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Index of Subjects Not sure when the first farms were set up, but some were in operation (not sure of the scale) in the Bay of Fundy in the early '80's. I remember pertinent discussions at the 1983 Aquaculture Conference in St. Andrews. -----Original Message----- From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] On Behalf Of fulton.harding@ns.sympatico.ca Sent: June-11-12 6:25 PM To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Cc: David & Alison Webster Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon Commercial salmon licence buy-back programs in New Brunswick go back to the 1980s. Salmon was already in noticeable decline at that time. When were the first salmon farms set up? Marian Fulton Hantsport NS ---- David & Alison Webster <dwebster@glinx.com> wrote: > Hi Sandy & All, June 11, 2012 > The question that nags is: Would salmon have declined to the same > extent (or nearly the same) if there had been no aquaculture ? > > Public pressure (perhaps misinformed pressure) may force the > industry to undergo a modern version 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 burned at the stake. So this is > not just an academic question. > > Drawing on memory, e.g. poor salmon runs in some NB rivers as > early as > 1950 led to 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 decades or more. how can aquaculture have caused > this ? Have acid rain and overfishing in the ocean had no effects after all ? > > Assuming that sea lice and escaped farmed salmon adversely affect > wild stock should not the emphasis be on solving these problems ? > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Sandy Hiltz" <birddog@ns.sympatico.ca> > To: <naturens@chebucto.ns.ca> > Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2012 7:21 AM > Subject: RE: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon > > > > Hi Dave, > > > > There is ample evidence of a steep decline in wild salmon stocks, > > both here and in Europe, with the evolution of salmon aquaculture. > > Salmon stocks were healthy in the inner Bay of Fundy in rivers like > > the St John and Little Salmon rivers in New Brunswick and the > > Stewiacke in Nova Scotia prior to open pen salmon farming. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca > > [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] > > On Behalf Of David & Alison Webster > > Sent: June-09-12 9:12 PM > > To: NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca > > Subject: [NatureNS] Farmed Salmon > > > > Dear All, June 9, 2012 > > There has been numerous articles and letters recently about > > open-pen Salmon farms. One in particular caught my eye (June 9, CH, > > Jim Gourlay) "...proven devastation of wild Atlantic Salmon stocks > > wherever open-pen salmon aquaculture has been sited..." > > > > As I recall, salmon stocks were in very bad shape before culture > > of salmon was initiated; culture of salmon being a way to offset the > > shortage of wild salmon and take some pressure off of these wild > > stocks that were probably being overfished off Greenland. > > > > Are there really examples of abundant salmon stocks in areas > > where there has been no open-pen salmon farming ? > > > > Yt, Dave Webster, Kentville > > > > > > > > > > ----- > > No virus found in this message. > > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > > Version: 2012.0.2178 / Virus Database: 2433/5056 - Release Date: > > 06/08/12 > > >
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