Alex Morton's plans to Medevac fry past fish farms

[rogue7135]

What a nut! ...and here we are 3 years later with record wild salmon returns (as pointed out by other posters here) and as someone who lives and fishes on the east coast there are more atlantic cod than I've seen in my entire lifetime.

[madtrapper101]

idiot

alex morton is a douche

[madtrapper101]

idiot



[Saltwaterfarmer]

Record returns in Campbell River AGAIN!

Tell me again how salmon farms are destroying the coast?

Next time you take a walk, alex... don't stop at the edge of the island.

[sportspanda01]

2:32 - The cod on the east coast are not extinct; however, some populations are.

[jeremyseanwilliams]

Great work Twyla!

[Wldfsh]

Aquaculture have seen a 9000% increase in GDP in 20 years. Unchecked growth is seen in one other industry, oil. Why is the Canadian Government liquidating our assetts? What is the big rush? What happened to environmental assessments and damage control, preventative instead of reactionary measures. Seems DFO has fumbled the ball. They seem to be concerned with one mandate: facilitating maritime commerce and ocean development. What happened to protecting fisheries resources and fish habitat?

[AnissaReed]

Alex is absolutely right. The public must take a strong stand on this issue. Government clearly shows how much they support the aquaculture industry. We need to celebrate wild salmon, show how much they mean to all our diverse groups of people and wildlife and fight for their future.

[Saltwaterfarmer]

@AnissaReed we can celebrate wild salmon by not killing them by the hundreds of thousands every year, No?

Are you people blind??? The human race survives in part because of FARMING.

[KatMays379]

@Saltwaterfarmer the human race has in part survived because of farming, yes, but before the human population was always around or below 1.5 billion. We're now at 6.8 billion, meaning we need more resources and more food, and as the population continues to boom, it's only going to get worse. Whats more, there are different levels of sustainability for each method of farming, and apparently, Farmed salmon isn't a sustainable method if it's possibly killing everything else.

[Saltwaterfarmer]

@KatMays379 who said Salmon farming is killing "everything"?

in my area on the West Coast, we have had RECORD salmon runs. Alex Mortons "insights" about a possible collapse in 2007 has been not only dis-proved, but BLOWN out of the water. She's become a laughing stock.

How many threats do wild salmon have? Do you honestly think the number one "killer" of "everything" is salmon farming? Why is the wild run doing so well these last couple of years?

[Saltwaterfarmer]

@KatMays379 wouldn't that be an even better reason to farm, instead of hunt.

Here's the facts...

Wild salmon have MANY enemies. Humans over fishing, poor forestry practice, pollution... just to name a few. Salmon farming is clean, it's cost efficient and it's important.

Do you hunt for chickens? Do you shoot your own wild cows? You're all hypocrites that throw stones without knowing the full story. Try something new... GET THE FACTS.

[goosee91]

@Saltwaterfarmer

do you feed chickens or cows with other animals or do they eat grains??