Legacy - June 2016

Legacy

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o Contents: o Game Fishing Planet Earth o Victory o Special o Opinion o Activism o Climate o Habitat o Harvest o Hatcheries o Salmon Feedlots oo Alternative Electricity

Cover photo: Community Outreach to Ban Ocean-based salmon feedlots Location: Chilliwack, BC Photo credit: Chris Gadsden

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Legacy Wild Game Fish Conservation International Wild Game Fish Conservation International (WGFCI): Established in 2011 to advocate for wild game fish, their fragile ecosystems and the cultures and economies that rely on their robust populations.

LEGACY – Journal of Wild Game Fish Conservation: Complimentary, nononsense, monthly publication by conservationists for conservationists LEGACY, the WGFCI Facebook page and the WGFCI website are utilized to better equip fellow conservationists, elected officials, business owners and others regarding wild game fish, their unparalleled contributions to society and the varied and complex issues impacting them and those who rely on their sustainability.

LEGACY exposes impacts to wild game fish while featuring wild game fish conservation projects, community activism, fishing adventures and more. Your photos and articles featuring wild game fish from around planet earth are welcome for possible inclusion in an upcoming issue of LEGACY. E-mail them with captions and credits to Jim (wilcoxj@katewwdb.com).

Successful wild game fish conservation will ensure existence of these precious natural resources and their ecosystems for future generations to enjoy and appreciate. This is our LEGACY.

Wild Game Fish Conservation International Founders

Bruce Treichler

Jim Wilcox

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Contents Game Fishing Planet Earth – Then and Now ____________________________________________ 5 Larry Brown’s exceptional black sea bass ___________________________________________________5 Video: Raw Power - Wild Atlantic Salmon on the Mighty River Tay _______________________________6 Samantha Datta: a dab hand with the fly rod on the River Spey! _________________________________7 Mike Constant with his 177 pound Port Angeles (WA) halibut ___________________________________8 Victory _______________________________________________________________________ 9 ARMY CORPS DENIES COAL TERMINAL PERMIT AT CHERRY POINT ____________________________9 Special______________________________________________________________________ 12 Food for Thought – So much for transparency! ______________________________________________12 Cooke signs agreement to buy Icicle ______________________________________________________13 Mount Polley expect to go into full production, use repaired dam next month ____________________15 Righting derailed train could take until midnight _____________________________________________18 Dangers of Fracking ____________________________________________________________________19 Opinion _____________________________________________________________________ 20 Farmed salmon appeal is dangerous precedent _____________________________________________20 HABITAT, HATCHERIES EQUAL FISHING __________________________________________________22 Community Activism, Education and Outreach _________________________________________ 24 Stopping Farmed Salmon at the Cash Register ______________________________________________24 Ban Ocean Fish Farms! _________________________________________________________________25 Environmental Risks of “Ocean-based Salmon Feedlots” _____________________________________26 Keep it in the ground ___________________________________________________________________27 RIVER ON FIRE! _______________________________________________________________________28 Wild Salmon Alliance – Vancouver, BC ____________________________________________________29 A QUEST FOR MEMBERS OF THE SALMON FAMILY _________________________________________30 Climate _____________________________________________________________________ 31 Extreme weather is "face of climate change," says Premier Wynne _____________________________31 LNG = Climate Change __________________________________________________________________33 Habitat ______________________________________________________________________ 34 Chehalis Council Shows Financial Support for Basinwide Flood Work __________________________34 Harvest _____________________________________________________________________ 36 WDFW to seek federal permit for Puget Sound fisheries after talks with tribes end ________________36 Some businesses face 20-30 percent decline if Puget Sound salmon fishing closes for summer _____37 ODFW Commission adopts ocean salmon and halibut seasons ________________________________40 GIANT NETS WHICH ARE KILLING OUR SEAS! – ____________________________________________42

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Hatcheries ___________________________________________________________________ 43 Warm Pacific continues to chop salmon numbers, affecting Idaho, Northwest ____________________43 Salmon Feedlots – Weapons of Mass Destruction, Floating Cesspools ________________________ 44 What’s in Farmed Salmon _______________________________________________________________44 Ocean Fish Farms – Virus Bombs _________________________________________________________45 Norwegian Salmon Farming: Killing British Columbia’s Wild Coast _____________________________46 How can farming frame endangered species (translated) ______________________________________47 Fisheries minister open to audit __________________________________________________________53 Are farmed salmon one of the most toxic foods in the world? __________________________________56 Suspicion of ISA in a fish farm in Frøya municipality in Sør-Trøndelag (translated) ________________61 Renewable Energy: Geothermal, Waves, Tidal, Solar, Wind, Hydropower ______________________ 62 Solar _________________________________________________________________________________62 Revolutionary: Germany Builds A Solar City That Produces Four Times More Energy Than It Consumes ________________________________________________________________________62 Marine Hydrokinetics (Wave Energy) ______________________________________________________64 Video: Converting Kinetic Wave Power into Electricity______________________________________64 Wind _________________________________________________________________________________65 The 4th Largest Economy In The World Just Generated 90 Percent Of The Power It Needs From Renewables ____________________________________________________________________65 Hydropower ___________________________________________________________________________69 Our view: Feds are running out of half measures __________________________________________69 Brazil Suspends Licensing of Controversial Amazon Dam __________________________________71

Forward The June 2016 issue of “Legacy” marks fifty six consecutive months of our complimentary eMagazine; the no-holds-barred, watchdog journal published and distributed by Wild Game Fish Conservation International.

Wild game fish are our passion. Publishing “Legacy” each month is our self imposed responsibility to help ensure the future of these precious gifts entrusted to our generation for their conservation.

Please read then share “Legacy” with others who care deeply about the future of wild game fish and all that rely on them.

Sincerely,

Bruce Treichler James E. Wilcox

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Game Fishing Planet Earth – Then and Now Larry Brown’s exceptional black sea bass Caught on Charterboat Slammer, Westport Washington

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Video: Raw Power - Wild Atlantic Salmon on the Mighty River Tay Courtesy: Scottish Salmon Fishing Surgery

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Samantha Datta: a dab hand with the fly rod on the River Spey!

Courtesy: Scottish Salmon Fishing Surgery

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Mike Constant with his 177 pound Port Angeles (WA) halibut

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Victory

ARMY CORPS DENIES COAL TERMINAL PERMIT AT CHERRY POINT May 9, 2016 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers announced its decision today to deny the application to build North America’s largest coal export terminal in the Lummi Nation’s treaty-protected fishing waters off Cherry Point.

After careful consideration of all the information available to him, Seattle District Commander Col. John Buck has determined the potential impacts to the Lummi Nation’s usual and accustomed (U&A) fishing rights from the proposed Gateway Pacific Terminal are greater than de minimis.

Editorial Comment: This determination is vitally important to all who rely on the sustained healthy lifestyle enjoyed by those of us who call this place home.

Because the district has determined the effects to the Lummi’s rights are more than de minimis and because the Lummi maintain their objections to this proposal, the project cannot be permitted by the Corps.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Lummi Nation Chairman Tim Ballew II responded: This is a historic victory for treaty rights and the constitution. It is a historic victory for the Lummi Nation and our entire region. We are pleased to see that the Corps has honored the treaty and the constitution by providing a decision that recognizes the terminal’s impacts to our fishing rights. This decision is a win for the treaty and protects our sacred site. Our ancient ones at Xwe’chieXen, Cherry Point, will rest protected.

Because of this decision, the water we rely on to feed our families, for our ceremonies and for commercial purposes remains protected. But this is more than a victory for our people; it’s a victory for treaty rights.

Treaty rights shape our region and nation. As tribes across the United States face pressures from development and resource extraction, we’ll continue to see tribes lead the fight to defend their treaty rights and protect and manage their lands and waters for future generations.

The impact of a coal terminal on our treaty fishing rights would be severe, irreparable and impossible to mitigate.

Today’s victory is monumental and the Corps followed a fair process defined by law to make the right decision. The Corps has honored the treaty between Lummi and the United States.

We will always fight to protect Xwe’chieXen. Other tribal leaders supported the decision as well.

Frances Charles, Chair, Lower Elwha Klallam Tribe: The Corps of Engineers made the right decision today. We have lived along these rivers and shores for millennia. Just as it is the Corps’ duty to uphold our treaty rights, so it is our duty to fight for and protect these waters for future generations.

JoDe L. Goudy, Chair, Yakama Nation: The Corps’ decision is a victory for the Yakama Nation and all other treaty tribes. The proposed terminal could have destroyed the way of life for the Lummi and all indigenous people who depend on the Salish Sea for their livelihood and culture. The increased shipment of coal that this terminal would have triggered was a direct and dire threat to the Yakama Nation, our lands and waters, and our people. By denying the permit, the Corps upheld its duty to the tribes to protect treaty rights. The fight, however, is not over. The threat of the coal movement remains, and the Yakama Nation will not abide these threats. We will not negotiate or accept mitigation for destruction or infringements upon the rights our ancestors secured for us and our people.

Tyson Johnston, Vice President, Quinault Indian Nation: As a Washington tribe whose way of life is being threatened by the development and expansion of three oil terminals, the Quinault Indian Nation rejoices today with our Lummi brothers and sisters. The danger that the terminal posed to the culture, lifestyle and economy of the Coast Salish people was unacceptable, and we’re pleased the Corps’ did its duty to uphold Lummi’s treaty rights.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Dave Brown Eagle, Vice-Chair, Spokane Tribe: Today, the Army Corps of Engineers honored the treaty signed by Lummi elders more than a century ago to protect their people and their way of life. Today, we unite with Lummi to celebrate this momentous news.

Melvin R. Sheldon Jr., Chair, Tulalip Tribes: Our ancestors sacrificed so much to protect these waters and our way of life. Thanks to them, the treaty reserved our rights to harvest fish and shellfish and draw from the abundance of the sea. The Tulalip Tribes applauds the Army Corps of Engineers for its decision to deny the permit for the Gateway Pacific Terminal and protect treaty rights.

