Can-Am multi-state licensed Dr. of Veterinary Medicine with BSc in marine biology, MS in aquatic ecology. Practitioner in fish (wild & farmed) diseases (35 yrs)
Washington State & Cobden, ON
Joined February 2013
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Not in my backyard, though! Why are we so stupid? #aquaculture #salmon
Canada is spending $24 million to strengthen aquaculture across Asia while pursuing a policy that threatens thousands of jobs and Indigenous economic partnerships at home.
#SalmonFarming #BritishColumbia
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Can confirm. If political leaders follow the science, #aquaculture can do amazing things for rural coastal BC and food security while coexisting with marine environmental values. Looking forward to working with @BCConservCaucus
After almost a decade of NDP rule marked by indifference to salmon farming, the election of a Conservative majority signals a significant political shift in B.C.,...follow the science on aquaculture.
#SalmonFarming
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After almost a decade of NDP rule marked by indifference to salmon farming, the election of a Conservative majority signals a significant political shift in B.C.,...follow the science on aquaculture.
#SalmonFarming
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Here is what veterinarians who practice on fish look like. Not that strange, right? (Annual convention of the American Association of Fish Veteriarians in Philadelphia last month). #aquaculture #salmon
Yes. Be careful, well meaning and legitimate environmentalists. #aquaculture #salmon
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The anti-aquaculturists DO know how to market their shtick. Terrible for sustainable seafood. #aquaculture #salmon
A new Pacific Salmon Foundation study shows how disputed findings can be turned into alarming headlines, fuelling the “scientific uncertainty” activists need to kill BC's ocean salmon farming sector.
#SalmonFarming #Aquaculture
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"The proper role of government, however, is that of partner with the farmer - never his master.”
~ President Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sadly, so many governments appear to have forgotten this.
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The news article by the Canadian Seafood Farms gave me a smile and pride that we are improving the aquaculture industry and that salmon/trout feed matters. 🇨🇦🐟
Canadian Salmon Feed is an Innovation and Sustainability Success Story.
Full news here: aquaculture.ca/news-releases…
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A media investigation by The Outlaw Ocean Project links farmed salmon to depleted fisheries and labour abuses, but Canadian producers say it paints an outdated picture of how salmon are fed in Canada.
#fishfeed #aquaculture
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True story.
Canadian Salmon Feed is an Innovation and Sustainability Success Story.
Full news here: aquaculture.ca/news-releases…
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Leading Chinese scientist questions economics behind offshore farming push | Salmon Business salmonbusiness.com/leading-c…
When environmentalists make such misinformed and blatantly false statements, they actually endanger the environment and environmentalism. #aquaculture #salmon
Temple Grandin (played here by Claire Danes in her biopic) understands that - done right - a farm animal's life is preferable. She has an uncanny abilty to see from the animal's perspective. This applies to farmed salmon as well! #aquaculture #salmon
The idealogue activists are unrelenting and so out of touch with reality. Farming fish is good and necessary for a sustainable seafood supply. It can be done right. Where is the reasonable dialogue? #aquaculture #salmon
@BBCRadioScot visited #Shetland as it covered on a campaign against farm-raised salmon. The report gave the sector and the supermarket, M&S, the opportunity to respond directly to the claims being made about our sector.
@scotseafarms | @marksandspencer
#ScottishSalmon | #Aquaculture | #FishFarming | #MadeinScotland
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Scrutiny matters. So does transparency.
@tavishscott explains why organisations seeking to influence the sector should be open about who funds their campaigns and what that funding supports.
@TheScotsman here:
bit.ly/ScotsmanDarkMoney
#Aquaculture | #RuralScotland | #MadeinScotland
The elephant in the room: Fish farming is illegal in Alaska - where it could be a major global force. This article illustrates how critical the seafood fishery is to the State and how political and unscientific things can get in its discussions & managment. The nidus of the anti-salmon farming movement IS Alaskan salmon fishery market protectionism- unfortunately, not conservation. Activism has grown out of this to become a multi-million dollar industry in of itself. There - said it. #aquaculture #salmon
