Salmon Farm Diseases and Sockeye

There is evidence that disease from the 70+ salmon farms on the migration route of Fraser sockeye represents the perhaps the biggest threat to our wild fish.This film illustrates the basic dynamics of salmon migration routes, diseases in farms and our governments role in the depletion of our most precious resource. produced by volunteer efforts. For more films visit CallingfromtheCoast.com. For Information on how to participate visit : SalmonAreSacred.org

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[AquacultureAwareness]

4:56 : she probably should have mentioned that the Harrison sockeye have a different lifecycle than most other Fraser sockeye - and no one knows for sure (100%) where they actually swim. They don't stay in the river for very long (other stocks stay for 1 year) and they enter the ocean at a different period in the summer.

Omiting information to try and prove your point isn't helpful (unless you desperately need to prove a point to get additional funding?)

[gaelforcewinds]

I don't agree with you @Alaska Crab. As soon as the Alaskan salmon have developed scales they are released and will spend the majority of their life free in the ocean. They are then part of the ecosystem. That is not the same as farmed salmon living their whole life cramped in a small cage with feces, diseases, drugs, lice and pellets.

[AJK847]

@Alaskacrab..Cool bro, i respect what your saying for sure.I just want to make a comparrison Alaska create fry in hatcheries and then they are put into FARMS and fed pellets of feed until they reach a desired weight and then they are released into the wild for people like yourself to catch, correct? Now in BC it is the exact same process the diff being salmon farmers grow until a desired weight and sold to the market.So you know the feed is the same in BC and Alaska. Take er easy man, thankyou

[AJK847]

@MissfitNikki.... Well i just passed 4 orcas last week, and i passed two humpbacks the week prior. This was in Jhonstone strait and the Sechelt Gibsons area. I don't deny that there numbers might be dropping, however to blame that on aquaculture is far fetched. Just so you know killer whales eat a lot more than just salmon, I have seen them eat sea lions and seals and other creatures of the sea as well. I respect your opinion and trust me when i say everything is going to be alright.Peace people

[MissfitNikki]

@AJK847 Not certain where you are getting your information from but you are incorrect. Southern Killer Whale populations are diminishing rather quickly and are listed as endangered scientists from both the States and Canada (since the are resident of both) have predicted this population to become extinct if they don't get the food they need, which is wild salmon. If you go and see them for yourself you wouldn't spout off such incorrect statements.

[Alaskrab]

I just want to be clear. I'm not anti-salmon farming because it competes with wild salmon at the market, I'm against it because it is having negative impacts on the ocean. Its documented man! There is evidence. Anyhow, once they get those farms into closed containment, we won't have anything to gripe about anymore. Alaska is a different story. I have been a commercial fisherman for a long time, I've worked in hatcheries, and I went to school for fisheries management, hatcheries are good.

[AJK847]

The industry has evolved, it is the most regulated industry in BC. I keep hearing from enviro groups and Miss. Morton that the whales are dying the eagles are dying, but yet they are still around. It is always doomand gloom yet there is no doom and gloom. I love the oceans and wildlife and our precious pacific salmon just as much as you, but I am a critical thinker not a fanatic. You will argue this and back and forth it goes, i respect your opinion and wish you well. Farms on land in the future

[AJK847]

Alaskrab.... Buddy ,salmon farms have been in BC for 30+ years. If what you say is true we would not have seen the Sockeye returning like they did, we also will see a very strong Pink return this year, like we have in the previous 10 years. You do realise that salmon farming is at a all time high in Norway Scotland and Chile right?Funny how alaska ranches salmon and we farm salmon, but they are both the same process.

[Alaskrab]

Sorry for the insult, but I'm sick of uneducated people spouting off about things that they don't get. I'm not anti-fish farming, just anti salmon farming in the open ocean. It has destroyed the waters off of the Chilean, Norwegian, and Scottish coasts and is now on its way to doing the same in BC. Responsible aquaculture is definitely going to be important in the future. BC's salmon farming industry may be trying to be responsible, but its not working. There's loads of proof.

[AJK847]

@Alaskrab,what's up with the insult?That's childish and petty. Sticks and stones mate. The world farms fish of all types because this is the best way to preserve wild stocks believe it or not. Is the industry perfect, no, but the imprint of farms is minimal, why do you think it is done world wide? it has been going on for hundreds of years. the fraser run is screwed you say . Hmm i heard that in April 2010 and what happened 4 months later? watch the pinks return this year in the millions. thanks