Lona Johnson, Councilmember, Nooksack Indian Tribe This has been a long journey and the Nooksack Indian Tribe is happy to be able to share in the joy and success of the Lummi Nation. A coal terminal at Cherry Point would violate treaty rights, and today the Corps affirmed that position and protected the Salish Sea for generations to come.

Kevin Lenon, Vice-Chair, Sauk-Suiattle Indian Tribe: Washington tribes have fought long and hard to protect our natural resources—for our people and for all people. By denying the permit, the Corps’ recognizes the potentially disastrous consequences of a coal terminal on the health of the Salish Sea and our tribal economies.

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Special Food for Thought – So much for transparency!

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Cooke signs agreement to buy Icicle May 9, 2016 The Cooke family, owners of Cooke Aquaculture and fast expanding in wild seafood, announced the signing of a definitive agreement for the purchase of Icicle Seafoods on Monday.

With the acquisition of Icicle, which operates salmon farms off the west coast of Canada and also wild fishing and processing assets in Alaska, the Cooke group of companies will produce over 275,000 metric tons of seafood annually and generate $1.8 billion in annual sales, according to a press release.

This seemingly brings an end to a long sale process for Icicle's private equity backers, Paine and Partners.

Last year, Paine thought it had sold Icicle, to interests controlled by the Indonesian business family, the Soetantyos.

The deal, the prospect of which was first reported by Undercurrent News, was announced, then collapsed a few months later.

Icicle's Petersburg, Alaska processing plant.

Editorial Comment: Worst case scenario for wild salmon and all that rely on them!

Nightmare in the making!

Turn out the lights – the party is over!

The transaction is anticipated to close in less than 30 days once all regulatory and legal matters have been completed. Back in February, Undercurrent reported Cooke's interest in buying all of Icicle.

“The closing of this deal will be an exciting venture for us as it will add a well-respected fishery to our family businesses,” said Glenn Cooke, president of Cooke Seafood, the group's wild catch arm, as well as CEO of Cooke Aquaculture, in a release.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels “We have tremendous respect for the Alaska fishery and its highly valued brand in the seafood marketplace," said Cooke. "Our family and our business is rooted in a small coastal fishing town on the east coast of Canada and we have become a mainstay to communities in rural and coastal Maine. We look forward to meeting with similar communities in Alaska and supporting them for the long-term.”

100% Bovine Excrement

The deal will include Icicle’s three business units, which harvest and process over 150,000t of seafood annually: wild salmon, groundfish and farmed Atlantic salmon.

By adding the Atlantic salmon farming operations in Washington State to its current operations in the State of Maine, Cooke "will be able to strengthen its leadership role in the United States aquaculture sector", it said, in a release.

Cooke will also become the only company in the world that farms salmon while holding a significant market position in wild salmon.

This transaction is consistent with the "Cooke family’s focus on vertical integration and diversification in terms of geography, products and markets", it said.

With a worldwide network of cold storage and distribution facilities, Cooke will be able to offer a "broad portfolio" of both farmed and wild, to a wide base of customers in the global marketplace, said Cooke.

Because of Icicle’s diversification across a wide array of species and product forms, Cooke’s global sales team will be able to provide customers with year-round access to fresh seafood: wild salmon, black cod, pollock, rockfish, crab and farmed salmon in addition to fishery products from the Wanchese Fish Company.

Wanchese, a US-based wild catch business for scallops and other seafood also operating in Argentina, was bought by Cooke in 2015, a deal first reported by Undercurrent.

“The Icicle team is excited about the opportunity to join the Cooke family of companies and to be able to focus on the expansion of our footprint in Alaska,” said Christopher Ruettgers, CEO of Icicle, in the release.

“Cooke provides Icicle with a long term owner that is dedicated to the seafood industry. The partnership with Cooke also means access to capital to further modernize our platform, expanded market access for the products harvested by our fleets and a broader product offering for our customer base.”

In addition to Icicle, Cooke is looking to add to its wild fishing interests with a deal for Fripur, a hake catching and processing company based in Uruguay.

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A aerial view shows the damage caused by a tailings pond breach near the town of Likely, B.C. Tuesday, August, 5, 2014. The pond which stores toxic waste from the Mount Polley Mine had its dam break on Monday spilling its contents into the Hazeltine Creek causing a wide water-use ban in the area

Mount Polley expect to go into full production, use repaired dam next month May 17, 2016

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Imperial Metals, despite setbacks in dealing with mine waste while running at reduced capacity at its Mount Polley gold and copper mine, expects to have permits in place to go to full production next month.

The company also expects to have approval from the B.C. government to begin depositing mine waste in June at its large storage facility for the first time since a catastrophic failure of a rock and earth dam nearly two years ago.

Since receiving permission to restart production at half capacity nearly one year ago, the company has been depositing its mine waste into one of its open mining pits, Springer Pit. The mining waste, normally called tailings, is comprised of finely-ground rock containing potential toxic metals.

Late last month, Imperial Metals received approval to deposit an additional 725,000 cubic metres of tailings into Springer Pit, needed to bridge to when they expect to be able to begin placing the tailings behind the dam once again.

“That amendment should allow us to operate until well into June by which time we expect to receive permits that we require to return to normal operations using the repaired and buttressed tailing storage facility,” Imperial Metals president Brian Kynoch told analysts recently while discussing the company’s first-quarter $17.7-million profit.

Imperial metals did not respond to a request from The Vancouver Sun for an interview on the mine’s setbacks in dealing with mine waste and its plans to go to full production.

The company’s application to restart using the tailings facility remains under review by the province.

In a response to questions from The Sun on resuming use of the tailings facility, the province said “substantial” work has been conducted to repair and reinforce the tailings storage facility.

That includes buttressing of the tailings dam based on information collected from the company, government and an independent engineering panel, B.C. Ministry of Environment spokesman David Karn said in a written statement.

Imperial Metals has experienced some problems with discharging tailings and the release of effluent from the Springer Pit. Last December, the province granted a short-term water discharge permit to Imperial Metals’ Mount Polley mine to ensure the Springer Pit would not overflow. The initial belief was that the pit was large enough that discharging would not be necessary.

The company is using a treatment plant to reduce the levels of metals before effluent is discharged into Hazeltine Creek, flows into a pond where sediment settles out and is piped into Quesnel Lake 30 to 40 metres below the surface.

The mine ran into a problem when discharging had to be stopped from the treatment plant on April 20. Testing revealed that effluent was exceeding provincial water guidelines earlier in the month for copper. The mine was allowed to start discharging again on May 4.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Leslie Payette, B.C. Ministry of Environment’s project manager for Mount Polley, said the treatment plant was being overwhelmed by higher-copper-concentration spring runoff. A pipe has now been installed directly from Springer Pit to the treatment plant. Runoff from the mine site, which is a key issue during the Spring melt, is captured in ditches and directed to a settling pond before it will be run through the treatment plant, she said.

Editorial Comment: Impacts of Spring melt/runoff above and below the breached dam will be an environmental nightmare for decades – This facility should forever be closed as its environmental costs far outweigh any and all possible benefits.

Shame on British Columbia leadership for your irresponsible actions associated with mess.

Imperial Metals also received approval on March 11 to bypass the treatment plant and discharge from the mine site directly to Hazeltine Creek until the end of July.

Payette said the company has not used the bypass yet, but said she expects they will as tailings are settling out well in Springer Pit and effluent could meet provincial guidelines.

The Springer Pit issues have caused concerns among some residents in Likely, a small community on the shores of Quesnel Lake, near the mine.

Longtime Likely resident Richard Holmes, a fisheries biologist, has concerns about the long-term affects of the mine spill as well as the discharge of effluent into the lake.

He said while Imperial Metals is good at mining, he said they are weak on the environment and social obligations to the community.

He said, however, he does not blame the mining company but rather the provincial government.

“They are the enabler. They are the ones that can say yea or neigh on all of what happens up there. … They are just allowing this mining company to do whatever they want really,” said Holmes.

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Righting derailed train could take until midnight (ed. Another catastrophe dodged) April 22, 2016 TACOMA, Wash. — A empty tanker train has derailed at the Port of Tacoma, with 18 cars off the tracks.

Twitter user @gbo2086 posted photos of the train at Lincoln and Taylor Way in Tacoma at about 9:30 a.m.

The train belongs to Tacoma Rail and all of the tank cars are empty.

Tacoma firefighters at the scene said there were no spills and no one was hurt.

Lincoln is closed at 11th Avenue. It may take until midnight to get the car upright again.

Some businesses have been affected by the scene.

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Dangers of Fracking

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Opinion

Farmed salmon appeal is dangerous precedent Alexandra Morton May 9, 2016 In the spring of 2014, I received a tip that Marine Harvest (the world’s largest producer of farmed Atlantic salmon) was going to put young Atlantic salmon infected with the piscine reovirus (PRV) from its hatchery north of Sayward into sea pens off Port Hardy. PRV is a controversial virus associated with heart disease in salmon.

I felt certain it could not possibly be legal to put hundreds of thousands of young infected Atlantic on the migration route of most of southern B.C.’s wild salmon. I was wrong. The Harper government was issuing transfer licences to the salmon farming industry that contravened the Fisheries Act (section 56) that prohibits transfer of fish carrying a disease agent that may be harmful to the protection and conservation of fish.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels I turned to Ecojustice, an environmental law firm, and British Columbians were lucky; they took the case. We filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Fisheries and Marine Harvest asking the court to decide which document was law in B.C.: the Harper-era transfer licence or the Fisheries Act. On May 6, 2015, we won! The Honourable Justice Rennie handed down the decision that the federal department of fisheries and oceans (DFO) was unlawfully allowing the salmon farming industry to transfer farmed salmon into marine net pens that are carrying diseases with the potential to ‘severely impact’ the wild fishery.

He ruled that DFO could not abdicate its legal responsibility to protect and conserve wild fish by handing off decisions about transferring fish with diseases to the salmon farming industry. See related story One month later the Harper government and Marine Harvest appealed the decision. The Canadian government was actively pursuing action to restore the salmon farmers’ right to put infected Atlantic salmon into net pans that dot the coast of B.C! When we voted in a new government, I thought for sure that the Trudeau government would drop this appeal, but that was not the case. In fact, the case has been accelerated and will be heard on May 26 in Calgary because apparently they could not wait for a court date in Vancouver.

