According to Canadian aquatic biologists, a farm salmon has to eat two to five pounds of wild-caught fish in order to gain one pound (Vancouver Sun, May 11, 2001).
In 2000, farmed salmon production was 49,000 tons . In 2007, farmed salmon production was 78,000 tons.
Alexandra Morton will be showing up at the Brackendale Art Gallery on Saturday (Jan. 24). She will be talking about these and other issues pertaining to the unchecked and devastating effects of the fish farming industry in B.C.
John Buchanan
Squamish Valley Conservationist
