Time to walk the talk, James Rogers, Courier-Islander, May 05, 2010
Salmon farmers like to talk about saving wild salmon. As a salmon farmer myself I believe that I am helping to do exactly that.
North Americans want to eat a lot of salmon. We provide healthy, delicious farmed salmon to eat now and save the wild salmon for the future. We accept the concern about sea lice and ensure our salmon are kept free from lice. We put our money where our mouth is and donate funds and equipment to salmon enhancement.
Recently Alexandra Morton and some activists staged a protest and rolled out a banner that said "Marine Harmfest", I guess they believe we are harming wild salmon. Alexandra Morton talks a lot about saving wild salmon and now she is boating, walking and driving 500 km to Victoria where she will stage another protest and wrap up with a wild salmon BBQ. Their Marine Harmfest banner is actually a clever play on words but what I don't think is clever is travelling 500 km to save wild salmon and then at the end of all the talk about saving wild salmon eating some wild salmon.
It shouldn't come as a shock to anyone that you can't eat wild salmon without actually harming them.
Am I the only one that finds this strange? If she was walking to save wild abalone I would be surprised to discover that at the end of her walk she invited everyone to a wild Abalone BBQ. Come on activists, join the working environmentalists and walk the talk.
James Rogers
Campbell River
