salmon DO eat pellets...
Read the full blog (with embedded links) here.
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Here us another blog of interest we came across today:
Andrew Sharpless and his less than sharp opinion about fish meal
Posted on October 17, 2013 by The Truth About Alaska Salmon
Seems like the CEO at the environmental activist group Oceana is trying to manipulate his audience by selecting and ignoring data that endorses his agenda. Andrew Sharpless (we did not manipulate his last name, we swear) wants his reader to believe that a salmon should not eat. Well, just a farm-raised one, to be specific.
In a poorly crafted article, Sharpless (why do we laugh every time we type that name!?) tries to persuade his audience into believing that salmon only come in two forms: wild and farmed. Sure, ignore the fact that millions billions of ”wild” salmon are cultured specifically for human consumption and economic gain: raised in a hatchery, released into the ocean to graze, and return to its place of birth (the hatchery) to be caught and sold as “wild-caught”. It’s called salmon ranching – remember that term – you’re going to be hearing a lot about it in the near future...
Read the full blog (with embedded links) here.