This appeal does not honour the mandate Trudeau gave to Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo, to use science as a guide to management of wild fish. Minister of Justice Jody Wilson-Raybould was asked to review all the appeals her government inherited from Harper and apparently agreed this case could go forward. This should concern everyone, whether salmon are important to you or not. In my view, this is a dangerous precedent and does not bode well for Canadians.

It is understandable that Marine Harvest is eager to appeal this decision. The majority of their fish appear to be infected with PRV, so if they are going to continue using the coast of B.C. to grow Atlantic salmon, they need to be able to transfer fish infected with PRV. However, it is not in the interest of Canadians for Canada to use our tax dollars to support Marine Harvest in regaining the power to legally put wild fish at risk in this way.

I have written to both ministers, but Canada remains a co-appellant in this abhorrent case to assist the world’s biggest salmon farmer.

I am grateful that Leadnow launched a campaign making it easy for you to send emails to the Honourable Minister Tootoo and Wilson-Raybould. In three days, almost 3,000 people have sent emails. Add yours This case highlights two things important to British Columbians. Farming salmon in net pens is a high-risk use of our coast that requires alarming degradation of our Fisheries Act. Secondly, the salmon farming industry has a highly inappropriate grip on our government causing it to preferentially serve the interests of foreign companies over the rights of First Nations’ access to salmon and the interests of all Canadians.

Please consider asking our ministers to rethink this. In any case, I face Marine Harvest in court and I am very thankful that Ecojustice is seeing this through with me.

Alexandra Morton is a biologist who has written extensively on the impact of fish farms on whales and salmon habitat.

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HABITAT, HATCHERIES EQUAL FISHING Lorraine Loomis, Chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission.

May, 3, 2016 I am deeply disappointed that the tribal and state salmon co-managers were unable to reach agreement on a joint package of fishing seasons for Puget Sound this year.

It was the first time in more than 30 years that’s happened, and it’s a shame. The salmon and all of us are better served when we work together. Unfortunately, we were unable to find a solution that met one another’s needs.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels The situation we find ourselves in this year is due in large part to decades of failure by local, state and federal governments to stem the tremendous ongoing loss of salmon habitat in western Washington. Tribes are not responsible for that loss but are equally affected.

There is a direct connection between salmon habitat and fishing opportunity. We can’t expect salmon to thrive while their habitat continues to be lost and damaged.

Both wild and hatchery salmon depend on the same habitat for most of their lifespan, but that habitat is being lost faster than it can be restored. The trend shows no signs of letting up. It puts our treaty rights at risk because salmon are disappearing right along with their habitat.

Tribal fisheries will be greatly reduced this year because poor returns of chinook and chum are expected. Coho returns are expected to be at historic low levels. Tribes will close all directed coho fisheries except in a few terminal areas with harvestable returns of fish.

In some cases tribes are giving up ceremonial and subsistence fisheries that are a cornerstone of our cultures. But this year is not about salmon harvest. It is about conserving the salmon for future generations.

Editorial Comment: Conservation-based salmon harvest by all parties, like access by wild salmon to viable spawning and rearing habitat, as well as effective salmon hatchery management is vitally important to ensuring a future with robust wild salmon populations.

Effective wild salmon escapement goals must be the driver in all salmon management decisions.

Existing wild salmon habitat is capable of supporting far greater numbers of wild salmon.

Additional wild salmon habitat would support even more wild salmon if effective harvest management becomes a reality.

Things are not getting better. Since 1999, Puget Sound chinook have been listed as threatened under the federal Endangered Species Act. Puget Sound steelhead have been listed since 2007.

Neither species is recovering. Puget Sound coho could easily be next on the list.

Salmon management has become increasingly difficult as salmon populations decline across western Washington. Tribal and state co-managers are struggling with how to manage the crumbs of a disappearing resource.

It’s clear that change must occur, and that change must start with habitat.

What’s needed is commitment from the state to a long-term strategy to increase production of both hatchery and wild salmon.

Reversing the trend of habitat loss and damage must be at the center of that effort. In the meantime, we need hatcheries to make up for lost natural production for as long as habitat limits salmon recovery.

Tribes have documented extensive salmon habitat loss in western Washington in the soon-to-bereleased 2016 State of Our Watersheds report. The 2012 report is available at http://nwifc.org/sow/.

We know this will be a difficult year for non-Indian businesses and economies dependent on sportfishing revenue. It will also be hard for tribal communities. The difference is that for us, no price tag can be placed on salmon, tribal cultures or our treaty-reserved rights.

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Community Activism, Education and Outreach

Stopping Farmed Salmon at the Cash Register

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Ban Ocean Fish Farms!

Wal-Mart – Chilliwack, BC, Canada April 24, 2016

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Environmental Risks of “Ocean-based Salmon Feedlots”

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Keep it in the ground Kinder Morgan refinery demonstration

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RIVER ON FIRE! Gas explodes from Australian river near fracking site...

I was shocked by force of the explosion when I tested whether gas boiling through the Condamine River, Qld was flammable. So much gas is bubbling through the river that it held a huge flame.

There has been concern that fracking and extraction of coal seam gas could cause gas to migrate through the rock. Not only is it polluting the river and air, but methane is an extremely potent heat trapping gas. Fugitive emissions from the unconventional gas industry could be a major contributor to climate change and make gas as dirty as burning coal.

Gas first started bubbling though the river shortly after the coal seam gas industry took off in the Chinchilla area. Since then the volume of gas bubbling through the river has massively increased and has spread along the river.

You can see stakes in the river bank were the Queensland Government has marked each gas seep.

You can also see pipework near the river where Origin Energy has installed for monitoring the gas bubbling through the river.

Thanks to John Jenkyn for taking me up the river in his tinnie. He's a champion!

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Wild Salmon Alliance – Vancouver, BC April 18 and 19, 2016

Dr. Brian Riddell (Pacific Salmon Foundation) talks about his vision of wild salmon restoration

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels OLYMPIA CHAPTER OF TROUT UNLIMITED MAY 25, 2016 7:00PM NORTH OLYMPIA FIRE STATION 5046 BOSTON HARBOR ROAD NE

A QUEST FOR MEMBERS OF THE SALMON FAMILY

Point Defiance Pavilion

Photo from Frank Haw

Puget Sound Cutthroat

Photo from Frank Haw

Program: The public is invited to the May 25, 2016 meeting of the Olympia Chapter of Trout Unlimited for a presentation

by Frank Haw, former Assistant Director for the Washington State Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW).

The title of his presentation is “A Quest for Members of the Salmon Family”. His power point presentation covers his fishing experiences from Outer Mongolia, the Arctic, North America, Iceland and Europe to catch different species/subspecies of salmon, trout, char, graying and whitefishes. In addition, Frank will briefly discuss his book “Washington’s Sport of Kings, Views of a Fisheries Insider”. He will have copies of his book available for sale and to sign. Be sure to bring paper and pencil so you are able to take notes on important key points concerning fishing and fisheries management. The meeting will start at 7:00pm.

Light refreshments and a fishing equipment raffle will be conducted following the presentation.

Bio: Frank Haw is from Yakima, Washington. He has a Bachelor of Science in Fisheries and Master of Science in Health Physics/Radiological Sciences from the University of Washington. Having spent the early part of his career with the State Department of Health and Department of Ecology, he later became the Deputy Director of the WDFW. During the 1960’s the WDFW focused mostly on commercial net fisheries. Frank’s career goal was spent on working with fisheries management on improving the fish harvest of salmon in Washington for recreational fisherman. That goal provided a fantastic annual recreational fishing harvests which totaled more than the combined catch limits in Alaska, Oregon, California and British Columbia. During his tenure with the WDFW, the number of salmon returning annually to Washington state was over 25 million. Frank joined Northwest Marine Technology (NWT) in Tumwater after his retirement from the WDFW in 1984. His work with NMT has focused on fishery and hatchery reform and in developing the tools to accomplish the task. His technological research and data management makes him a leader in the field of our salmon sport fishery resources. Now a spry 82 years old, he has since retired from NMT and is enjoying his passion for salmon fishing.

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Climate

Extreme weather is "face of climate change," says Premier Wynne May 9, 2016 The premiers of Ontario and British Columbia have both linked the Fort McMurray wildfire with global warming, while defending the importance of Canada's oil and gas industry.

In separate interviews that were broadcast over the weekend, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and British Columbia Premier Christy Clark said it's time to talk about the climate change problem and find solutions.

"I think there are a lot of factors in this situation and we are very, very sad and we think of the people of Alberta," Wynne said during a French-language interview with Radio-Canada's weekly political show, Les Coulisses du Pouvoir.

"But we must talk about the causes and for me, climate change — extreme weather events — is the face of this problem and for me, it’s not about the economy, it’s not about industry, it’s an issue about the environment."

More than 80,000 people were forced to flee Fort McMurray last Tuesday — the largest evacuation in Alberta's history — after a raging wildfire that was first discovered two days earlier in a nearby forest attacked the city. Firefighters said they tried to stop it, but it spread rapidly due to unseasonably hot and dry conditions, combined with strong winds.

While U.S. outlets such as the Washington Post and the New Yorker have drawn links between the fire and global warming, in Canada, several media outlets and politicians have been discreet about discussing climate change in the past week.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Clark and Wynne's comments came after federal Green Party Leader Elizabeth May was criticized for making the same link a few days earlier last Wednesday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said those comments were not helpful, nor entirely accurate, in the wake of the disaster.

The wildfire reached Fort McMurray, the heart of Alberta's oil sands industry, after jumping over highways and rivers, causing major damage and destruction to more than 1,600 homes and other buildings. The inferno's rapid growth and intensity was also consistent with what scientists have identified as a pattern of devastating extreme weather disasters that are being driven by an increasing concentration of climate-warming carbon pollution in the atmosphere.

