Far and away the most popular post, and far and away the one with the most meat, is: The Strictest Laws in the World? WRONG.
Fish farms are always saying they operate under 'the strictest laws in the world'. Two years ago they said this in Chile, Canada, Scotland and Norway at the same time. As the laws of every country are different, and Chile is widely acknowledged as the dirtiest fish farm country out there, the claim is false.
Fling this list at Marine Harvest, Cermaq and Grieg Seafood the next time they make the claim.
Here are the posts:
1. The Strictest Laws in the World? WRONG, summarizes five years of my writing on fish farm laws, April 20, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/04/the-strictest-laws-in-world-wrong.html.
2. ISAV in BC but the CFIA, DFO and BCMAL Can't Find Disease, Jan 1, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/01/isav-in-bc-but-dfo-cfia-and-bcmal-cant.html.
3. Liberals Deal Body Blows to BC - Will We Fight? 'Just Watch Us', Dec 27, 2016. Just wait for the fight on Kinder Morgan, and Justin T doesn't get that salmon mean as much to BC as French does to Quebec. Good thing Trump okayed Keystone: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/12/liberals-deal-body-blows-to-bc-will-we.html.
4. Key Document: Dr. Kristi Miller, Diseases and Fish Farms, January 1, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/01/key-document-dr-kristi-miller-diseases.html. This candid assessment of DFO is an indictment. Conflict of Interest.
5. Habitat Protection and Changes to Laws, Righting the Wrongs of the Harper Era, Mar 16, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/03/habitat-protection-and-changes-to-laws.html.
6. The Future of Aquaculture - On-land Fish Farms, The Future is Now, Feb 20, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/02/the-future-of-aquaculture-on-land-fish.html.
7. December 2016 - Most Popular Posts on Fish Farm News, Jan 4, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/01/december-2016-most-popular-posts-on.html.
8. Versinia, Related to the Bubonic Plague, Brought to you by Fish Farms, Mar 16, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/03/versinia-related-to-bubonic-plague.html.
9. Scandal of 45 Lochs Trashed by Pollution, Scotland Feb 26, 2017: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/02/scandal-of-45-scottish-lochs-trashed-by.html.
10. Killing Our Oceans With Fish, Feb 4, 2017X: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2017/02/killing-our-oceans-with-fish.html.
Showing posts with label Dr. Kristi Miller. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr. Kristi Miller. Show all posts
Monday, 1 May 2017
Thursday, 1 December 2016
November 2016, The Most Popular Posts on Fish Farm News, Updated Dec 2, 2016
The most popular posts on Fish Farm News in November 2016 - thousands of views - were:
1. Trudeau Government in Court Over Fish Farm Diseases: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/trudeau-government-in-court-over-fish.html.
2. Hasta La Vista Liberals - Salmon as Important to BC as French to Quebec. This major post answers, with a lot of references for you to follow up on what I say, a whole slew of question. It is succinct and sharp, and has been viewed hundreds of times: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/hasta-la-vista-liberals-salmon-as.html.
3. PRV Present in 80% of Farmed Salon - GD Marty: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/prv-present-in-80.html. Yes, 80% of farmed salmon in BC have PRV virus, the cause of HSMI. This is not good.
4. August, 2016 - Most Popular Posts on Fish Farm News: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/august-2016-most-popular-posts-on-fish.html.
5. Global Reduction to Fishmeal and Fish Oil - Daniel Pauly, Tim Cashion: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/global-fish-reduction-to-fishmeal-and.html. Nineteen of 20 global forage fish stocks are mismanaged or fished ruinously for fish feed. The only one left is krill and those are not even a fish, but an 'insect' (arthropod).
6. Salmon Farm Diseases - Norway: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/salmon-farm-diseases-norway.html.
7. Fish Farms Kill Billions of Fish: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/fish-farms-kill-billions-of-fish.html. You heard it here first: fish farms kill 5.76 Billion forage fish to bring an industry the size of BC's to harvest once. It really is that bad.
