Posted by Sean Holman at Public Eye Online:
Last week, (Canadian) federal Liberal parliamentarian Ujjal Dosanjh called for an cross-border conference to address the collapse of the Fraser River’s sockeye (2009) salmon run.
But, in an interview on Public Eye Radio, former (Canadian) fisheries and oceans minister David Anderson said, “If we want successful salmon summits, we have to start bringing in the Russians, the Japanese, the North Koreans and others.” “We have about five billion artificially-raised Pacific salmon going into the ocean from hatcheries from mostly on the Western side – in Russia, Japan, North Korea – on the other side of the ocean,” he explained. “So we don’t know what those artificially-raised fish do to the natural populations of fix they mix with on the other side of the ocean.”
Correct David and well said. By “others“, we assume you’re referring to Alaska. It’s OK, don’t be afraod to say it! Afterall, of the 5 billion ranched salmon, Alaska is responsible for 1.5 billion of the little suckers.
If wealthy U.S. Foundations won’t talk about it, then we’re glad Canadian politicians are!
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Bill Bartmann // September 1, 2009 at 9:29 pm |
Great site…keep up the good work.
Say no to extinction. Now! // September 3, 2009 at 4:58 pm |
There are conversations going on via the Vancouver Sun and the Globe and Mail.
Maybe letters to the CBC will further connect you to conservationist attitudes.
I don’t think we should tolerate extinction because it reflects our own attitudes about ourselves and I want to survive in the ecosystem as homo sapiens.
If we ignore this, we are homonoids.