"There was once a time, when you talked about a once in a century fire or a once in a century flood. that was a long time ago," Clark said in an interview that aired Saturday on CBC's The House. "We had a huge fire in 2003 where we had to evacuate much of Kelowna, and since then, almost every year, not every year, but almost every year, it’s been getting worse. The climate is getting drier."

But while May said fighting climate change requires a transition away from fossil fuels "as quickly as possible," Wynne and Clark both defended the importance of the oil and gas industry to the Canadian economy.

"I believe in Canada we have a responsibility to work together," Wynne told Radio-Canada. "We have a lot of (Ontario) companies that have integrated with oil sands in Alberta. It’s a reality. Also if (Alberta says that) we need a pipeline... we have to work together to ensure that it’s secure and the environmental considerations are taken into account.

Clark also said that approving new liquified natural gas projects would be a key to delivering what she described as the "cleanest fossil fuel" that would help fight climate change. Some environmentalists have disputed this argument, pointing to fugitive methane emissions from LNG among other concerns.

In the meantime, Clark said in the radio interview that Canada's premiers and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau would have to deliver a comprehensive climate change plan at their next meeting in October.

“Clearly, these fires and these floods are the results, in part, of climate change in Canada," Clark told the CBC. "So we should be dealing, not just with how we fight climate change when we get together in October, we should also be talking about how we mitigate the effects of it and planning better for fighting forest fires is a big part of that for us.”

Clark also said that Canadians would also have to brace for more extreme weather events in the future.

"Provinces are just tinder dry and that’s true in the United States," Clark told the CBC. "You see it in California or Arizona. Climate change has had a tremendous impact on the country. So we just — we need to fight climate change. That’s part of the long term strategy. But in the medium term, we’ve got to have enough money, resources and planning to be able to fight these fires, because they’re not unusual events any more. And sadly, because of climate change, this has become a normal part of Canadians’ spring and summer, and we’ve just got to get used to it and deal with it

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LNG = Climate Change Paddle for Our Coast - Stop Woodfibre LNG & Kinder Morgan March 22, 2016

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Habitat

Chehalis Council Shows Financial Support for Basinwide Flood Work Further Support: City Also Passes Ordinance for Zero-Rise Policy for Development in Floodplain The Chehalis City Council showed its support for the flood mitigation work being done basinwide on Monday by directing city staff to fund $15,000 toward work being completed by the Governor’s Chehalis Basin Work Group.

The money will be monitored and overseen by the Lewis County Economic Development Council, which will reimburse Chehalis attorney and Flood Authority member J. Vander Stoep for his work with the group.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels “This council has been very clear of the support of this project with J.’s effort,” City Manager Merlin MacReynold said.

Matt Matayoshi, EDC executive director, said Vander Stoep performs a lot of his work without compensation. The funds will provide him with more paid hours.

The city of Centralia, both the ports of Chehalis and Centralia, and Lewis County were each asked to fund $15,000. Chehalis is the first to do so of those four.

The council also unanimously passed an ordinance to establish a zero-rise policy for development in the floodplain, further showing its support to reduce flooding in the area.

The ordinance establishes a zero-rise policy that would limit the impact downstream caused by fill in the Chehalis floodplain. It would require any fill greater than 500 cubic yards to include a stamped engineering report identifying the impact to the base flood elevation.

If the report shows a rise in the base flood elevation, the applicant would be responsible for mitigating it by providing a compensatory excavation site at a location secured by the applicant, stated the agenda report. As another option, the applicant could also contribute funds for flood mitigation or aquatic species enhancement projects within the Chehalis River floodplain.

A list of projects and fees will be developed and presented to the council at a future meeting.

The ordinance helps recognize that construction fill is commonly associated with development, and at times fill may occur in the 100 year floodplain, having an impact on citizens, businesses, and Chehalis Basin partners.

“This is a very progressive and yet at the same time cautious effort for us to be a good partner in the Flood Authority and with our downstream partners in the Chehalis Basin,” MacReynold said.

The Chehalis council has been an active member of the flood authority since its creation in 2008, MacReynold said, and the ordinance serves as a reasonable approach to minimizing impact of fill in the floodplain.

J. Vander Stoep, with the Governor’s Chehalis Basin Work Group, addressed the council at its April 25 meeting, stating the downstream impact of fill is small, but the ordinance shows the city is committed to reducing flooding.

“This sends the clear signal to our neighbors and friends downstream that the city will make sure any future impact will be zero,” he said.

Editorial Comment: “Closing the barn door after the horse escaped.”

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Harvest

WASHINGTON DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE NEWS RELEASE 600 Capitol Way North, Olympia, WA 98501-1091 April 19, 2016 Contact: Ron Warren, (360) 902-2799

WDFW to seek federal permit for Puget Sound fisheries after talks with tribes end OLYMPIA – State fishery managers have decided to separately secure the federal permit required to hold salmon fisheries this season in Puget Sound.

The decision was made Tuesday after negotiations over salmon seasons with tribal leaders again came to an impasse. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) and the tribes last week could not reach an agreement during the annual season-setting process.

“We had hoped additional conversations with the tribes would result in fisheries that were agreeable to both parties,” said Jim Unsworth, director of the department. “Unfortunately, that did not happen, but our door remains open to further discussions.”

WDFW officials said it is uncertain whether the department will have the permit in time to hold recreational and non-tribal commercial salmon fisheries in Puget Sound through much of the season.

The permit is necessary to hold fisheries in Puget Sound where there are fish stocks protected under the federal Endangered Species Act. Tribal fishery managers are expected to separately seek federal permits from NOAA Fisheries for salmon fisheries in Puget Sound.

Over the course of negotiations, the department proposed fisheries that maintained some fishing opportunities and met conservation objectives, said Ron Warren, head of WDFW’s Fish Program.

“This isn’t the outcome we had hoped for, but we will do our best to obtain a federal permit as quickly as possible,” Warren said.

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Without an agreement between the state and co-manager tribes, or a federal permit, its likely there will be no salmon fishing in Puget Sound and the waters that feed into it, including the Nisqually River

Some businesses face 20-30 percent decline if Puget Sound salmon fishing closes for summer April 23, 2016

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels The possible closure of salmon fishing in Puget Sound this summer could have a ripple effect that would better resemble a tsunami.

Some fishing-related businesses are predicting a 30 percent loss if the closure occurs, with some estimates putting the overall economic hit of a summer-long closure at millions of dollars.

A closure looms because the state Department of Fish and Wildlife and Puget Sound treaty tribes were unable to reach an agreement on fishing seasons during annual negotiations The tribes argued there should be no fishing on these stocks; the state said anglers should be allowed to catch hatchery fish.

That impasse has led to the prospect of a closure covering the Sound and the waters that feed into it.

Whiles conversations continue, both sides have said they will seek federal permits that would allow fishing. Until the permits are in place, salmon fishing will shut down as of May 1.

That prospect has anglers and those in the fishing industry pondering their options and the effects of a closure.

“It will be a huge impact,” said Art Tachell, who has worked for 42 years at the Point Defiance Boathouse Marina in Tacoma. “The department (of Fish and Wildlife) isn’t going to sell a ton of fishing licenses, boat sales will plummet, people won’t rent boats, they won’t buy gas. It’s going to be a big time hit.”

SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN CANCELING ORDERS. IT’S EASILY BEEN A 90 PERCENT DECLINE IN LOCAL BUSINESS SINCE THEY ANNOUNCED THE TALKS BREAKING OFF. Kelly Morrison, co-owner of Silver Horde fishing supplies in Lynnwood Keith Semprimoznik works in the fishing department at Big J’s Outdoor Store in Orting. He said the store has held off ordering fishing gear for the season as it waits to see what happens.

“We just can’t gear up to have a lot of fishing equipment,” Semprimoznik said. “You just can’t have it sitting there on the shelves.”

In Lynnwood, the phones are quiet at family-owned Silver Horde fishing supplies. The company is known for its salmon gear, including Coho Killer lures, Ace Hi flies and flashers.

“People we sell to in Puget Sound aren’t placing any orders at all,” said Kelly Morrison, a co-owner.

“This is normally the time of year when the people in Puget Sound are gearing up for the season.”

In addition, he said, some customers have been canceling orders.

“It easily been a 90 percent decline in local business since they announced the talks breaking off,” Morrison said. That local business accounts for 20 to 30 percent of the company’s annual bottom line, he said.

As a result, the company has eliminated overtime for its staff of nearly 20.

At Sportco in Fife, the company is taking steps to reduce expenses as well.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels “Those salmon seasons mean millions of dollars to our company, and we’re anticipating it will be off 30 percent or more,” said Gabe Miller, the outdoor retailer’s fishing and marine buyer.

Faced with that potential shortfall, Miller said Sportco halted plans to hire as many as a dozen seasonal employees. If matters get worse, workers could face a cut in hours.

A complete closure would affect smaller businesses, such as Puget Sound Fly Co. in Tacoma. Coowner Anil Srivastava said the inability of fly anglers to fish from shore or on a boat could mean a loss of one-third of the shop’s business.

CULTURALLY THIS IS HUGE. I’M 60 YEARS OLD, AND I’VE BEEN DOING THIS ALL MY LIFE. I LOOKED AT MY WIFE THE OTHER DAY AND SAID, ‘DANG, WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND SOMETHING ELSE TO DO THIS SUMMER.’ Art Tachell at Point Defiance Boathouse Marina

It could be a boom for fishing charter boats and businesses in ports such as Westport and Ilwaco, as recreational anglers look for other options to catch salmon.

But the ocean fishery already faces a curtailment from recent years because the coho returning to the Columbia River will be down this year.

“The guys who go to the Straits, you will really see them go to places like Westport,” said Don Freeman, an Olympia area fishermen. “That is where you’re going to see the displacement.

“I don’t know if I would want to be on the boat ramps when those places start getting full.”

Rhett Weber, owner of The Slammer, a charter boat in Westport, said he expected to see changes this season.

“We’re going to see an increase in private boat traffic, and that will cut into our (ocean fishing) quota,” he said.