8. On-Land Fish Farms Shoving In Ocean Farms Aside: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/on-land-fish-farns-shoving-in-ocean.html. The days of in-ocean fish farms are coming to a close. The rest of the industry - on land, are pushing them aside.
9. Salmon/Fishing Revenue Towers Over Fish Farms: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2015/05/salmonfishing-revenue-towers-over.html.
10. Viral Signature - Fraser Sockeye - Dr. Kristi Miller: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/viral-signature-fraser-sockeye-dr.html. This is the classic 'viral signature' research.
11. Wild Salmon Fishing Revenue is 630% HIgher than Fish Farm Revenue - BC Salmon Farmers Try a Different Claim: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/wild-salmonfishing-revenue-is-630.html. BC Stats are the only good stats, and that is why I use them.
12. Everyone Against In-Ocean Fish Farms - Except DFO, the CFIA and Fish Farms: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/everyone-against-in-ocean-fish-farms.html.
1. Trudeau Government in Court Over Fish Farm Diseases: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/trudeau-government-in-court-over-fish.html.
2. Hasta La Vista Liberals - Salmon as Important to BC as French to Quebec. This major post answers, with a lot of references for you to follow up on what I say, a whole slew of question. It is succinct and sharp, and has been viewed hundreds of times: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/hasta-la-vista-liberals-salmon-as.html.
3. PRV Present in 80% of Farmed Salon - GD Marty: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/prv-present-in-80.html. Yes, 80% of farmed salmon in BC have PRV virus, the cause of HSMI. This is not good.
4. August, 2016 - Most Popular Posts on Fish Farm News: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/august-2016-most-popular-posts-on-fish.html.
5. Global Reduction to Fishmeal and Fish Oil - Daniel Pauly, Tim Cashion: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/global-fish-reduction-to-fishmeal-and.html. Nineteen of 20 global forage fish stocks are mismanaged or fished ruinously for fish feed. The only one left is krill and those are not even a fish, but an 'insect' (arthropod).
6. Salmon Farm Diseases - Norway: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/salmon-farm-diseases-norway.html.
7. Fish Farms Kill Billions of Fish: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/fish-farms-kill-billions-of-fish.html. You heard it here first: fish farms kill 5.76 Billion forage fish to bring an industry the size of BC's to harvest once. It really is that bad.
8. On-Land Fish Farms Shoving In Ocean Farms Aside: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/09/on-land-fish-farns-shoving-in-ocean.html. The days of in-ocean fish farms are coming to a close. The rest of the industry - on land, are pushing them aside.
9. Salmon/Fishing Revenue Towers Over Fish Farms: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2015/05/salmonfishing-revenue-towers-over.html.
10. Viral Signature - Fraser Sockeye - Dr. Kristi Miller: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/viral-signature-fraser-sockeye-dr.html. This is the classic 'viral signature' research.
11. Wild Salmon Fishing Revenue is 630% HIgher than Fish Farm Revenue - BC Salmon Farmers Try a Different Claim: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/11/wild-salmonfishing-revenue-is-630.html. BC Stats are the only good stats, and that is why I use them.
12. Everyone Against In-Ocean Fish Farms - Except DFO, the CFIA and Fish Farms: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/everyone-against-in-ocean-fish-farms.html.
Thursday, 13 October 2016
Trudeau Government in Court over Fish Farm Diseases - Updated Jan 18, 2017
Things are not going well for Justin Trudeau, Dominic LeBlanc and the Trudeau government, being taken to court by Ecojustice.
"Canada's minister of fisheries and oceans is breaking the law by not testing BC farmed salmon for a virus before allowing them to be transferred into ocean pens alongside wild fish, according to environmental NGO Ecojustice"
Do look back at my post on PRV and GD Marty's disease testing text: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/prv-present-in-80.html.
LeBlanc, as DFO minister, is required to ensure that farmed fish are not put in the ocean carrying disease, and that 80% of farmed fish have PRV makes it next to impossible to ensure disease that wild salmon can catch is not put in the ocean.
