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Wisconsin Aquaculture Association, Inc. September 07, 2010 01:37 PM US Central |
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Grey science assaults salmon net-pen farms, feed mills Environmental groups have pitched battle at ever-higher levels in their effort to abolish salmon net-pen aquaculture. Suit was filed in California in January under the 'anti-toxics' law against numerous farms and feed suppliers following research results published in Science magazine earlier that month. The research, really the first credible work done in the area, identified elevated levels of PCBs and other chlorinated organic pollutants in farm raised salmon. 'Greyness' in this case refers to the tainted motives of the environmental groups, whose concern seems to be to harass net-pen operations into oblivion, not to watchdog food safety issues. Their unwillingness to consider the virtues of aquaculture, give context to the research results, or hear the honest responses to their fears from fish farmers, further taints their agenda. These public relations and legal assaults only concern Wisconsin aquaculture indirectly. The only reason we aren't targeted as well is that we are too small, and include no net-pen operators. Do we raise our voices in defense of unfairness, or simply duck and dodge? In the following pages, several articles appear in abridged form. The intention is to fairly represent several sides of the issue, respecting obvious space limitations. We all, as consumers, share concerns about food safety. We all as farmers, nature lovers, and participants in the process, share concerns about pollution and environmental conservation. Those of us who produce food fish are particularly concerned about possible toxins in the feed we use. Like the salmon farmers, we make every effort to anticipate and correct problems, hopefully before they arise. May we receive due credit for our efforts, and not suffer blanket condemnation, before the fact, as the salmon farmers have.
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