Salmon Virus
Kiro Radio, On the Water, Originally aired: Sunday, May 26, 2013
Bob McLaughlin tackles the Salmon virus that may or may not be a problem here in the United States. Bob has guests Alexandra Morton, Dr. Gary Marty, Stewart Hawthorne and John Beath on the show to discuss all points on this very serious topic.
PAA Note: We have the link to the 30 minute On the Water program posted in our Audio Gallery at: http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/radio-programs-salmon-farming.
The host, Bob McLaughlin introduces Alexandra Morton at the start of the program and she pitches her salmon farming story line until Dr. Gary Marty is introduced at 5:47 minutes into the program. Stewart Hawthorn from Grieg Seafood is introduced at 17:00 minutes. The link we have posted in our gallery allows you to select the timeline you would like to listen to.
Dr. Marty and Stewart Hawthorn are excellent; here are just a few quotes of interest from the program:
"All laboratories that have been testing with this agree there have been no cases of the ISA in British Columbia," says Dr. Gary Marty, a fish pathologist with the B.C. Animal Health Centre. "We test several hundred fish a year that die on the farms for that virus and those test results have consistently come back negative, no virus."
"We have a law in British Columbia, it's called the Veterinarian's Act, and if you're going to do diagnosis of disease and interpretation of the results, by law you need to be a veterinarian. So the farmers have that right to work with a licensed veterinarian and accredited veterinary diagnostic lab," says Dr. Marty. "That means if someone who is not a veterinarian, like Alexandra Morton, wants to do research, they're going to have to get the approval of the farms."
... Stewart Hawthorn, Managing Director at Grieg Seafood BC, tells On the Water the film [by Alexandra Morton] is full of inaccuracies.
"It's selectively edits quotes from people to make it look like they're saying something that they aren't. It's full of innuendo. It's simply misinforming people and creating fear where there shouldn't be fear."
Listen to the full program here: http://www.farmfreshsalmon.org/radio-programs-salmon-farming
We have also posted a link to our favorite quote from Alexandra Morton in the Audio Gallery, make sure to listen to that link too.
