Sea Lice Videos

A new short documentary produced by Canadian film-maker Damien Gillis lifts the lid on the problems caused by open net cage salmon farms worldwide. Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry reveals the pervasive nature of the issues plaguing salmon aquaculture and features testimonials by witnesses discussing the environmental and socio-economic damage caused by poorly managed salmon farms.The film features ghillie Brian Fraser from Scotland; John Mulcahy from Save The Swilly in Ireland; Orri Vigfusson from the North Atlantic Salmon Fund in Iceland; Alexandra Morton and Dr Daniel Pauly from British Columbia; Dr Matthias Gorny from Oceana in Chile as well as Sven Helge Pedersen, King Harald and Vegard Heggem in Norway.

Visiting again with friend Kevin, Uncle Weed discusses the negative impact salmon fish farms impart on the local aquaculture. Specifically, Atlantic salmon living in pens attract hazardous sea lice, are unable to spawn, are fed with small fish imported from South America, and are dyed to appear more attractive in the supermarket. Further the politically controversial fish farms add little benefit to the local economy. Downcast podload: Salmon Swimming Free Rainforest Dispatches, chapter 7/9 16:00 Participate Your input on this topic is invited – particularly if you participated in the protests or traveled to this area. Consider leaving a comment and/or recording an audio missive of your own to use in a future episode. Let me know where you stashed your blockade memories or other rainforest thoughts by emailing: choogleon (at) uncleweed (dot) net or via Twitter @choogleon and/or @uncleweed, etc. Music Theme: Bex – Lonesome (Lost) Traveler Segue: Wm. Lenker – excerpts from Heaven Holds a Place Interludes: Grateful Dead Throwing Stones Insert: Bob and Doug McKenzie (recorded from CBC TV) thanks to @JMV Background This is Part 7 of 9 (or more) in the Rainforest Dispatches series on Choogle On with Uncle Weed a series of explorations and soliloquies from the Clayoquot Sound area on the west coast of Vancouver Island during a summertime water outage in the midst of a temperate rainforest. While figuring out what happened, Uncle Weed recollects the tense logging blockades in early 1990s and compares current conditions through lens of deep ecology and sustainable development practices. Subscribe Grab the Choogle On RSS feed or subscribe Choogle On via iTunes – Choogle On by Email Gear I use Koss Sterophones, M-Audio MicroTrack II, M-Audio Solo audio interface , Griffin iMic and Sony Microphone – in case you were wondering. Visit Uncleweed.net for more writings, podcasts, paintings and photos S REALLY GOING ON? First Nations Environmental Network Escaping farmed salmon pose risks David Suzuki Foundation Endangered Salmon- Sea Lice is a Problem Clayoquot Wilderness resort Farmed Salmon Facts and Footnotes Friends of Clayoqout Sound Fish Farming The Five Fundamental Flaws of Sea Cage Fish Farming The sea cage farming of carnivorous finfish such as salmon, tuna, cod and sablefish is fundamentally flawed in five ways: the wastes produced by farming the fish that escape the diseases and parasites that occur in farms the chemicals used to treat diseased fish the problems of stock depletion and contamination of feed. Join/Contribute FOCS Tagged: audio, beverages, blockade, cannabis, clearcuts, documentary, ecology, environment, fish farming, fish farms, fishfarming, forestry, norway, podcast, rainforest dispatch series, rainforests, rants, salmon, sea lice, sound-seeing, spiels, tofino, ucluelet, uncleweed, UNESCO, weed

Fisheries and Oceans Canada estimated that more than ten million sockeye salmon were going to return to the Fraser River this year. Now they say there'll only be two million. Fisheries biologist Joe Proboszcz says the DFO knew something was wrong back in 2007 but didn't raise the alarm. He's calling for an inquiry into what went wrong. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website.

Fisheries and Oceans Canada estimated that more than ten million sockeye salmon were going to return to the Fraser River this year. Now they say there'll only be two million. Fisheries biologist Joe Proboszcz says the DFO knew something was wrong back in 2007 but didn't raise the alarm. He's calling for an inquiry into what went wrong. To find out more about Redeye, check out our website.

Fish Farm Parasites Threaten Wild Salmon

Mercer Island Republican Fred Jarrett is now ... a Democrat. We'll talk to the state representative about his decision Thursday to leave the party he's been with for 40 years.A new study says fish farms could make nearby wild pink salmon extinct. It's the parasitic sea lice found in salmon farms that kill nearby wild pink salmon. According to the study if sea lice outbreaks continue at their present rate, the population of wild pink salmon will drop 99% in about eight years. We'll hear from the researcher who wrote the study.Also today, each year people wager an estimated 80 to 100 billion dollars online. But U.S. law prevents online gambling companies from operating within our borders. People who like to play poker online have to deposit their money overseas. Should those online gambling businesses be allowed in the United States? Congress is considering it. Representative Jim McDermott tells us why he supports the change.