BC Agriculture Minister Don McRae, coordinating with federal agencies, claimed last week there are no confirmed cases of Infectious Salmon Anaemia (ISA) in British Columbia salmon. Mcrae said, “It is vitally important […]
Mistrusted neighbour
“Salmon farming along the British Columbia coast has expanded with encouragement from both Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) and the B.C. provincial government. The Canadian federal fisheries department is in […]
One person’s voice echoes widely
Alexandra Morton has been nominated at The Tyee for The People’s Order of BC and you are eligible to vote. These words—familiar ones to readers of In-Sights—explain the nomination: Alexandra Morton has […]
Open letter to DFO by Alexandra Morton
To: Dr. Laura Richards, Director General, Science, Pacific Region, Fisheries and Oceans Canada I am writing to ask for your progress report on the thousands of silver-bright sockeye and now Coho that are floating […]
Taking on Goliath
Salt Spring Forum and Salt Spring Island Conservancy hosted noted western Canadian journalist Andrew Nikiforuk Wednesday to hear details of his new book, Empire of the Beetle. It is an examination of “how human folly and a […]
Everything by the book, but books were wrong
High-rise tank is new solution in farming fish,by Arthur Max, Associated Press, from Seattle PI KAMPERLAND, Netherlands (AP) — Adri Bout trawled Dutch waters for 25 years until he recognized the ocean’s […]
More contempt for the public by public officials
While we consider the subject of contempt for the public by public officials, Damien Gillis provides a definitive view of its existence. In a must read report on testimony at the Cohen […]
Alexandra Morton reports an "Unwanted Trespass"
There seems to be no end to small details that paint a very disturbing picture in the coastal salmon farming industry. Why do we have to rely on private citizens to protect […]
Message from Alexandra Morton
Testimony at the Cohen Inquiry Aquaculture Hearings hit a new low yesterday. The lengths scientists are going to cover up the marine anemia outbreak that occurred on salmon farms in the Fraser […]
Reading the HST leaves and fishy thoughts
Elections BC changed the HST result announcement from Thursday to Friday, the take out the trash day when it comes to announcements from the BC Liberal government. The result will come “after […]
". . . the film in its entirety is positively gut-wrenching"
Salmon Farms: Feedlots of the Seas, by Barry Estabrook, The Atlantic Monthly “I’ve visited salmon farms, read scientific articles, and interviewed the multi-billion-dollar industry’s advocates and detractors, but never have I encountered […]
What a contrast to Canada’s Harper Government
The Telegraph, July 31, 2011 “The European Commission has apologised for decades of an EU fishing policy so disastrous that the next generation of children may never see fish on their dinner […]
Message from Alexandra Morton
Dear Wild Salmon People: This article below tells us where the problem with our wild salmon comes from…. deep within Ottawa. This bad and wrong for us and for future generations. Justice […]
Presiding over disaster
These are aims of Fisheries and Oceans Canada as stated by the Minister’s cynical minions: “DFO manages fisheries in accordance with the roles and responsibilities outlined in the Fisheries Act, using credible, […]
Excessive secrecy at Cohen’s Public Inquiry
Alexandra Morton is raising another alarm; this time about secrecy surrounding the Cohen Commission into Fraser River salmon. Mark Hume of the Globe and Mail adds a valuable column as well. This […]
Vote to protect wild salmon
Under a fish farm in BC from Alexandra Morton on Vimeo. From Alexandra Morton: “This is in the Broughton Archipelago, under a Marine Harvest salmon farm. The bubbles are methane. The waste […]
Efficiencies or surrender?
Cuts announced in Tuesday’s federal budget are “the result of identifying efficiencies in operation“, says DFO Minister Gail Shea. By 2014, almost $57 million will be trimmed from Fisheries and Oceans. Read […]
DFO ignores science to protect political interests
Alexandra Morton reports on testimony at the Cohen Inquiry that suggests a concerted effort by Fisheries and Oceans Canada to ignore and undermine science, even their own, if it points to fish […]
Wild salmon protection – add your name to the message
Dear Prime Minister of Canada – Stephen Harper Your proposed Federal Pacific Aquaculture Regulations http://www.gazette.gc.ca/cg-gc/about-sujet-eng.html were supposed to bring salmon feedlots into compliance with the Constitution of Canada, but instead you are […]
News not fit to print – not part of the Vancouver Sun agenda
Alexandra Morton and friends took their walk for wild salmon to Victoria yesterday, gathering on the steps of the Legislature. According to CKNW’s morning news, hundreds of protesters gathered. Victoria’s Times Colonist […]
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