News we found of interest this week

February 6, 2015
News we found of interest this week - Feb. 2 to Feb. 6, 2015

Salmon helps you eat ‘heart healthy’ for a long, active life
The Province, February 3, 2015.
...A tasty way to help ensure you’re eating enough of the right fats is to include at least two 75-gram servings of salmon each week. A recent study published by the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance found that if all Canadians ate fish at the Canada Food Guide recommended levels, approximately 5,800 deaths could be avoided every year.
Heart healthy salmon for a family dinner
Asian Pacific Post, Feb. 3, 2015, By Samantha McLeod, Special to The Province
In conjunction with Heart Month in Canada, Coast Fresh - a proud supporter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC and Yukon - brings you a month of salmon recipes in The Province...“Salmon is light and filled with energy,” said Yola Stachura, a Vancouver artist known for her canvasses that overflow with sunlight and pastel beauty.
 
Fish farms don’t harm wild runs
Stewart Hawthorn, Campbell River Mirror, February 5, 2015
I am writing to update your readers on Grieg Seafood’s new farm site applications in the Clio Channel area north of Campbell River. In the first place it is important to ask why?  Why do we need to farm fish?
 
New site applications explained
Canada: In a letter to one of Campbell River’s two newspapers Stewart Hawthorn- Managing Director of Grieg Seafood in Canada explains that two new salmon farms will not harm wild runs
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, February 06, 2015
 
Vancouver Costco hit by farmed salmon protests
Vancouver Observer, Sindu Dharmarajah, Mychaylo Prystupa, January 31, 2015
Customers darting in to Vancouver’s downtown Costco recently for bulk deals on food and merchandise, got more than they bargained for....Jeremy Dunn of the BC Salmon Farmers Association said there’s a lot of rhetoric and misinformation about the industry.
 
When facts fail to support your cause, boycott
Posted by Alaska Salmon Ranching on Monday, February 2, 2015
...While reasonable people might want to learn the facts about what they are supposed to boycott, emotional activists would prefer you just do what they tell you. Don’t learn the facts, don’t critically think, and be sure to share your personal agenda with everyone you come into contact with.
 
“Yellow fish” issue in farmed Chinook salmon not linked to PRV, new study shows
2015/02/06 salmonfarmscience          
Three heavy hitters in BC’s fisheries and aquaculture science community have published a new study after a laboratory challenge of several different species of salmon.
The study investigated the phenomenon of yellow (jaundiced) fish from a Chinook farming operation in Clayoquot Sound; the level of Piscene Reovirus (PRV) in these fish compared to other species; and any disease associated with jaundiced fish and PRV infection.
 
Salmon aquaculture virus study leaves one big unanswered question
2015/02/04 salmonfarmscience
A study by Norwegian researchers published late last month is apparently ” the first study confirming the presence of virus-infected escaped farmed Atlantic salmon in a nearby river shortly after escaping.” The study makes some interesting speculations:
 
Cermaq City on the verge of winning Island title
Campbell River Courier-Islander, February 4, 2015
...Saturday Cermaq City travels to Victoria to play Gorge. A win will secure the league championship. The following week they have their final league game on Sunday, Feb. 15, against Gulf Island. Kick off is 2 p.m. at Willow Point Park.
 
On Twitter:
 
Marine Harvest Canada's February edition of "Wharfside" newsletter ready for reading: http://www.marineharvest.ca/about/wharfside-newsletter/ …
 
By 2020 #aquaculture will make up 55% of the fish destined for human consumption @FAOfish GSI are ensuring salmon production is #sustainable
 
@MHCanada have released their @ASC_aqua dashboard online reporting on sea lice monitoring - View the reports at http://goo.gl/0pZOGx
 
Pacific Northwest Salmon

Good news on halibut, chinook fronts for west coast

Jeremy Maynard / Campbell River Courier Islander, February 1, 2015
...As we move into the second half of what is supposed to be winter in these parts, I’d say the seasonal fishery for chinook salmon has been the best in many years. I thought last winter was good but this year is even better, with fish being steadily caught on the open Strait of Georgia side of Campbell River.
 
