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Index of Subjects ---2114655128-369746523-1339497042=:52616 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi Dave=0AGood points you bring out.=0AThe whole question has brought out p= eople with lots of opinions=0Abut with very little knowledge. But that neve= r stops the Media types - LOL!=0AThe wild salmon population in the Gulf of = St Lawrence rivers was at an all time=0Arecord as long as records were kept= . That was last year. Newfoundland rivers the=0Asame with some exceptions a= s were European Rivers.=0AA couple of rivers in Maine had large runs but th= e Bay of Fundy and Atlantic Coast=0Arivers were low. All =A0the while the N= atives and DOF play their chess game so its=0Ahard to know if the populatio= n is going up, down or sideways.=0ANova =A0Scotia Rivers have big problems = - the Mersey with dams, the Lahave with chain=0Apicheral and so on but inst= ead of trying to solve these problems the media want=A0=0Ato wage war on th= e Fish Farms - go figure - guess they want something sexy=0Awhere they can = find a villian. Sure not going to help the fish.=0AHave a nice day=0APaul= =0A=0A=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: David & Alison Web= ster <dwebster@glinx.com>=0ATo: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca =0ASent: Monday, Ju= ne 11, 2012 5:34:16 PM=0ASubject: Re: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon=0A =0AHi San= dy & All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 June 11, 2012=0A=A0 The q= uestion that nags is: Would salmon have declined to the same extent (or nea= rly the same) if there had been no aquaculture ?=0A=0A=A0 Public pressure = (perhaps misinformed pressure) may force the industry to undergo a modern v= ersion of ordeal by water; the original being you are innocent if you sink = and drown but if you rise alive to the surface then you are guilty and burn= ed at the stake. So this is not just an academic question.=0A=0A=A0 Drawin= g on memory, e.g. poor salmon runs in some NB rivers as early as 1950 led t= o a program to control Mergansers way before farmed salmon (I think). Also = salmon runs along the South and Eastern shore have been in decline for 5 de= cades or more. how can aquaculture have caused this ? Have acid rain and ov= erfishing in the ocean had no effects after all ?=0A=0A=A0 Assuming that s= ea lice and escaped farmed salmon adversely affect wild stock should not th= e emphasis be on solving these problems ?=0A=0AYt, Dave Webster, Kentville= =0A=0A=0A----- Original Message ----- From: "Sandy Hiltz" <birddog@ns.sympa= tico.ca>=0ATo: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>=0ASent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:21= AM=0ASubject: RE: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon=0A=0A=0A> Hi Dave,=0A> =0A> The= re is ample evidence of a steep decline in wild salmon stocks, both here=0A= > and in Europe, with the evolution of salmon aquaculture.=0A> Salmon stock= s were healthy in the inner Bay of Fundy in rivers like the St=0A> John and= Little Salmon rivers in New Brunswick and the Stewiacke in Nova=0A> Scotia= prior to open pen salmon farming.=0A> =0A> -----Original Message-----=0A> = From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca]= =0A> On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster=0A> Sent: June-09-12 9:12 PM=0A> T= o: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca=0A> Subject: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon=0A> =0A> D= ear All,=A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 June 9, 2012=0A>=A0= =A0 There has been numerous articles and letters recently about open-pen= =0A> Salmon farms. One in particular caught my eye (June 9, CH, Jim Gourlay= )=0A> "...proven devastation of wild Atlantic Salmon stocks wherever open-p= en=0A> salmon aquaculture has been sited..."=0A> =0A>=A0 =A0 As I recall, s= almon stocks were in very bad shape before culture of=0A> salmon was initia= ted; culture of salmon being a way to offset the shortage=0A> of wild salmo= n and take some pressure off of these wild stocks that were=0A> probably be= ing overfished off Greenland.=0A> =0A>=A0 =A0 Are there really examples of = abundant salmon stocks in areas where there=0A> has been no open-pen salmon= farming ?=0A> =0A>=A0 =A0 Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville=0A> =0A> =0A> =0A> = =0A> -----=0A> No virus found in this message.=0A> Checked by AVG - www.avg= .com=0A> Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5056 - Release Date: 0= 6/08/12=0A> ---2114655128-369746523-1339497042=:52616 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html><body><div style=3D"color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:ti= mes new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi Dave</s= pan></div><div><span>Good points you bring out.</span></div><div><span>The = whole question has brought out people with lots of opinions</span></div><di= v><span>but with very little knowledge. But that never stops the Media type= s - LOL!</span></div><div><span>The wild salmon population in the Gulf of S= t Lawrence rivers was at an all time</span></div><div><span>record as long = as records were kept. That was last year. Newfoundland rivers the</span></d= iv><div><span>same with some exceptions as were European Rivers.</span></di= v><div><span>A couple of rivers in Maine had large runs but the Bay of Fund= y and Atlantic Coast</span></div><div><span>rivers were low. All the = while the Natives and DOF play their chess game so its</span></div><div><sp= an>hard to know if the population is going up, down or sideways.</span></div><div><span>Nova Scotia Rivers have big problem= s - the Mersey with dams, the Lahave with chain</span></div><div><span>pich= eral and so on but instead of trying to solve these problems the media want= </span></div><div><span>to wage war on the Fish Farms - go figure - g= uess they want something sexy</span></div><div><span>where they can find a = villian. Sure not going to help the fish.</span></div><div><span>Have a nic= e day</span></div><div><span>Paul</span></div><div><span><br></span></div><= div><span><br></span></div><div><br></div> <div style=3D"font-size: 12pt; = font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; "> <div style=3D"= font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york'