tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880129387856188740.post9222443321553676868..comments2023-09-12T00:52:12.052-07:00Comments on Fish Farm News And Science: Fish Farm Sewage - Causes Algal Blooms, Updated Feb 25, 2014DC Reidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03336007291604845848noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880129387856188740.post-27423421965126715372014-04-10T11:26:46.551-07:002014-04-10T11:26:46.551-07:00HI Tapparazzi
Send me a note at dcreid@catchsalmo...HI Tapparazzi<br /><br />Send me a note at dcreid@catchsalmonbc.com and let's have a discussion.<br /><br />Yes, the authorities are so pro-fish farm they are in conflicts of interest. Happens all over the world. Governments hear jobs and revenue and nothing more. The figures used are miles above the real ones. <br /><br />In BC you take the fish farm job number and divide it by 7.5 to get the real number of jobs - very few.<br /><br />Do get in touch.<br /><br />DC ReidDC Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03336007291604845848noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1880129387856188740.post-20117494870408363332014-04-09T21:17:01.796-07:002014-04-09T21:17:01.796-07:00I have stumbled across this website in a search fo...I have stumbled across this website in a search for evidence to link algal blooms with sea-farmed Atlantic salmon. What I am now reading is quite scary and very appropriate for an article I am writing for an online newspaper in Tasmania, the Tasmanian Times. <br /><br />We have had recently large areas of the State of Tasmania, affected by algal blooms that brought about a temporary closure of commercial and amateur activities in the abalone, rock-lobster, scallop and other wild fisheries. These closures were based on fears that such toxic blooms might be dangerous to consumer. I see by your profile tat you are adequately qualified, and well rewarded by journalistic awards to present such detailed material in the public interest. I congratulate you on your work. Would you be offended if I were to defer to some of your work and your warnings in my work for the Tasmanian Times. Tasmania has been farming salmon in sea pens since 1984, an exciting venture then, but encroaching now into into harbours and inlets across our State. We have had several algal blooms, but out State authorities and indeed our universities have never attributed such outbreaks to sea-farming. Our State promotes zealously the sea-farming mollusc, oyster and salmon fisheries, encouraging growth with impunity and without reference to the public which is led to believe by well placed and perpetual good-news PR stories that never defer to any negative side. Your articles certainly are an eye opener and a warning to all countries of the dangers of toxicity that are concomitant with the growth of these industries. Should you care to reply to my comment, would you mind if I were to use it in an article in our online newspaper? I am a retired broadcast journalist of many years including specialist areas such as police and fisheries, but alas today they are only given cursory attention in mainstream media. Kind regards, keep up the good work, Paul Tapp, Tasmania.tapparazzihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03824405869191425373noreply@blogger.com