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Index of Subjects --Apple-Mail-6-694927135 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi John, On 28-Jul-11, at 10:40 AM, John and Nhung wrote: > To: All > > From: John Sollows > > Date: July 28/11 > > Can we all agree that honest science > (a) considers all possibilities without bias, > (b) realizes that qualitative information can be as important as =20 > (and sometimes more important than) quantitative data, and > (c) does not confuse absence of evidence for a phenomenon or an =20 > effect with absence of the phenomenon/effect, but > (d) acknowledges the need to test for alleged phenomena/effects, if =20= > their importance warrants it? Well said. > In the case of the effects of large-scale cage culture of =20 > carnivorous fish on ecosystems, I would bet that a bit of digging =20 > into the literature of various sorts would raise serious concerns =20 > about the wisdom of promoting this sort of thing. It's not a literature that I'm very familiar with, but there have =20 indeed been such serious concerns raised. On June 10th, Jordan =20 Nikoloyuk, the Sustainable Fisheries Coordinator for the Ecology =20 Action Center (EAC) wrote: "The known environmental impact associated with open net-pen salmon =20 aquaculture, and the unknown risk related to such a large-scale =20 endeavor has raised concern throughout the communities and within =20 conservation organizations. The proposed sites have the potential to =20 negatively affect the lobster fishery in one of the most productive =20 and lucrative lobster fishing areas in the world, and may spread =20 disease and parasites to already endangered wild Atlantic salmon =20 population." = http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/approval-salmon-aquaculture-lease-spur= s-outrage-community-and-conservation-groups And furthermore, the runner-up to the EAC's 2011 "Tarred Duck Award", =20= presented annually to a group or individual who has acted in violation =20= of environmental issues or advocated for economic development without =20= consideration for the environment," went to Minister of Fisheries and =20= Aquaculture and Minster of the Environment Sterling Belliveau and the =20= Nova Scotia Government for: "For approving the the rapid expansion of industrial-scale salmon =20 feedlots along Nova Scotia's coasts and for failing to adequately =20 consult Nova Scotians. As a former fisherman and as Minister of =20 Fisheries and Aquaculture and Minster of the Environment Belliveau =20 should know better. Decisions like these mean lobster fishermen from =20 St. Mary=92s Bay will no longer be able to fish in the 209 acre inshore =20= waters that Cooke Aquaculture salmon farms will soon cover. It is =20 shocking that this government has entirely failed to take the lead on =20= sustainable aquaculture innovation and progressive coastal policies in =20= general." http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/annual-awards In my view, its particularly egregious that Sterling Belliveau - =20 himself a former fisherman - has taken such action. > Politicians need to understand that long-term economic issues and =20 > environmental issues coincide. It=92s some short-term economic issues = =20 > that conflict with them, and the long-term costs of promoting such =20 > short-term economic fixes often exceed the benefits. And sadly, that's when science goes right out the window in the =20 pursuit of short-term economic goals driven by uninformed political =20 objectives. That's where we need to direct our ire. Cheers! Chris Christopher Majka 6252 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5 c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca "If all else fails, immortality can always be assured by spectacular =20 error." - John Kenneth Galbraith --Apple-Mail-6-694927135 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body style=3D"word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; = -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Hi John,<div><br><div><div>On = 28-Jul-11, at 10:40 AM, John and Nhung wrote:</div><br = class=3D"Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span = class=3D"Apple-style-span" style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: = rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; = font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; = line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; = text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">To: = All<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: = 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; = font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; ">From: John = Sollows<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Date: July 28/11<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">Can we all agree that honest science<o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">(a) considers all possibilities without bias,<o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = ">(b) realizes that qualitative information can be as important as (and = sometimes more important than) quantitative data, = and<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; ">(c) does not confuse absence of evidence for a = phenomenon or an effect with absence of the phenomenon/effect, = but<o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; ">(d) acknowledges the need to test for alleged = phenomena/effects, if their importance warrants = it?