Here's the latest Global News Update in the
'Salmon Wars' raging against
filthy feedlots in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand,
United States and Australia.
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“Smoked Farm Salmon Boycott Launched” (Wild
Fish, 12 December)
Listen
online to Ireland's RTE radio on the call for a boycott of Irish farmed salmon
– via "Row
Over Salmon Farm in Galway"
“Petition
on salmon farming gets 11,000 signatures” (Radio New Zealand, 12
December)
“Down
our throats: Fed-up with salmon feedlots” (Rabble, 11 December)
“FishyLeaks:
Lice-Infested Irish Salmon!” (Green Around the Gills, 11 December)
“Teen
takes salmon farm petition to Beehive” (Fairfax NZ News, 11 December)
“Nova
Scotia APES Smell Something Fishy in Open Pen Approval Process” (Halifax Media
Co-op, 11 December)
“Fishers
concerned with pesticide use” (The Coaster, 11 December)
“Fish farm
statement ‘waffle’ ”
(The Press & Journal, 11 December)
“Ban
anglers from catching salmon in spring, urge fish farm experts” (The Scotsman,
11 December)
“Both
sides in salmon row must work together” (The Herald, 11 December)
“Scottish
wild salmon given protected status” (The Herald, 11 December)
“Salmon take
centre stage in southern river study” (ABC News, 11 December)
“Mainstream
Canada First two-star BAP Certified Salmon Farm in BC” (The Fish
Site, 11 December)
“Galway
protest planned” (Fish News EU, 10 December)
“Ireland
Says ‘Feck Off’ to Super-Size Salmon Farm in Galway Bay” (Green Around the
Gills, 10 December)
“County
mayor calls for suspension of licensing process for Inis Oirr fish farm”
(Galway Bay FM, 10 December)
“Groups
To Protest Marine Minister's Office Over Galway Bay Salmon Farm” (Afloat,
10 December)
“Opposition
mounts to super-sized fish farm in Galway Bay” (The Irish Times, 10
December)
“Eastern
Shore residents march on Legislature” (South Coast Today, 10
December)
“N.
Ireland Anglers Want Filthy Fish Farms OUT!” (First Post,
10 December)
“NW
anglers urged to oppose salmon farms that could ‘devastate’ wild fish”
(Londonderry Sentinel, 10 December)
“Mega
fish farm contrary to moratorium in national development plan” (FIS, 10
December)
“Density
regulation is the result of consensus between industry and government, says
SalmonChile” (FIS, 10 December)
“Salmon
farming feels the squeeze” (New Zealand Herald, 10 December)
“Save
our Sounds – no new salmon farms” (Avaaz, 9 December)
“Anglers
fear salmon super farm will impact local wild stocks” (Limerick Leader, 9
December)
“Mega
Fish Farm Contrary to Moratorium in National Development Plan” (Friends of
the Irish Environment, 9 December)
“Association
renews plea for land-based aquaculture” (CBC News, 9 December)
“Maker of
genetically modified salmon may sink if FDA doesn't act soon” (Denver Post,
9 December)
“They
Want Us to Eat What? Doubts About GM Salmon” (OpEdNews, 8 December)
““Feck off” to fish farms in
Galway Bay” (GAAIA, 8 December)
“Culling
seals to protect farmed salmon: what should we be allowed to know?” (UK
Human Rights Blog, 8 December)
“Outbreak no surprise” (The
Chronicle Herald, 8 December)
“The
Right to Test for Pathogens in Farmed Salmon” (Dissident Voice, 7 December)
“Letter
to Director General of OIE” (Alexandra Morton, 7 December)
“BIM
farm would destroy Galway Bay’s salmon and sea trout in five years”
(Connacht Tribune, 7 December)
“Roy
Christie of N. Ireland speaks for the salmon” (GAAIA, 7 December)
“Farming
densities to depend on environmental and health performance” (FIS, 7
December)
“Cohen
report no surprise” (Whistler Question, 6 December)
“SPAWN
Against use of Sea Lice Chemical” (VOCM, 6 December)
“Marine
Harvest presents investment plans” (Fish News EU, 6 December)
“Investor
Interest in Galway Bay Organic Salmon Farm Heightens” (The Fish Site, 6 December)
“Salmon firm hits
back at protesters” (The Press & Journal, 5 December)
“Government
steps in to dispel myths” (Fish Farming Xpert, 5 December)
“DFO
Refuses to Admit ISA Virus is in BC Wild Salmon” (Fish Farms News &
Science, 5 December)
“GM salmon
producer headed for bankruptcy?” (Seafood Source, 5 December)
“DNA
salmon: Perfect fish or chemically toxic food?” (Hampton
Roads, 5 December)
“Headless
sea lions remain a mystery” (Times Colonist, 5 December)
“Dr.