Youtube: Salmon Health
Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative, January 26, 2015
The CWHC's Executive Director, Craig Stephen, gives a summary of a meeting with the BC First Nations Fisheries Council.
Reference Link: Canadian Wildlife Health Cooperative - http://www.healthywildlife.ca/
 
Salmon migrate to Vancouver bridge
by  Martha Wickett - Salmon Arm Observer, Feb 4, 2015
“A thousand sockeye swim towards you. As they get closer the image expands so that the fish continue to swim over your head and continue upstream into the city buildings behind you.” These words come from an e-brochure for Uninterrupted, a cinematic spectacle planned to take place beneath the Cambie Street bridge in Vancouver. It will feature Adams River Sockeye Salmon, with images underwater, above water and both at once. Lana Fitt, Salmon Arm’s economic development officer, told the city’s planning committee Monday of the project being put on by Nettie Wild’s Canada Wild Productions, in concert with the Pacific Salmon Foundation.
What Salmon Recipes did Aquaculture Aware @BCAquaculture  retweet this week?
 
 
 
MensHealthFood @GuyGourmet  Stop making BORING salmon! Please. Do this instead: http://bit.ly/1Aolawc  #EatMoreFish
 
Seared #Salmon Sliders With Cucumber and Lime-Sriracha Mayo | NBC Connecticut http://www.nbcconnecticut.com/on-air/as-seen-on/Seared-Salmon-Sliders-With-Cucumber-and-Lime-Sriracha- … Mayo-290480371.html via @nbcconnecticut
 
Yummy... MT @5SeasonFin: Grilled #Salmon Burger Recipe can be #inflammation fighters! From @HealthMonitor http://buff.ly/1BiaiuS
And this is the news we found of interest last week - January 26 - Jan. 30, 2015:

A fun take on heart healthy salmon
Asian Pacific Post, January 27, 2015
In conjunction with Heart Month in Canada, Coast Fresh – a proud supporter of the Heart and Stroke Foundation, BC & Yukon -  brings you a month of salmon recipes in The Post group of newspapers. Salmon, farmed or wild, provides numerous and significant nutritional benefits when eaten on a regular basis.

Time to dispel subsidization myth
Odd Grydeland, FishfarmingXpert, January 28, 2015
The aquaculture industry regularly faces criticism for supposedly receiving high levels of government subsidies, despite a new report showing that only 0.2% of the grants and contributions provided by the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans went to BC's salmon farmers.
 
Blogs of Interest
 
One key to preserving our planet will be eating more farmed seafood, less pork and beef
Salmon Farm Science, 2015/01/26
 “If 3 billion people move up into the middle class between now and 2050 and they are eating primarily beef and pork, the planet is going to be in a lot of trouble. The growing middle class should be eating seafood, rather than terrestrial animals. Aquaculture provides a clear way to scale and meet these growing demands.”
 
Food labeling: our right to know or unnecessary fear mongering?
Alaska Salmon Ranching on Monday, January 26, 2015
We all have a right to know where our food comes from. But can excessive food labeling lead to unnecessary consumer confusion?
Note: A favorite video of ours is embedded in this blog...
Web / Social Media Links of interest
 
Marine Harvest Canada launches refreshed website:
 
Farmed salmon: Q&A reference document from Marine Harvest Canada -- http://www.marineharvest.ca/planet/salmon-farming-in-bc-reference-document/ …
 
Fresh post from the salmon blog! All about the new Strait of Georgia Data Centre - the first central repository for all things Strait of Georgia, free and open to the public. Historical photos, fisheries information, recorded oral histories...and more. Special thanks to Sitka Foundation for major support.
Recipes we tweeted out this week: