Salmon Farming Blogs and Social Media items we found of interest this week

August 8, 2014
We’re back, baby, plus a thought about Neil Degrasse Tyson
Salmon Farm Science, Aug. 5, 2014
...The whole episode reinforces something we’ve observed for years in aquaculture: opinions are more important to people than facts. So many times we have met and conversed with people who are dead-set against salmon farming. We can provide fact after fact showing that their concerns are unfounded. But it’s rare that someone with a strong opinion will change it based on new information.
 
Morton attack on Grieg Seafood is unintentionally hilarious
Salmon Farm Science, August 5, 2014
Thanks for the laugh today, Alexandra Morton. Her latest blog post, written in the style of a mystery / spy story, contained this gem:
    We observed a smelly slick of fish oil seeping from the pens. A biological oil spill. Farm salmon are so fat that when mass die-offs happen they release large amounts of fat.

Lazy reporting, mean girls and plankton blooms
Salmon Farm Science, August 7, 2014
Linda Aylesworth of Global News took activist Alexandra Morton’s bait and ran a segment on TV about her recent attack on Grieg Seafood. Unfortunately, Aylesworth didn’t make any effort to fact-check the claims of either Morton or the Grieg Seafood managing director quoted in the story.
 
Leading the Blue Revolution (part 8): marketing a fantastic protein
By Ken Taylor, Sales Director, Marine Harvest North America, August 2014
What a privilege it is to be a part of the Marine Harvest team that takes pride in our vision of “Leading the Blue Revolution”. This exciting vision motivates me and our sales department to continually strive for improvement in our sales operations through communication, excellent customer relations, and living our corporate values.
 
Study confirms history of recently discovered fish virus
Marine Harvest Canada, August 8, 2014 - Campbell River, BC.
A new study, published last month in the international peer-reviewed Journal of Fish Diseases, reports on extensive fish virus research and confirms that the recently identified fish virus (piscine reovirus) is a benign virus that has long been present in fish in the Pacific Northwest.
 
Web, Facebook and Tweets of Interest
 
BC Salmon Farmers Association added 2 new photos.
Another beautiful day touring Grieg Seafood's Barnes Bay farm with some great local guests and a family from West York, England. Thank you Grieg Seafood, we enjoyed our visit.

 Reference Links: Booking Salmon Farm Tours - http://www.salmonfarmers.org/farm-tours

The tours run each Thursday until September 11th bringing up to 11 people to a salmon farm in the Campbell River area.  http://www.salmonfarmers.org/few-spaces-remain-popular-salmon-farm-tours
 
Marine Harvest Canada Newsletter- Wharfside, August 2014
 
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