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Hi Fred & All, Nov 24, 2012
Thanks for pointing this out. Very sensible approach. Also I note on
that page 'Fourty years of farmed salmon...' that only native wild salmon
were used to establish their farming stock.
Yt, DW, Kentville
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fred Schueler" <bckcdb@istar.ca>
To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca>
Sent: Saturday, November 24, 2012 12:02 PM
Subject: [NatureNS] Kelp and Mussels from farmed Salmon
> Here's a Science Daily report on a Norwegian effort to suck up
> salmon-farming wastes into useful organisms...
>
> http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/11/121123092744.htm
>
> Waste from salmon production is currently being discharged into Norwegian
> coastal waters. Researchers say this is a resource -- worth NOK 6 billion
> each year -- that should be exploited for new biological production.
>
> In 2009 Norwegian fish farms produced over a million tonnes of salmon and
> salmon trout; nearly 1.2 million tonnes of high-quality feed went into
> this production. But a considerable amount of feed administered is
> released to the surrounding waters as respiratory products, faeces and
> uneaten feed .
>
> This means that a significant portion of the aquaculture industry's feed
> is actually wasted on fertilising the ocean with both organic and
> inorganic nutrients. The value of these nutrients is estimated at NOK 6
> billion annually
>
> fred.
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