Despite the prospects of no fishing in the Sound this summer, or beyond, people such as Miller at Sportco believe the state agency is following the correct course.

“Most of our customers are supportive of the department, and so are we,” he said. “We feel the department made the right move. We’re hoping this short-term pain will mean a better future for our industry in the long run.”

For the short-term, however, people and business will have to adjust, said Tachell at the Point Defiance boathouse.

“Culturally this is huge,” he said. “I’m 60 years old, and I’ve been doing this all my life. I looked at my wife the other day and said, ‘Dang, we’re going to have to find something else to do this summer.’ ”

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ODFW Commission adopts ocean salmon and halibut seasons

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels BANDON, Ore.—The Fish and Wildlife Commission adopted bird hunting and fishing regulations today at its meeting in Bandon, Ore. Ocean salmon seasons: The Commission set ocean salmon fishing seasons in state waters based on what was decided by the PFMC on April 14. Fishery managers are taking a cautious approach for 2016 coho seasons due to an overforecast in 2015 and poor ocean conditions that could impact this year’s return.

Chinook – Cape Falcon south to Humbug Mt. open March 15-Oct. 31. Humbug Mt. to Oregon/California border, open May 28 – Aug. 7 and Sept. 3-5.

Coho seasons – A mark-selective coho season from June 25 through the earlier of Aug. 7 or a 26,000 fish quota, and a non-mark-selective coho season from Sept. 3 through the earlier of Sept.

30 or a 7,500 fish quota. Unlike prior years, there will be no rollover of unused impacts from the summer season to the September fishery. State managers will monitor the fisheries and may recommend further reduction or closure of the September coho season if performance of the earlier summer fishery indicates low abundance.

Opportunities for harvest of wild coho in coastal rivers will be very limited in 2016. ODFW may also propose very conservative fisheries in the Umpqua, Coos, and Coquille rivers as well as traditional coastal lake fisheries. These decisions will be made in June. Due to recent poor returns in mid-Coast and North Coast areas, ODFW does not intend to propose wild harvest fisheries in areas north of the Umpqua River.

The Commission also adopted late fall terminal ocean fisheries for Chinook in the Elk River and Chetco River areas. Season regulations can be found at www.odfw.com

Pacific Halibut Regulations: The Commission also set Pacific Halibut regulations which are posted on the ODFW Website. The total 2016 catch limit will be 1,140,000 pounds, 17 percent more than in 2015. Changes to the sport fisheries:

The opening date of the Central Coast subarea nearshore fishery will move up one month (to June 1, 2016 from July 1 last year) to provide additional halibut fishing opportunity early in the season.

In Southern Oregon Coast subarea, retention of other flatfish will be allowed while halibut are on board, at all depths.

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GIANT NETS WHICH ARE KILLING OUR SEAS! – Eating fish and not meat does not save the animals - with nets as big as jumbo jets, all our fish will be gone soon..............

Supertrawlers have nets the size of 13 747 Jumbo Jets.

A supertrawler operation often uses advanced technology like enhanced sonar and even airplanes and helicopters to locate a bait ball. This bait ball is food for an entire ecosystem of fish and oceanic life.

Sabra Woodworth:

Global enforcement of the world's oceans needed NOW!

This is criminal.

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Hatcheries

Warm Pacific continues to chop salmon numbers, affecting Idaho, Northwest April 21, 2016 Federal ocean scientists warn that continuing warm temperatures in the Pacific and a cyclical shift in climate signals dropping productivity for the salmon and steelhead.

The fate of the fish are important even beyond the sportsmen, tribes and businesses that rely on fishing for recreation or livelihoods. In addition to being the living embodiment of the wild character of the Pacific Northwest, the salmon’s health is tied to the future of dams, power rates, water for farming and barge transportation between Idaho and the Pacific.

The unprecedented mass of warm water thousands of square miles wide across the Pacific first appeared in 2014 and was dubbed by scientists as “the blob.” This year it has shown signs of dissipating. But the effects on ocean currents and the food chain continue, reducing the size and numbers of salmon seen off the coast, said Bill Peterson, a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries oceanographer.

Meanwhile, a potentially longer shift in climate called the Pacific Decadal Oscillation appears to be returning, Peterson said. That’s bad because the oscillation coincides historically with a dramatic drop in ocean salmon productivity. In the 1990s, the last time the Columbia River and the Northwest saw such strong climate effects, the Snake River salmon nearly went extinct.

“If this keeps going, it’s looking like the 1990s again,” Peterson told the Statesman.

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Salmon Feedlots – Weapons of Mass Destruction, Floating Cesspools What’s in Farmed Salmon

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Ocean Fish Farms – Virus Bombs

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Norwegian Salmon Farming: Killing British Columbia’s Wild Coast

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UNDER cages: Emissions of fish skit and uneaten pellets from Norwegian fish farms accounted for an estimated 292,000 tons last year. New report shows that many plants can be placed so that they can do harm to endangered species and special habitats in the sea.

How can farming frame endangered species (translated) Many farms are located so they can be harmful to endangered species and marine habitats, establish marine scientists in a new report.

April 19, 2016 The use of medicines against lice has exploded, and it is found the remains of lice Teflubenzuron up to 1100 meters from fish farms. The drugs are excreted through fish skit and urine from salmon that have been added funds through feed.

- Short and long term exposure of delousing agents can cause high mortality and malformations of crustaceans, states a new report which IMR has made in the Environment Directorate.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Threatens corals Fish farms can also be the greatest threat to coral reefs in fjords, writes oceanographers.

See map of coral reefs in Sunnhordland.

The report is the first to assess the effects of different emissions from aquaculture in particular marine habitats. Researchers have looked at the possible consequences for everything from scallops and crustaceans to corals.

FACT: EMISSIONS FROM LIVESTOCK

Frame: Discharges of nutrients, including from farms, leading to the formation of thread algae which can reduce light and nutrient supply of kelp plants.

One of the main conclusions is general lack of knowledge about what actually exists species and marine habitats in coastal areas before aquaculture indents.

- It is used very little money on mapping in relation to the major income from aquaculture, says Vivian Husa, one of oceanographers behind the report being published today.

209,000 tons of fish skit

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels It is now run salmon and trout at 990 locations along the Norwegian coast. Feed consumption was in 2015 at about 1.6 million tonnes. It gives an emission of around 209,000 tonnes of organic particles in the form of fish skit to the sea. In addition to this feces from farmed fish, the researchers looked at the effects of nutrients, drugs for debugging and other foreign substances from aquaculture facilities.

- The risk of permanent damage is greatest on species that grow slowly and therefore take a long time to re-establish themselves, the researchers said Vivian Husa, Tina Kutti and Ellen Sofie Grefsrud.

Coral forest floor, ĂĽlegressenger, calcareous algae and shallow soft-bottom areas highlighted as particularly vulnerable in the report.

Will survey - It would make sense to use the precautionary principle when locating new facilities in order to avoid permanent damage, said Husa.

The researchers behind the report therefore recommends that the mapping of habitats before giving the green light for the establishment of new farms. They also believe that the proliferation potential of emissions from plants must be considered to avoid potentially harmful positions.

Oceanographers leaves however to the government to establish buffer zones or impose other restrictions to protect shellfish and other organisms from potentially harmful emissions from the plants.

- Have enough space - There are more than enough room for the aquaculture industry along the coast. There is therefore no reason to place plants in areas that are particularly rich in biodiversity, says Tina Kutti.

The report shows that a number of plants along the Norwegian coast is positioned so that emissions can affect vulnerable species and habitats. Fjord Localities are more susceptible to overload from aquaculture than plants located at the coast. The current conditions are the main reason for this.

Many people associate corals with more southerly waters, but no country has registered more of the reef building øyekorallen (Lophelia pertusa) than Norway. Researcher Tina Kutti has examined the potential harm the corals.

HAVETS RAINFOREST: Kelp forests are important habitats for many species.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Arts Rich - Coral reefs are hotspots for biodiversity and endangered many places in the world. More than 1,300 species of fish, invertebrates and microorganisms have these reefs as habitat. Norway has a special responsibility to take care of coral deposits, just as Brazil has the responsibility to take care of the rainforest, says Kutti.

She has studied how emissions of organic substances from fish farms affects corals through field studies on coral reefs in Langenuen in Sunnhordland.

- There is a high risk of negative impact closer farms than 250 meters. Studies have shown that the growth of live coral halved within this radius around the fish farm, says Kutti.

Here's what the fish farming Kelp forest Important growth areas for many fish species and large diversity of species.

Many of the major coastal plants are located in shallow areas with large kelp forest nearby.

Supply of nitrogen through nutrients may provide less light and nourishment for kelp plants. Particles from fish farms can further reduce lystilgangen for kelp plants.

Sediments from fish farms can prevent new kelp plants to grow up.

Soft-bottom areas Important areas in the coastal zone. Very important for seabirds. Arts Rich areas with different types of shells, bristle worms and small crustaceans.

May be adversely affected by medicine and hydrogen emitted by lice treatment in the cages.

Many plants in Norway is near soft-bottom areas.

Important for many species, also as nursery areas for coastal cod. Important ecological function, binds CO2 and nutrients and produce oxygen.

IMPORTANT FEATURE: Ålegressenger great importance as habitats for many species. Oceanographers estimate that ålegressenger closer than 1,000 to 1,500 meters from fish farms may be adversely affected. Hordaland has many such ålegressenger, Sunnhordland are also dvergålegress, which are endangered.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH Nutrients from fish farms can cause algae growth in ålegresset that obscures light and reduced growth.

In Hordaland are a few smaller plants near dvergålegressenger, which is on the red list of highly endangered species.

Fjords Today there are fish production in most Norwegian fjords Jaeren to Finnmark, with the exception of 29 national salmon fjords.

Many farms in fjords lies over steep mountains. Such steep fjord walls often have rich animal communities of sponges, corals and clams.

Interviews with the facility in Hardangerfjorden shows that close facilities (less than 200m) there are not sessile animals, which otherwise is common in the fjords. It may be due to the fallout from plants, but several studies required to document this.

