Enjoy your fresh, farm-raised salmon

In Commentary on 25 February 2010 tagged environment , food with no comments Andrew Leonard on a ">Salmon farming disaster in Chile: Who could have predicted that the mass forced farming of an exotic fish to please the Wal-Mart low-price palate would result in a horrific virus-borne plague of anemia? I don't eat farmed salmon if I can help it.

Chile's farmed salmon disaster

Workers clean salmon carcasses on a cleaning line at the Acuinova Chile salmonera company located some 1,625 km south of Santiago Chile's loss is Norway's gain.

Salmon Virus Tilts Scales in B.C.'s Favour

A virus that devastated the Chilean salmon industry is driving up global prices, bringing an unintended boon to British Columbia's embattled farmed-salmon business.

Salmon virus tilts scales in favour of British Columbia

Fishing industry Salmon virus tilts scales in favour of British Columbia A big fish farm at Cyrus Rock near Campbell River, B.C.. The fish farm is state of the art salmon farm run by Marine Harvest Canada and has about 600,000 Atlantic salmon.

It's the economy

Globe and Mail- - Tories to sell two-sided budget with two-sided tale Greece reels amid debt crisis Salmon virus tilts scales in favour of British Columbia Big banks' credit provisions may offer clues on economy GM to axe Hummer after China deal falls through Bernanke's bittersweet rate pledge New York Times- - Work-share program that cuts hours vs.

Lighthouse is out of rocky water after rescue and rise in revenues

SALMON farming business Lighthouse Caledonia continued its turnaround yesterday after revealing that revenue rose by more than 40 per cent during 2009.

Roomier cages for farmed salmon

Tasmanian salmon farming company Tassal is to increase the number of fish cages and lower stocking rates to improve environmental sustainability.

Wild salmon stocks considered at talk 2 hours ago

A talk scheduled for the Ladner Community Centre today will focus on threats to B.C.'s wild salmon stocks.

Salmon OK to eat, FDA says

The Food and Drug Administration says Chilean salmon is still safe to consume despite a virus that has killed scores of fish.