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Struggling with salmon farming and sustainability
January 27, 2011
…The past few weeks have marked an interesting time for salmon and salmon farming in B.C. The first commercial-scale ocean-based closed-containment salmon farm tanks…
Posted in Science Matters | Tagged with closed containment, salmon, salmon farms, sustainable seafood
Salmon farming: the real dispute
May 19, 2010
…. The salmon aquaculture industry in B.C. developed from ten operating farms in 1984 to a peak of 135 farms in 1989, and today number about 130. Marine feedlots hold a variety…
Posted in Notes from the Panther Lounge | Tagged with aquaculture, oceans, salmon farms, Suzuki Elders, technology
Not all salmon farms are created equal
January 11, 2013
…The evidence is in, the recommendations made: In his recently released report Justice Bruce Cohen expressed a high level of concern around the impacts of open net-cage fish farms on wild salmon…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with Cohen Commission, fisheries, salmon, salmon farms
DSF responds to questions about salmon farming
June 2, 2011
…"Why did the David Suzuki Foundation remove Web pages on the dangers of farmed salmon?" This headline has travelled from…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with aquaculture, salmon, salmon farms
Another breakthrough in better salmon farming
January 18, 2011
… commercial-scale closed containment salmon farming a reality in Canada. A major milestone was reached this week…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with closed containment, salmon, salmon farms
Salmon farming continues to be a major issue
March 14, 2012
…Salmon farming continues to be a major issue in Canada and the world. The David Suzuki Foundation receives many questions about this issue, and our CEO's recent…
Posted in Healthy Oceans | Tagged with closed containment, open net cages, salmon, salmon farms
Salmon farming: A grave concern, a great hope
… This is not just a menu item. It's a national treasure, worthy of protection. So, when we contemplate an issue like fish farming - potentially a worthy effort to protect wild salmon from overexploitation…
Posted in Issues | Tagged with salmon, salmon farms, seafood
Closed containment farmed salmon
…After all the negative press farmed salmon has received over the years, it's great to see the emergence of more sustainable closed containment technologies. Shifting salmon farming from open…
Posted in What you can do | Tagged with food, recipes, seafood, sustainable seafood
Virus outbreaks show need for salmon farm changes
August 7, 2012
…VANCOUVER - The outbreak of yet another deadly virus at an open-net salmon farm in B.C. reinforces the need to get open-net salmon farms out…
Posted in News | Tagged with aquaculture, fish farms, IHN
Draft global salmon farming standards out for comment
August 3, 2010
…Conservation groups encouraged by efforts to address salmon farming impacts and see closed containment as best way to meet a standard VANCOUVER…
Posted in News | Tagged with aquaculture, fisheries, marine, oceans, salmon, seafood