Coral reefs Living Area for more than 1,300 different species and fish.

Several regions with very large farming operations also has large deposits of coral or coral forests. Ten known deposits of øyekorall Hordaland has one or more fish farms closer than 1,900 meters.

IMPORTANT FEATURE: Ålegressenger great importance as habitats for many species.

Oceanographers estimate that ålegressenger closer than 1,000 to 1,500 meters from fish farms may be adversely affected. Hordaland has many such ålegressenger, Sunnhordland are also dvergålegress, which are endangered.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels SCANPIX It will take hundreds of years, maybe thousands of years to reestablish a broken coral.

Pilot studies in Langenuen in Sunnhordland have shown that corals are growing far more slowly the closer farms they are. Closer than 250 meters from the plant influenced the powerful from the fallout of organic material from plants.

Lobster Attempts have been made on lobster fry that got added drug Teflubenzuron used during debugging.

Approximately half of the larvae died or developed deformities. May impair local recruitment of lobster, especially if the substances collected in the benthic fauna.

Permissions Section Manager Cecilie Kristiansen Environment Directorate believes the report of oceanographers will be a valuable tool for environmental management in the counties.

- The report is a compilation of current knowledge about aquaculture and impacts on endangered or vulnerable species and marine habitats that are important for biodiversity. It thus provides an updated overview of what scientists currently know about how biodiversity is affected. This is useful information for the County when considering permission for emissions at a site Pollution Control Act, says Kristiansen.

New regulations?

She thinks it's too early to say whether the report will provide the basis for new regulation of the industry.

- Initially we will use the report to evaluate the need for changes to our guidance of the county in their efforts to provide permits and drive control systems, says Kristiansen.

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Fisheries minister open to audit May 9, 2016 OTTAWA — The Trudeau government, now helping B.C.’s controversial aquaculture sector expand, would welcome an outside auditor to assess its efforts to ensure fish farms don’t harm wild salmon, Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo said Monday.

But the minister wants to gauge public and stakeholder reaction to his department’s first official accounting in B.C. later this month of its response to the 2012 Cohen Commission of Inquiry into the Fraser River sockeye fishery.

The impact of fish farms became a key issue before Cohen, who heard numerous witnesses alleging that pathogens and sea lice in the pens along the B.C. coast posed a danger to migrating wild salmon.

He concluded in 2012 that there was no “smoking gun” to blame for a shocking 2009 collapse of the Fraser River sockeye run.

But Cohen’s 75 recommendations included a call on Ottawa to boost scientific research into fish farms, and to freeze further industry development in the Discovery Islands.

It also urged the federal government to end an apparent conflict-of-interest by promoting the aquaculture industry even though it is also mandated to protect wild fish.

And Cohen called for an independent auditor, such as the federal commissioner of the environment and sustainable development, to assess by late 2015 how the government responded to the recommendations in the $37 million report.

Tootoo told Postmedia on Monday he has no problem with that idea, but wants the public and stakeholders to first consider the department’s self-reporting of its progress.

That disclosure was denied by the former Harper government, which in 2014 used Cohen’s “no smoking gun” comment to justify not “spending more money, time and energy producing an extensive written response,” as one political spokesperson put it at the time.

“The previous government didn’t tell anyone what it was doing, and didn’t respond to the commission,” Tootoo said in an interview in his 15th-floor downtown Ottawa office.

“So I’d say, give us a chance. Let us move forward, and if there’s still a will to go down that direction (of an independent audit) then I would not have a problem going there.

“It’s always good to have an outside look on things.”

He said 31 of 75 recommendations have been “acted upon,” though he was unable to state which of those 31 were completed under the previous regime.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Tootoo, despite his criticism of the former government’s public disclosure practices, shares the view of Tory predecessor Gail Shea that the B.C. industry has room to expand.

“There’s a lot of industry and First Nation groups who want to get involved,” he said.

“If you look at the growing population of the world, they’ve gotta eat something, and I think our wild catch numbers have pretty much flat-lined.

Editorial Comment: “So there’s an opportunity to provide high The “rest of the world” cannot afford highquality, sustainably-grown fish and seafood to quality seafood. the rest of the world. And I know not only in British Columbia but in Atlantic Canada, some Ocean-based salmon feedlots will never be of those provinces would really like to see it sustainable. – They must be moved to land. grow.”

Tootoo made clear his department won’t relinquish to another federal department its role in promoting aquaculture products internationally, despite Cohen’s conflict concerns.

The minister said only he among federal ministers would, as the minister in charge of regulatory matters, have the credibility and expertise to make a convincing case to global customers.

“I can inform the international community that our products are harvested in a very sustainable and environmentally-friendly way.”

100% BS

The federal government informed B.C. groups last month that it is now issuing marine finfish licenses, which until now had to be renewed annually, for terms of up to six years everywhere except the Discovery Islands.

“It’s really hard to finance an investment and create certainty if you’re just going on a year-to-year lease,” Tootoo said Monday.

“A multi-year lease certainly doesn’t diminish in any way the way we manage it and monitor it, so there’s still a very stringent regulatory regime still in place.”

Several environmental groups sent a letter earlier this spring to Tootoo urging the minister to reject an industry request for a 29-per-cent expansion in the production of Atlantic salmon on the central coast.

The letter included an internal federal document noting that there is some evidence that sea lice in the Broughton Archipelago are developing a tolerance to emamectin benzoate, commercially known as SLICE. The semi-synthetic compound, included in salmon feed, is the most popular treatment for sea lice.

“If resistance is developing in sea lice to SLICE, this could have grave implications for BC’s wild salmon,” said Stan Proboszcz of the Watershed Watch Salmon Society.

“Expansions at this time will put wild salmon at more risk.”

Jeremy Dunn, executive director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association, said Monday the industry has obtained federal approval to use hydrogen peroxide as an alternative treatment

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels “Best farming practices call for a pest management strategy that uses multiple treatments to guard against resistance,” he said.

Tootoo, while unfamiliar with the Slice issue, said he’s adhering to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s marching orders issued last autumn to make science-based decisions.

That includes Trudeau’s insistence that he use the “precautionary principle,” which holds that a lack of “scientific certainty” on specific matters shouldn’t be used as an excuse to not take measures to protect the environment.

“We’re absolutely following along with that principle,” he said.

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Are farmed salmon one of the most toxic foods in the world?

May 2, 2016 Nicolas Daniel’s documentary “Fillet-Oh-Fish” takes a critical look at the fish industry, featuring exclusive footage from fish farms and factories across the globe. Many still have a rather romanticized view of fishing, but when it comes to large-scale food production, the picture is actually rather grim.

Today’s fisheries are faced with a range of severe problems, from overfishing to chemical pollution and genetic mutation from toxic exposures. As noted by the producers of the film, “through intensive farming and global pollution, the flesh of the fish we eat has turned into a deadly chemical cocktail.”1 Despite that, the fish business is booming, in part due to efforts to keep the dirty underbelly of modern fisheries from public sight.

Aquaculture promotes itself as a sustainable solution to overfishing. But in reality, fish farms actually cause more problems than they solve. There’s really little difference, in terms of environmental pollution, between land-based feedlots and water-based ones.

Farmed Salmon — One of the Most Toxic Foods in the World?

The film starts off in Norway, looking at the chemicals used in fish farms. Kurt Oddekalv is a respected Norwegian environmental activist, and he believes salmon farming is a disaster both for the environment and for human health.

Below the salmon farms dotted across the Norwegian fjords, there’s a layer of waste some 15 meters high, teeming with bacteria, drugs, and pesticides. In short, the entire sea floor has been destroyed, and since the farms are located in open water, the pollution from these farms is in no way contained.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels A salmon farm can hold upwards of 2 million salmon in a relatively small amount of space. These crowded conditions result in disease, which spreads rapidly among the stressed salmon.

According to Oddekalv, sea lice, Pancreas Disease(PD)2 and Infectious Salmon Anemia Virus (ISA) have spread all across Norway, yet consumers are not informed of these fish pandemics, and sale of these diseased fish continue unabated.

A number of dangerous pesticides are used in an effort to stave off disease-causing pests, one of which is known to have neurotoxic effects. Fish has always been considered a health food, but according to Oddekalv, today’s farmed salmon is one of the most toxic foods in the world!

Toxicology researcher Jerome Ruzzin has confirmed Oddekalv’s claims. He’s tested a number of different food groups sold in Norway for toxins, and indeed, farmed salmon contains the greatest amount of toxins of them all, and by an incredibly large margin.

Overall, farmed salmon is five times more toxic than any other food product tested. In animal feeding studies, mice fed farmed salmon grew obese, with thick layers of fat around their internal organs.

They also developed diabetes.

Ruzzin notes that a theory gaining traction is that rising rates of obesity is related to the increasing number of toxins and pollutants we’re exposed to through our environment and food. In light of his own studies, Ruzzin has stopped eating farmed salmon.

Genetic Mutations and Other Crazy Facts Besides keeping pests like sea lice in check, the pesticides used also affect the fish’s DNA, causing genetic mutations. Disturbing examples of deformed cod are shown in the film.

What’s even more disturbing is that, according to Oddekalv, about 50 percent of farmed cod are deformed in this fashion, and female cod that escape from farms are known to mate with wild cod, spreading the genetic mutations and deformities into the wild population.

Farmed salmon suffer less visible but equally disturbing mutations. The flesh of the farmed salmon is “brittle,” and breaks apart when bent — a highly abnormal feature.

The nutritional content is also wildly abnormal. Wild salmon contains about 5 to 7 percent fat, whereas the farmed variety can contain anywhere from 14.5 to 34 percent.

Many toxins accumulate most readily in fat, which means even when raised in similarly contaminated conditions, farmed salmon will contain far more toxins than wild.

Shockingly, research reveals that the most significant source of toxic exposure is not actually the pesticides or the antibiotics, but the dry pellet feed! Pollutants found in the fish feed include dioxins, PCBs, and a number of different drugs and chemicals.

What Makes the Fish Feed so Toxic?