Ecojustice states that Leblanc refuses to test farmed fish for piscine reovirus (PRV) the likely cause of HSMI (heart and skeletal muscle inflammation).
"In my opinion, this course of action is illegal and could lead to irreparable damage to British Columbia’s wild salmon stocks," says Ecojustice, on behalf of Alex Morton. The lawsuit seeks a court order "to force the minister to comply with fishery regulations, and apply the precautionary principle when approving fish transfer licences."
You will recall that this is pretty close to the Coehn recommendation that unless there is clear proof to the contrary, that fish farms in the Discovery Islands should come out of the water by 2020. And in May of 2016, the Trudeau government revealed that HSMI had been found on BC fish farms.
See: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2016/10/13/ecojustice-files-lawsuit-against-canadian-fisheries-minister-over-salmon-farms/?utm_source=Undercurrent+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=0c9827f231-Americas_briefing_Oct_13_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_feb55e2e23-0c9827f231-92426209.
Wild salmon with PRV/HSMI would find it extremely difficult to capture prey, swim upstream and spawn or escape predators. Not to mention Kristi Miller's viral signature work: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/viral-signature-fraser-sockeye-dr.html.
Last year, Ecojustice was successful in a case that prevented DFO from delegating transfer of diseased farmed fish to fish farms.
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Here is new information added Jan 18, 2017 on the court cases:
"Salmon farms are starring in four lawsuits distributed across federal and BC provincial courts and these are exposing the ribs, backbone and sheer size of the thing that has been crawling around out of sight under government protection. Now we are getting a glimpse of what has been loosed onto this coast.
Lawsuit #1 - In 2015, DFO was found in violation of the Fisheries Act for permitting transfer of farm salmon that could be carrying diseases into sea pens. In a 2015 ruling - DFO was ordered to test for disease.
Lawsuit #2 - DFO and Marine Harvest joined forces to appeal lawsuit #1, presumably so the industry could continue transferring disease-carrying farm fish into wild fish habitat, this appeal stands in a state of limbo as DFO paused it back in May, but now refuses to bring it to trial or drop it.
Lawsuit #3 I sued the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for ignoring lawsuit #1, thus breaking the law and putting wild salmon at risk. Not testing for disease benefits the three Norwegians who are the salmon farming industry in BC, and is not in public interest.
Lawsuit #4 Marine Harvest sues me, John and Jane Doe and all other persons unknown to the plaintiff occupying, obstructing, blocking, or physically impeding the plaintiff’s aquaculture sites for trespass and nuisance.
Apparently Lawsuit #1 is a showstopper for the salmon farming industry. By all accounts most of their fish are infected with piscine reovirus and thus if they can't put them into sea pens on the BC coast, they really can not farm salmon legally in BC."
See: http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2016/11/response-to-marine-harvest-slapp.html.
"Canada's minister of fisheries and oceans is breaking the law by not testing BC farmed salmon for a virus before allowing them to be transferred into ocean pens alongside wild fish, according to environmental NGO Ecojustice"
Do look back at my post on PRV and GD Marty's disease testing text: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/prv-present-in-80.html.
LeBlanc, as DFO minister, is required to ensure that farmed fish are not put in the ocean carrying disease, and that 80% of farmed fish have PRV makes it next to impossible to ensure disease that wild salmon can catch is not put in the ocean.
Ecojustice states that Leblanc refuses to test farmed fish for piscine reovirus (PRV) the likely cause of HSMI (heart and skeletal muscle inflammation).
"In my opinion, this course of action is illegal and could lead to irreparable damage to British Columbia’s wild salmon stocks," says Ecojustice, on behalf of Alex Morton. The lawsuit seeks a court order "to force the minister to comply with fishery regulations, and apply the precautionary principle when approving fish transfer licences."
You will recall that this is pretty close to the Coehn recommendation that unless there is clear proof to the contrary, that fish farms in the Discovery Islands should come out of the water by 2020. And in May of 2016, the Trudeau government revealed that HSMI had been found on BC fish farms.
