Canada - August 7, 2010 - Fish farmers' refusal to provide fish health and sea lice data to provincial regulators, and the provincial government's refusal to demand that information, is "inexplicable" and bad news for wild salmon, say environmental groups fighting for public release of fish farm data.
Changes to the audit process for BC salmon farms' fish health management plans were made this spring to ensure consistency during the regulatory transition from provincial to federal governments.
Canada - August 7, 2010 - The province has not been able to carry out independent fish health audits at salmon farms since April 1 because salmon farms have stopped providing tissue samples.
Scotland - August 7, 2010 - Bruce Sandison makes wide sweeping and blinkered statements in his article in The Inverness Courier (30/7/10). Not only does he get it wrong, he leaves a lot out.
Canada - August 9, 2010 - Buildings are only as strong as their foundations; trees are only as firm as their roots - - and in the aquaculture industry, our fish are only as successful as their brood-stock.
Canada - August 8, 2010 - First Nations and salmon farm opponents will take to the water this fall to galvanize public support for ending open-net salmon farming in B.C. waters.
After 14 years of work, unceasing attacks from critics, and a $50 million investment without a penny of profit, a small New England biotech company stands on the doorstep of history - seemingly poised to join agriculture's "green revolution" as a game-changer in feeding the world.