So what’s wrong with the fish feed? Why is it so toxic? In one Norwegian fish pellet plant, the main ingredient turns out to be eel, used for their high protein and fat content, and other fatty fish from the Baltic Sea. That’s where the problem begins, as the Baltic is highly polluted. Some of the fish used have toxic levels of pollutants, which then simply get incorporated into the feed pellets.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels In Sweden, fish mongers are now required to warn patrons about the potential toxicity of Baltic fish.

According to government recommendations, you should not eat fatty fish like herring more than once a week, and if you’re pregnant, fish from the Baltic should be avoided altogether.

Swedish Greenpeace activist Jan Isakson reveals some of the sources of all this pollution. Just outside of Stockholm, there’s a massive paper mill on the bank of the Baltic that generates toxic dioxins.

Nine other industrialized countries surrounding the Baltic Sea also dump their toxic waste into this closed body of water. Dioxins bind to fat, which is why herring, eel, and salmon are particularly vulnerable, and end up accumulating higher amounts than other fish.

As a result of being deemed unfit for human consumption, some of these fatty fish are now primarily used as fish food. In this way, toxicity in the farmed salmon is allowed to build up even higher than in the wild.

One of the Best Kept and Most Dangerous Secrets of the Fish Industry But there’s yet another problem, and it stems from the manufacturing process of the pellets. The fatty fish are first cooked, resulting in two separate products: protein meal and oil. While the oil has high levels of dioxins and PCBs, the protein powder further adds to the toxicity of the end product.

To the protein powder, they add an “antioxidant” called ethoxyquin. According to the filmmaker, this is one of the best kept secrets of the fish food industry. Ethoxyquin was developed by Monsanto in the 1950s — as a pesticide. Its use is strictly regulated, so why is it being added to fish pellets?

A couple of years ago, a Swiss anti-fraud laboratory was surprised to find extremely high levels of ethoxyquin in farmed fish — some 10 to 20 times higher than the 50 mcg per kilo allowed in food in the European Union — and that discovery began to unravel the secret. Ethoxyquin was designed for use on fruits and vegetables, but the fish feed industry discovered another novel use for it — they add it to the feed to prevent the fats from oxidizing and going rancid.

However, the fish feed manufacturers never informed health authorities of their use of the chemical.

As a result, the EU strictly regulates ethoxyquin levels in fruits, vegetables, and meat — there are even standards for kangaroos and reptiles — but not for the fish people consume. What’s more, the effects of this chemical on human health have never been established.

The one and only study ever done on ethoxyquin and human health was a thesis by Victoria Bohne, Ph.D. a former researcher in Norway who made a number of disturbing discoveries, including the fact that ethoxyquin can cross the blood brain barrier, and may have carcinogenic effects. Bohne, as many other researchers who have made unpopular findings, was pressured to leave her research job after attempts were made to falsify and downplay her findings.

Others have linked the secret use of ethoxyquin in Norwegian fish farming, and the lack of scientific investigation into its effects, to the Norwegian Minister of Fisheries and Coastal Affairs, Lisbeth BergHansen, who also happens to be a major shareholder in a commercial salmon farm, and has held many high-ranking positions within the fishing industry.

The Rise of Panga Exploited Fish Consumption

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels In France, fish consumption has more than doubled in the past five decades, now surpassing consumption of both beef and chicken. To meet demand, fish is being imported from around the globe. Rarely will you find a fish caught off the coast of France. Nearly half of all fish sold in France is raised in fish farms. Lesser known and less expensive species have also been brought to market.

Panga, which is now one of the 10 most consumed fish in France, was relatively unknown a decade ago. Its low price has also made panga a top seller in the school system. The questions asked in the film are, how can this farmed fish be sold at such low prices, and what’s actually in these fish that children are now eating on a regular basis?

The investigation begins in southern Vietnam, where panga is part of the culinary tradition. However, behind this cultural image, there’s a more disturbing reality. Over the past 15 years, panga exports have become a major source of income for the region. In fact, 95 percent of the global production of panga comes from southern Vietnam, and this success has resulted in both environmental and human exploitation.

Farmed panga grow twice to four times as fast compared to those in the wild, allowing them to reach adult size in about six months. The fish are then harvested and processed, which includes washing the fillets in big vats filled with water and polyphosphates — chemical additives that facilitate freezing.

The chemical also allows the fish to soak up water, which artificially increases their weight. After this process, the fish lack both taste and odor, and will take on the flavor of whatever spices you add to it during cooking.

Environmental Pollution Poses Risks Many panga farms are plagued with disease, courtesy of the polluted waters in which they’re raised.

Mekong River, where many panga farms are located, is one of the most heavily polluted rivers in the world. In 2009, the World Wide Fund for Nature placed panga on their “red” list of products that pose a danger to environmental and human health.

Millions of Vietnamese households dump their waste directly into the Mekong River each day.

Pesticides used in rice cultivation also migrate into this waterway. Green algae and bacteria release toxins into the water and reduce oxygen levels in the water, which adds further stress on the fish’s immune systems, making them more prone to disease.

To address disease, farmers add industrial quantities of drugs into their fish ponds, including a wide array of antibiotics. The side effect is drug resistance, which forces the farmers to keep increasing the dosages. The panga are not the only thing affected by this strategy, of course. Antibiotics spread through the river systems, are absorbed into the fish’s tissues and excreted through feces, which redistributes the drugs into the environment — and to those who eat the fish.

Are You Eating Fish, or Fish Waste?

Fish can be one of the healthiest foods you can eat, but in the industrial age you have to be ultra careful about choosing the right type of fish. If you needed another reason to avoid processed foods, watch this film to the end, where it describes how fish waste has become a “highly valued commodity” used in processed foods. At less than 15 cents per kilo, these fish heads and tails, and what little meat is left over after filleting, is a real profit maker.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Virtually nothing actually goes to waste anymore. Fish skins are recycled for use in the cosmetics industry. The remainder of the fish waste is washed and ground into a pulp, which is then used in prepared meals and pet food.

Since food manufacturers are not required to tell you their products contain fish pulp rather than actual fish fillet meat, this product offers a high profit margin for food manufacturers. One tipoff: if the product’s list of ingredients includes a fish without specifyingthat it’s made with fillet of fish, it’s usually made with fish waste pulp.

Fish fraud is also commonplace. Investigations have shown that 1 in 3 fish labels are false or misleading. Typically, an inexpensive fish is mislabeled as a more expensive one. Some farmed fish are also passed off as wild. Since traceability is more complex in the processed food industry, due to the mixing of ingredients, that’s where most of the fish fraud occurs. It’s somewhat more difficult to pass off fillets of fish as another species, although that also occurs.

Best Seafood Options: Wild Alaskan Salmon, Sardines and Anchovies It’s become quite clear that fish farms are not a viable solution to overfishing. If anything, they’re making matters worse, destroying the marine ecosystem at a far more rapid clip to boot … So what’s the answer? Unfortunately, the vast majority of fish — even when wild caught — is too contaminated to eat on a frequent basis. Most major waterways in the world are contaminated with mercury, heavy metals, and chemicals like dioxins, PCBs, and other agricultural chemicals that wind up in the environment.

This is why, as a general rule, I no longer recommend getting your omega-3 requirements from fish.

However, I do make two exceptions. One is authentic, wild-caught Alaskan sockeye salmon; the nutritional benefits of which I believe still outweigh any potential contamination.

The risk of sockeye accumulating high amounts of mercury and other toxins is reduced because of its short life cycle, which is only about three years. Additionally, bioaccumulation of toxins is also reduced by the fact that it doesn’t feed on other, already contaminated, fish.

Alaskan salmon is not allowed to be farmed, and is therefore always wild-caught. My favorite brand is Vital Choice Wild Seafood and Organics, which offers a nice variety of high-quality salmon products that test high for omega-3 fats and low for contaminants. Canned salmon labeled “Alaskan salmon” is a less expensive alternative to salmon fillets.

The second exception is smaller fish with short life cycles, which also tend to be better alternatives in terms of fat content, such as sardines and anchovies, so it’s a win-win situation — lower contamination risk and higher nutritional value. A general guideline is that the closer to the bottom of the food chain the fish is, the less contamination it will have accumulated. Just make sure they’re not from the Baltic Sea. Other good choices include herring and fish roe (caviar), which is full of important phospholipids that nourish mitochondrial membranes.

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Suspicion of ISA in a fish farm in Frøya municipality in Sør-Trøndelag (translated) It is suspected Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) at sea sites 12394 Ørnøya and 24,696 Ørnøya II in Frøya municipality in SørTrøndelag. The sites run by Salmar Farming AS. Any person entering and driver activity in the area must show the necessary care so that the risk of spread of disease is minimized.

Dr. Claudette Bethune A salmon farm slaughterhouse discharges infectious salmon anemia (ISA) to the sea and now salmon farms nearby are suspected to be infected with ISA. Strict controls in place after sloppy actions, it is no wonder BC Canada does not want to admit infection...

April 20, 2016 FSA received Monday April 18 message from Salmar Farming AS whether suspected ISA locality 12394 Ørnøya. The notification was based on findings in the company's own monitoring tests. Salmar later reported two positive samples from fish in the locality 24,696 Ørnøya II. FSA has been on inspection and all new sampling to confirm diagnosis.

Livestock clogged area The sites are located a few hundred meters away. If the diagnosis confirmed, both localities be construed as infected.

There are a total of over 1.7 million fish on these plants.

The sites are located roughly 7 km north of SalMar slaughterhouse on Freya. The relevant sites are located in a farming area dense with many sites and many fish in the sea. Localities Ørnøya and Ørnøya II is the southernmost localities in this zone.

In order to prevent any spread of disease are the localities until further imposed restrictions including prohibiting the taking of aquatic animals out of or into the locality.

Control area if suspicion is confirmed If the diagnosis is confirmed there will be established a control zone consisting of a fighting zone and a surveillance zone around the farm where the infection is detected.

The domain will have an extent of 10-20 kilometers from the locality with local adaptations from current conditions. The control zone will be restrictions on boat traffic to and from the plant.