O’Sullivan on Salmon Farm Insanity in Galway Bay, Ireland” (GAAIA, 4
December)
“Canada
investigates ISA allegations”/Suspected
finding of ISA in COB” (Seafood Source/The Coaster, 4 December)
“Another Scare in
Aquaculture Industry” (VOCM, 4 December)
“New
east coast ISA outbreak? Cooke
Aquaculture says 'false positive' possible” (South Coast Today, 4 December)
“No
confirmed disease in B.C. salmon” (Ottawa Citizen, 4 December)
“Fast-growing
fish may never wind up on your plate” (Associated Press/Canadian
Business, 4 December)
“Land-based fish
farms continue to gain popularity” (FIS, 4 December)
“Salmar’s new
farm under threat – will environmental concerns scupper plans?” (Intrafish, 4
December)
“Deep-sea salmon
farm to go for public tender” (The Irish Times, 4 December)
“Group to fight Galway fish farm” (Galway
Independent, 4 December)
“Anti salmon farm protestors to hold demo at minister’s office” (West Cork
Times, 3 December)
“Protest against Filthy Salmon
Farms in Ireland”
(No Salmon Farms At Sea, 3 December)
“International
speakers slam Bantry fish farm plans” (Save Bantry Bay/Southern Star, 3
December)
“Land-based
fish farms now part of aquaculture's future” (The Irish Times, 3 December)
“Fish farms that
kill seals must be named, says Scots information czar” (The Times, 3
December)
“Scottish salmon
farmers ordered to reveal seal-shooting salmon farmers” (Intrafish, 3
December)
“2012 Roger Award
Finalists Named: King Salmon” (Scoop, 3 December)
“Ministers told
to reveal where seals are shot” (The Sunday Herald, Rob Edwards, 2
December)
“Reports of
deadly salmon virus in B.C. tied up federal resources for months” (The Canadian
Press/The Tyee, 2 December)
“Food Safety
Agency Should Protect Public, Not Cover up Virus for Salmon Farming Industry”
(The Common Sense Canadian, 1 December)
“Big stink over
fish plant” (The Mercury, 1 December)
“Salmond’s
salmon: A boom in Scottish salmon is no occasion for nationalism” (The
Economist, 1 December)
“Business trumps
wildlife once again”
(Caledonian Mercury, 30 November)
“Sea lice hitting
Donegal farms hardest”
(Donegal News, 30 November)
“Farmed and
dangerous: the dish about fish” (Napa Valley Register, 30 November)
“Biomar readies
salmon farmers for new reality in fish feed production – feed producer
considers putting poultry in fish feed as fishmeal and oil supplies get scarce” (Intrafish, 30
November)
“Scottish Salmon
profits are hit by disease outbreak” (The Herald, 30 November)
“Salmon drama
raises questions about government’s role” (Ottawa Citizen, 29 November)
“PEI college
could lose prestigious designation after having ISA results disputed” (FIS, 29
November)
“Pesticide
approved for sea lice control” (CBC News, 29 November)
“Stronger management and more transparency calls for Scottish
fish farms” (Fish Update, 28 November)
“Bennett proposes
all land-based aquaculture – Time for
new vision in aquaculture?” (The
Coaster, 27 November)
“Farmed
fish feed high on food chain” (Times
Colonist, 27 November)
“Govt agencies
face off on proposed salmon farm: A proposed deep sea salmon farm off the west coast
has two government agencies battling” (FIS, 27 November)
“Concerns over
size of proposed new salmon farm in Galway Bay” (The Irish
Times, 26 November)
“Details of fish
farm chemicals sought”
(The Irish Times, 26 November)
“Outspoken
opponent of fish-farming rallies support” (Irish Examiner, 26 November)
“Show of force from Bantry fish farm protestors” (West Cork
Times, 26 November)
“Ireland’s
