BC Wants Authority to Round Up Escaped Salmon (8-24-00) From the National
Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.html?f=/stories/20000824/379
999.html
Something Fishy Going On Off BC's Coast (8-24-00) From the Toronto Globe and
Mail
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Commentary/20000824/COSULL24.html
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Jay DeLong
Olympia, WA
-----Original Message-----
From: owner-acn-l at pinetree.pinetree.org On Behalf Of Shireen Gonzaga
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:05 PM
To: acn-l at acn.ca
Subject: Re: [acn-l] Atlantic Salmon caught in Alaska
Jay DeLong wrote:
ATLANTIC SALMON CATCHES WORRY FISH AND GAME
The Associated Press
Two weeks ago, more than 35,000 farmed Atlantic salmon escaped from
a pen in Johnstone Strait, off the northern tip of Vancouver Island.
Is any legal action being taken against those idiots?
--
Shireen Gonzaga
Baltimore, MD
whimbrel at home.com
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I'm=20
sure others on this list are more knowledgeable about Canadian and =
provincial=20
laws. It seems that not only will no legal actions occur, these =
commercial=20
operations aren't responsible for any "clean-up" (i.e., =
recapturing=20
the fish), because doing so would harm wild fish. This is a=20
real mess of biology, environmental protection, economics and =
politics. =20
A=20
starting point for information on the salmon net pen issue is the =
Georgia Strait=20
Alliance's web page on salmon hatcheries at http://www.georgiastr=
ait.org/cursalmon.htm
Here's a=20
bit of information from Canadian newspapers =
on the=20
recent Atlantic salmon escape:
From the Vancouver Sun
BC =
Fisheries Minister=20
Under Fire for Salmon Farm Escapes
B.C. Fisheries Minister Corky =
Evans got=20
caught in his own net Wednesday as he attempted to =
crack down on=20
the escape of farmed Atlantic salmon into the wild. =
Evans, who was=20
clearly upset over the recent escape of more than 35,000 =
Atlantic salmon,=20
imposed what he called a "new regulatory =
regime" on the=20
industry, forcing companies to provide escape=20
prevention plans within two months. But when questioned by =
reporters,=20
Evans was forced to admit his "firm stand on salmon =
farm=20
escapes" had already been announced by his predecessor last =
October. At=20
that time,=20
companies were given three months to implement escape =
prevention=20
and=20
recovery programs -- but the government never ensured that =
had=20
been=20
done. (8-24-00). (Continued at: htt=
p://www.vancouversun.com/newsite/news/000824/4639794.html )
Call for Bounty on Atlantic Salmon "Vermin" (8-24-00) From =
the=20
Vancouver=20
Province
http://www.vancouverprovince.com/newsite/news/000824/4637943.html
BC Wants Authority to Round Up Escaped Salmon (8-24-00) From the=20
National Post
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/national/story.ht=
ml?f=3D/stories/20000824/379999.html
Something Fishy Going On Off BC's Coast (8-24-00) From the Toronto =
Globe=20
and Mail
http://www.globeandmail.com/gam/Commentary/20000824/COSULL24.html
--
Jay=20
DeLong
Olympia, WA
-----Original Message-----
From:=20
owner-acn-l at pinetree.pinetree.org=20
On Behalf Of Shireen Gonzaga
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 1:05 =
PM
To:=20
acn-l at acn.ca
Subject: Re: [acn-l] Atlantic Salmon caught =
in=20
Alaska
Jay DeLong wrote:=20
ATLANTIC SALMON CATCHES WORRY FISH AND =
GAME=20
The Associated Press
=20
Two weeks ago, more than 35,000 farmed Atlantic salmon =
escaped from a=20
pen in Johnstone Strait, off the northern tip of Vancouver=20
Island.
Is any legal action being taken against =
those=20
idiots? --
Shireen Gonzaga
Baltimore, MD
whimbrel at home.com
=20
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