</div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Well = said.</div><br><blockquote type=3D"cite"><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: = 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; = font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; = orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; = white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; = -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: = 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: = auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div = lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div class=3D"WordSection1" = style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; = margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: = 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p></o:p></div><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p> </o:p>In the case of the effects of large-scale cage = culture of carnivorous fish on ecosystems, I would bet that a bit of = digging into the literature of various sorts would raise serious = concerns about the wisdom of promoting this sort of = thing. </div></div></div></span></blockquote><div><br></div><div>It's= not a literature that I'm very familiar with, but there have indeed = been such serious concerns raised. On June 10th, Jordan Nikoloyuk, the = Sustainable Fisheries Coordinator for the Ecology Action Center (EAC) = wrote:</div><div><br></div><div>"The known environmental impact = associated with open net-pen salmon aquaculture, and the unknown risk = related to such a large-scale endeavor has raised concern throughout the = communities and within conservation organizations. The proposed sites = have the potential to negatively affect the lobster fishery in one of = the most productive and lucrative lobster fishing areas in the world, = and may spread disease and parasites to already endangered wild Atlantic = salmon population."</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/approval-salmon-aquaculture-le= ase-spurs-outrage-community-and-conservation-groups">http://www.ecologyact= ion.ca/content/approval-salmon-aquaculture-lease-spurs-outrage-community-a= nd-conservation-groups</a></div><div><br></div><div>And furthermore, the = runner-up to the EAC's 2011 "<b>Tarred Duck Award</b>", presented = annually to a group or individual who has acted in violation of = environmental issues or advocated for economic development without = consideration for the environment," went to Minister of Fisheries = and Aquaculture and Minster of the Environment <b>Sterling Belliveau</b> = and the Nova Scotia Government for:</div><div><br></div><div>"For = approving the the rapid expansion of industrial-scale salmon feedlots = along Nova Scotia's coasts and for failing to adequately consult Nova = Scotians. As a former fisherman and as Minister of Fisheries and = Aquaculture and Minster of the Environment Belliveau should know better. = Decisions like these mean lobster fishermen from St. Mary=92s Bay will = no longer be able to fish in the 209 acre inshore waters that Cooke = Aquaculture salmon farms will soon cover. It is shocking that this = government has entirely failed to take the lead on sustainable = aquaculture innovation and progressive coastal policies in = general."</div><div><br></div><div><a = href=3D"http://www.ecologyaction.ca/content/annual-awards">http://www.ecol= ogyaction.ca/content/annual-awards</a></div><div><br></div><div>In my = view, its particularly egregious that Sterling Belliveau - himself = a former fisherman - has taken such action.</div><br><blockquote = type=3D"cite"><div lang=3D"EN-CA" link=3D"blue" vlink=3D"purple"><div = class=3D"WordSection1" style=3D"page: WordSection1; "><div = style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; = margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; = margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; font-family: = Calibri, sans-serif; "><o:p> </o:p>Politicians need to understand = that long-term economic issues and environmental issues coincide. = It=92s some short-term economic issues that conflict with them, and the = long-term costs of promoting such short-term economic fixes often exceed = the benefits. </div><div style=3D"margin-top: 0cm; margin-right: = 0cm; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; margin-left: 0cm; font-size: 11pt; = font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; = "><o:p></o:p></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div><div>And = sadly, that's when science goes right out the window in the pursuit = of short-term economic goals driven by uninformed = political objectives. That's where we need to direct our = ire.</div><div><br></div><div>Cheers!</div><div><br></div><div>Chris</div>= <br><br><div apple-content-edited=3D"true"> <div style=3D"word-wrap: = break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: = after-white-space; "><div><span class=3D"Apple-style-span" = style=3D"font-size: 14px; "><div>Christopher Majka</div><div>6252 = Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5</div><div><a = href=3D"mailto:c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca">c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca</a></div><= div><br></div><div><i>"If all else fails, immortality can always be = assured by spectacular error."</i> - John Kenneth = Galbraith</div></span></div></div> </div><br></body></html>= --Apple-Mail-6-694927135--
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