In addition, there may be restrictions on other aquaculture-related activities such as transport of fish, net handling, capture and storage of clean fish.

No public health significance Infectious salmon anemia (ISA) is caused by a virus which is probably of the same family as the influenza virus. ISA virus can cause disease in salmon, but has no impact on public health.

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Renewable Energy: Geothermal, Waves, Tidal, Solar, Wind, Hydropower Solar

Revolutionary: Germany Builds A Solar City That Produces Four Times More Energy Than It Consumes April 14, 2016 We have known cities to be great power-guzzlers, having a huge appetite for consuming electricity to power its homes and buildings. To generate electricity for such cities through renewable sources like solar becomes a difficult task given the vast amount of area required to place the solar panels. But a city in the heart of Germany has achieved something more incredible. It not only has made itself selfsufficient in energy, but in fact has become a net producer of energy – all thanks to a localized approach for adopting solar power.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels The Solar cities of Germany: The Sonnenschiff and Solarsiedlung cities located in Freiburg, Germany are modern, planned habitations that were worked upon with solar power in mind. Literally meaning Solar Ship and Solar Village, the Sonnenschiff and Solarsiedlung cities were specifically designed and built to be solar cities, balancing size, accessibility, green space, and solar exposure. Each of the fifty-two homes along with some commercial buildings is fitted with large rooftop solar panels that double-up as sun shades. The panels are perfectly aligned to point in the right direction of the sun, and the buildings follow the Passivhaus standards of green building technology.

The cities have been designed by architect Rolf Disch. Together with the latest photovoltaic technology for the panels that make them highly efficient, and use of phase-change materials and vacuum insulation for the walls of the buildings that provide optimum thermal performance, the cities are able to generate four times the power which they consume.

Solar Vs Nuclear: The success of solar as an alternative to the polluting coal-fired power is not limited to these twincities. The entire area of Freiburg has been leading the country into a solar revolution since a long time. It was once on the crossroads of choosing between solar and nuclear as the preferred alternative source. In fact a nuclear power plant had already begun construction near Freiburg in early 1970s, amid protests from students and farmers who saw nuclear as a dangerous and polluting source of energy.

A major change in mindset of the local population came when an engineer Dieter Seifried started an institute to research into alternative forms of energy and popularized solar as a safe, reliable and efficient source. Seifried said regarding nuclear power in an interview to CBC news, “you will see first that it is not clean at all, second that it is expensive and third that we have a lot of unsolved problems like where do we deposit the waste.” Gradually more and more residents started to install rooftop solar panels on their houses and ditched the conventional power from grid. In 2000, Germany tabled a clean energy bill that forced power-companies to pay a set fee called a feed-in tariff to anybody providing power to the grid. This gave an impetus to the efforts of Seifried and others, and today, 30% of Germany’s electricity comes from renewable sources, mainly wind and solar. The nuclear plant being built in Freiburg was shut down soon after the protests, and after the unfortunate Fukushima meltdown in Japan in 2011, Germany has committed to phase out all 17 of its nuclear reactors by 2022.

The examples of Freiburg and the solar cities show how people themselves can own up the process of transitioning from conventional methods of energy generation to cleaner alternatives. The role of government in incentivizing renewable energy and providing access to technology is also very important. The Logical Indian gives a big thumbs-up to the residents of Freiburg for kickstarting the solar revolution in their country, and hopes that similar initiatives are taken up by people across the world.

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Marine Hydrokinetics (Wave Energy) Video: Converting Kinetic Wave Power into Electricity

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Wind

The 4th Largest Economy In The World Just Generated 90 Percent Of The Power It Needs From Renewables May 9, 2016 On Sunday, for a brief, shining moment, renewable power output in Germany reached 90 percent of the country’s total electricity demand.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels That’s a big deal. On May 8th, at 11 a.m. local time, the total output of German solar, wind, hydropower, and biomass reached 55 gigawatts (GW), just short of the 58 GW consumed by every light bulb, washing machine, water heater and personal computer humming away on Sunday morning. See the graph below, courtesy Agora Energiewende, a German clean energy think tank.

(It’s important to note that most likely, not all of that 55 GW could be used at the time it was generated due to system and grid limitations, but it’s still noteworthy that this quantity of power was produced.)

CREDIT: COURTESY AGORA ENERGIEWENDE Here are a few takeaways from this milestone: Germany is the fourth-largest economy on the planet. Germany’s $3.7 trillion GDP beats the economic output of any other country in Europe or, for that matter, any U.S. state. Sunday’s spike in renewable output shows that wind and solar can keep pace with the demands of an economic powerhouse. What’s more, the growth of clean energy has tracked the growth of Germany’s economy.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Germany is an unlikely leader in solar. Germany ranks second in installed photovoltaic solar capacity, according to the International Energy Agency. Until recently it was the world leader. It’s notable that, on solar, Germany is outpacing the United States, a country four times as populous.

What’s more remarkable is that Germany sees about as much sunshine as Alaska.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels Individuals are driving Germany’s energy revolution. Sunday’s performance highlights the success of the Energiewende, or “energy transition,” Germany’s push to expand clean energy, increase energy efficiency, and democratize power generation. Smart policies have opened the renewable energy market to utilities, businesses and homeowners. As of 2012, individuals owned more than a third of Germany’s renewable energy capacity.

Germany still gets most of its power from fossil fuels. Sunday’s spike resulted from a combination of reduced demand — a Sunday morning lull in power consumption. It also came from robust supply — an abundance of wind and sunshine to drive up renewable energy output. On average, renewables supply 30 percent of the country’s power. That is nonetheless a huge proportion. By comparison, the U.S. gets just 13 percent of its power from renewables.

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Hydropower

Dams on the Snake and Columbia Rivers

Our view: Feds are running out of half measures May 10, 2016 During the decade that U.S. District Court Judge James Redden rejected Pacific Northwest salmonrestoration plans, detractors quietly pushed the view that he had become an “activist” judge, blinded by personal opinions.

Last week, a judge new to the case — Michael H. Simon of Portland — ruled on the U.S. government’s latest Northwest salmon plan. If anything, Simon was even less impressed with arguments by NOAA Fisheries, the Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation, which claim they are doing enough to stave off extinction for 13 iconic endangered and threatened salmon and steelhead runs.

Fishing groups and conservation organizations say the government is contorting the plain meaning of the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act, doing all they can to avoid confronting the “original sin” of erecting four major dams across the Snake River, the major tributary of the Columbia.

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels The agencies have undertaken valuable habitat-restoration projects here in the Columbia Basin and downriver — basically trying to do all they can for salmon, short of major modifications to the hydro system. The Columbia is healthier thanks to the agencies, taxpayers and electric ratepayers.

Restoring and protecting tidal wetlands, controlling pollution, dramatically increasing research and the level of monitoring of river conditions, controlling predation and other steps are all worthwhile.

These efforts, sometimes coupled with favorable ocean conditions, have produced some decent salmon runs in recent years. But a run considered excellent in these times would have been viewed as disastrous in the pre-dam era. This year’s predicted dismal coho returns demonstrate the fragility of any recovery in current salmon populations.

Taking out the Snake River dams — or lesser actions like bypassing one or more, or drastically increasing the quantity of water spilled from them to mimic natural-flow conditions — is politically difficult. Even environmentally minded Democratic politicians are loath to offend powerful economic interests lined up to defend dams.

But the judge is right to suggest dam breaching as perhaps the only way to actually obey the clear mandates of the Endangered Species Act. Salmon face mounting existential challenges. The judge ruled the agencies’ plan fails to acknowledge catastrophic impacts they may face from climate change. Officials are on thin ice legally when they assert salmon are “trending toward recovery” when actual salmon returns fail to show a sustainable recovery, the judge said.

Simon’s ruling — though stopping short of imposing an action plan — is one more in a long series of repudiations of half-measures.

Federal agencies and Congress are fast-approaching a time of reckoning when it comes to ensuring salmon survival.

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Brazil Suspends Licensing of Controversial Amazon Dam April 20, 2016 Brasilia, Brazil: In a surprising move, IBAMA, the administrative arm of the Brazilian Ministry of the Environment, suspended the environmental licensing process of the controversial São Luiz do Tapajós Dam in the Brazilian Amazon yesterday. International Rivers welcomes this decision as an important breakthrough for the protection of rivers and indigenous rights in the Amazon.

The move comes just one day after the federal agency for indigenous affairs in Brazil, FUNAI, published a technical report confirming that a 178,000-hectare territory along the Tapajós River, known as “Sawre Muybu,” should be demarcated and protected as traditional lands of the indigenous Munduruku people, in accordance with the Brazilian constitution. The government, influenced by the powerful dam industry, has until now strongly resisted demarcating Sawre Muybu. This led the Munduruku, who have been waging a battle against the São Luiz do Tapajós Dam for years, to initiate a process of "self-demarcation" of their territory in 2014.

Brent Millikan, Amazon Program Director at International Rivers, said in response to the news, “Even though the fight isn't over, this is an important victory, especially for the Munduruku people and their allies, and for democracy in Brazil. Demarcation is the first step in giving the Munduruku control over their ancestral lands and stopping this unnecessary project, which is riddled with corruption.”

June 2016 Wild Game Fish Conservation International 2016– Transitioning from Fossil Fuels The news marks a rapid about-face for the government, which has strongly pushed for the hydroelectric dam and repeatedly violated the Munduruku’s human rights. São Luiz do Tapajós is largest of a suite of projects that represent the most forceful dam-building incursion into the Amazon yet and a frontline in the fight to save the rainforest. Together, the dams would flood 198,400 hectares of land along the Tapajós, including large portions of the Amazonia and Juruena National Parks and the Itaituba National Forests. These dams would have significant impacts on indigenous lands and communities throughout the Amazon, including the Munduruku, Apiaká de Pimental, Akaybãe, Remédio, Sai Cinza, São Martinho and Boca do Igarapé Pacu. They would also degrade critical ecosystems, decimate local fisheries, and release large amounts of methane, a potent greenhouse gas.