Wilkinson Against Wild BC Salmon, for In-ocean Fish Farms, PRV

Hi Ainslee Cruikshank

A couple of comments on your article in The Star: https://www.thestar.com/vancouver/2019/04/06/is-this-the-cod-collapse-all-over-again-bc-scientists-and-first-nation-fight-dfo-to-save-salmon.html?fbclid=IwAR2wcBfr0bI5-Pk5S9_F4zBGzI6pGJ3C73HdTu9OAZxTxOC2SD46OSW1PkE.

Dr. Brian Riddell, CEO of the PSF, has done a rebuttal to the Rapid Science Response at DFO: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2018/11/fake-science-by-dfo-riddell-response.html. He used to work as a scientist for DFO.

And on the industry/DFO claim that there are 7,000 jobs in fish farming in BC, the BC government’s own figure is 1,800, making the number used by DFO/industry almost 400% too high. See the BC Stats report here, figures that I would say are more accurate: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2019/03/mar-21-2019-bc-stats-report-2016.html. The DFO/fish farm revenue number is also inflated, almost 200%.

And on DFO’s claim to use ‘evidence and science’ they only do so when it suits their purposes. There are many cases where they do not use either, for example: https://fishfarmnews.blogspot.com/2019/02/evidence-and-science-based-decisions-at.html.

Thanks for your work.

DC (Dennis) Reid