National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
The transmission of a virus tied to kidney and liver damage in endangered Chinook salmon is being fuelled by the exchange of the disease between open-net pen fish farms and wild stocks in B.C., a new study indicates.
Continue reading Salmon farms infecting wild Chinook salmon, study suggestsBy Cloe Logan, National Observer, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Smaller farms produce more food and have more biodiversity than their larger counterparts, a new study has found.
Continue reading Smaller farms produce more food per acreThree recent academic papers suggest that salmon farms may pose more than a minimal risk to wild salmon migrating through the Discovery Islands.
In response, the BC Salmon Farmers Association emailed Cortes Currents that while these studies reported the presence of viruses, they did not show they were causing disease in farmed or wild salmon.
Today’s program largely consists of interviews with Dr Andrew Bateman from the Pacific Salmon Foundation (PSF)’s Strategic Salmon Health Initiative (SSHI), one of the scientists involved in these studies, and readings from the industry’s response.
Continue reading Fish Farms may pose more than a minimal risk, studies suggestOn Folk U: Join Host Manda Aufochs Gillespie and Howard Eaton in discussion about the Amazing Neuroplastic Brain.
What if learning disabilities were not lifelong and cognitive degeneration avoidable?
Join neighbour Howard Eaton of the famed Eaton Arrowsmith school.
Continue reading the Amazing Neuroplastic BrainBy Quinn Bender, Prince Rupert Northern View, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
It appears Pacific great blue herons have a much larger appetite for juvenile salmon than previously understood, potentially raising the complexity of salmon recovery strategies in B.C.
Continue reading Blue herons significant predator of juvenile salmon, study finds
