Episode 2 - What's so great about pink salmon?

In this weeks 7 min video blog episode... Twyla accompanies Alex Morton as she continues her research on salmon and sea lice research in the Broughton Archipelago, but catches more than just pink salmon fry in her nets... also a crew from Global Television visits and interviews Alex.. Learn more about the role pink salmon play in BC's economy and spirit, as well as lice, salmon farms and the fish politics of the coast...

Callingfromthecoast.com is an ongoing coastal short video documentary series being broadcast from remote parts of the coast by filmmaker Twyla Roscoivch.

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News & Politics

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• farming
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[onbradley]

hippies fucking blow. someone torpedo that rowboat.

[diomedia111]

d3faultlogin. I think you need to do some reading up on the subject and educate yourself to all sides of the situation before commenting and making yourself look ignorant.

[d3faultlogin]

This is just plain ridiculous...is she really claiming that the fish farms is responsible for introducing salmon lice in the environment? Isn't salmon lice as old as salmon, in fact depending on it to survive?

Wild salmon will seek sweet water form the streams naturally to rid itself of lice. This is a natural process, and is of course the very reason you find quite concentrated amounts of lice on salmon in lower parts of streams.

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[damon365420]

stop all netting in the rivers? Indians can live off the land, can't they. or do they rely on fish sales to Japan? a Wa. native

[givemetexture]

I wonder what backers she has. I bet if she presented her information to sport angler groups, she'd get their backing on moving the farms away from migration routes. Especially if she lined up all of her data in a way that BC lawmakers can understand (read: make it easy to understand), she could get some laws passed. Of course, she needs backers, and the people that could get most passionate are the sport anglers.

[steelyfisherman]

Thanks for opening up my i=eyes to the importance of pink salmon!

[schmarly2007]

Finnyfin1 - I think you are lost in this debate.

[schmarly2007]

Good question phildaluca - she only attacks salmon farmers because she is paid by commercial fisherman to do so (fact).

[tonyballa07]

because... They know which waters to swim in they where all the energy and extra oxygen that helps them grow taller than usual fish.

[Finnyfin1]

becuase she's busy trying to show the problems with the commercial hatcheries and get the word out