While WaPo looks to the future, Oceana is stuck in the past
PAA Blog, Salmon Facts are Sacred, September 27, 2013
This week, the Washington Post ran an article acknowledging how salmon farming has changed and advanced, making farmed salmon a sustainable alternative to wild-caught fish.
The Post also ran an article about the results of a blind-taste test, in which farmed salmon beat wild, every time.
Oceana, an environmental organization dedicated to “saving the oceans to feed the world,” was quick to respond with a blog post pooh-poohing the Post articles.
“We’re here to set the record straight: farmed salmon are not a sustainable seafood choice, and they’re not good for the oceans. If you want to be a responsible seafood eater, therefore, you should not eat farmed salmon,” writes Justine Hausheer in the Oceana blog.
Apparently Oceana thought this was so good, CEO Andrew Sharpless and celebrity spokesman Ted “Becker” Danson took it, added more hyperbole (farmed salmon is now a “terrible” choice), removed what little context Ms. Hausheer had included and reposted the article in the Huffington Post under their own names. Poor Ms. Hausheer gets no credit in the HuffPo for her original work — the joys of working for an ENGO, apparently.
They maintain the same silly claims in Ms. Hausheer’s original blog post, failing to include any current evidence, lapsing into ignorant comments based on outdated information...
Read the full blog here