proposed salmon farm slammed” (Intrafish, 26 November)
“Inland Fisheries
wants freeze on new salmon farms” (Donegal Democrat, 25 November)
“Future of
Donegal fish farms in doubt after agency’s tough statement” (Donegal
Daily, 25 November)
“Friends of the
Earth calls for investigation into silencing of Canadian salmon scientist” (Vancouver
Observer, 25 November)
“Salmon farming:
The risks outweigh the benefits” (Telegraph-Journal, 23 November)
“Lamont:
Fish farm facts don’t float: Businessman
disputes claims of low impact on lobster stocks” (Chronicle
Herald, 19 November)
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Global
News Updates include the 'Salmon Wars'
raging against filthy feedlots in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, New
Zealand, United States and Australia:
12 December – Global
News Update: “Feck Off to Fish Farms”/“GM Salmon May Sink”/“ISA
Allegations”/“Seal-Shooting Salmon Farmers”/“Opposition Mounts” – online
here
21 November –
“Showdown Looming”/“Fish Farm Fight”/“A Difficult 2013 Forecast”/“Devastating
Impact” – online here
13 November –
“Suffocating the Sounds”/“Skye Waters Against”/“Lice Death Claims”/“Battle
Norwegian Fish Farms” – online here
7 November –
“Flesh-Eating Lice”/“Chlamydia & Gill Disease”/“Strong Opposition”/“Risky
Salmon Farms”/“Scotland’s Salmon Wars” – online
here
2 November –
“Flying the Flag”/”Cohen Report”/“Curb Fish Farm Impact”/“Loggerheads” – online here
1 November –
“Justice Cohen Gets Tough”/“Freeze On Farms”/“Cross-Appeal Vs Cermaq” – online here
31 October –
“Watch Live”/“Cohen Report Tracker”/“Flying the Flag”/“Report Released Today”
- online
here
30 October – “Here
Comes Cohen!”/“Probe Shows Need for Reform”/“Uncalled-for Attack”/“Respected
Scientist” – online
here
28 October –
“Deadline Looms”/“Mystery Illness”/“Mass Sickness”/“Not Defamatory Enough” – online
here
23 October – “Halt
Fish Farm Growth”/“Disease Hits Cermaq”/“Like Cancer”/“Is Truth a
Tactic?”- online
here
18 October –
“Teen Fights Salmon Farms”/“Lawsuit Threat”/“Cermaq Appeal”/”Health Indicators
Worsen” –
online here
15 October –
“Sicko Salmon”/“Farms & Disease”/“PR Disaster”/“Passionate Pleas” – online
here
3 October –
“Salmonella Outbreak”/Activist Wins”/“Boaties Protest”/“Lynch Mob” - online
here
28 September –
“Judgment Day”/“Salmon Sludge Fouls Hearing”/“Students Oppose Farms” - online
here
24
September – “Flotilla Protest”/“Shooting Seals Row”/“Farm Not
Welcome” – online
here
11 September –
“Dirty Secrets”/“FishyLeaks: Toxic Toilets”/“Disease Risk” - online
here
29 August – “Virus
Trackers”/“Compensation Culture”/“Say No to 9 New Salmon Farms” - online
here
8 August – “Legal
Strategy”/“Wave of Controversy”/“IHN Virus” – online
here
3 August – “Fatal Virus Detected in BC”/“Fish Farm
Quarantined” – online
here
31 July – “IHN Virus Spreads”/“Norway’s Olympic Mascot”/”Playing With
Fire” – online
here
20 July –
“Norwegian Fish Farm Virus Found in BC”/”ISA Confirmed”/“A Fishy Tale” – online
here
17 July – “FishyLeaks”/“ISA in BC”/“Scotland’s Secrets” – online
here
13 July – “Aquaculture PR Wars”/“Beware Mother Nature”/“Trouble
Brewing” – online
here
11 July – "Salmon Wars Are Here"/"Smoking
Gun"/"Canada disease cleanup" – online
here
9 July –
"Killer Panda"/"Quarantined Salmon to be
Destroyed"/"PR War Waged" – online
here!
6 July – "CFIA quarantines fish farm"/"Parasite found in
Norwegian-owned salmon" – online
here!
4 July – "Parasite-ridden salmon sold in BC stores"/"95%
of BC salmon is BAP certified" – online
here!