See: https://www.undercurrentnews.com/2016/10/13/ecojustice-files-lawsuit-against-canadian-fisheries-minister-over-salmon-farms/?utm_source=Undercurrent+News+Alerts&utm_campaign=0c9827f231-Americas_briefing_Oct_13_2016&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_feb55e2e23-0c9827f231-92426209.
Wild salmon with PRV/HSMI would find it extremely difficult to capture prey, swim upstream and spawn or escape predators. Not to mention Kristi Miller's viral signature work: http://fishfarmnews.blogspot.ca/2016/10/viral-signature-fraser-sockeye-dr.html.
Last year, Ecojustice was successful in a case that prevented DFO from delegating transfer of diseased farmed fish to fish farms.
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Here is new information added Jan 18, 2017 on the court cases:
"Salmon farms are starring in four lawsuits distributed across federal and BC provincial courts and these are exposing the ribs, backbone and sheer size of the thing that has been crawling around out of sight under government protection. Now we are getting a glimpse of what has been loosed onto this coast.
Lawsuit #1 - In 2015, DFO was found in violation of the Fisheries Act for permitting transfer of farm salmon that could be carrying diseases into sea pens. In a 2015 ruling - DFO was ordered to test for disease.
Lawsuit #2 - DFO and Marine Harvest joined forces to appeal lawsuit #1, presumably so the industry could continue transferring disease-carrying farm fish into wild fish habitat, this appeal stands in a state of limbo as DFO paused it back in May, but now refuses to bring it to trial or drop it.
Lawsuit #3 I sued the Minister of Fisheries and Oceans for ignoring lawsuit #1, thus breaking the law and putting wild salmon at risk. Not testing for disease benefits the three Norwegians who are the salmon farming industry in BC, and is not in public interest.
Lawsuit #4 Marine Harvest sues me, John and Jane Doe and all other persons unknown to the plaintiff occupying, obstructing, blocking, or physically impeding the plaintiff’s aquaculture sites for trespass and nuisance.
Apparently Lawsuit #1 is a showstopper for the salmon farming industry. By all accounts most of their fish are infected with piscine reovirus and thus if they can't put them into sea pens on the BC coast, they really can not farm salmon legally in BC."
See: http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2016/11/response-to-marine-harvest-slapp.html.
Friday, 14 October 2011
Cohen Commission Testimony - Dr. Kristi Miller, Updated Oct 30, 2011
The best section of video testimony into the 2009 Fraser River sockeye collapse by a scientist, Kristi Miller, is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MULjJzcZNxY. She talks about her viral signature work.
While over 50 minutes long, it is well worth viewing as it gives the best summary of the nuances and caveats of viral pathology science in salmon. It is the best video of all that are available. Bring caffeine and listen.
The other reason for viewing this 'clip' is that while the lawyers are trying to move Miller toward saying what will support the interpretation that they want to give her research, it is the least partisan of the testimony on the stand.
Miller is allowed to fully say what she has to say and she does a great job. Fascinating.
This is Kristi Miller's Powerpoint presentation of her research, as Cohen Commission document: http://www.cohencommission.ca/DownloadExhibit.php?ExhibitID=688.
This is Kristi Miller's Science article: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/214.abstract
While over 50 minutes long, it is well worth viewing as it gives the best summary of the nuances and caveats of viral pathology science in salmon. It is the best video of all that are available. Bring caffeine and listen.
The other reason for viewing this 'clip' is that while the lawyers are trying to move Miller toward saying what will support the interpretation that they want to give her research, it is the least partisan of the testimony on the stand.
Miller is allowed to fully say what she has to say and she does a great job. Fascinating.
This is Kristi Miller's Powerpoint presentation of her research, as Cohen Commission document: http://www.cohencommission.ca/DownloadExhibit.php?ExhibitID=688.
This is Kristi Miller's Science article: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/331/6014/214.abstract
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