Here's the latest Global News Update in the 'Salmon Wars' raging against filthy feedlots in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, United States and Australia.
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“Smoked Farm Salmon Boycott Launched” (Wild Fish, 12 December)
Listen online to Ireland's RTE radio on the call for a boycott of Irish farmed salmon - via "Row Over Salmon Farm in Galway"
“Petition on salmon farming gets 11,000 signatures” (Radio New Zealand, 12 December)
“Down our throats: Fed-up with salmon feedlots” (Rabble, 11 December)
“FishyLeaks: Lice-Infested Irish Salmon!” (Green Around the Gills, 11 December)
“Teen takes salmon farm petition to Beehive” (Fairfax NZ News, 11 December)
“Nova Scotia APES Smell Something Fishy in Open Pen Approval Process” (Halifax Media Co-op, 11 December)
“Fishers concerned with pesticide use” (The Coaster, 11 December)
“Fish farm statement ‘waffle’ ” (The Press & Journal, 11 December)
“Ban anglers from catching salmon in spring, urge fish farm experts” (The Scotsman, 11 December)
“Both sides in salmon row must work together” (The Herald, 11 December)
“Scottish wild salmon given protected status” (The Herald, 11 December)
“Salmon take centre stage in southern river study” (ABC News, 11 December)
“Mainstream Canada First two-star BAP Certified Salmon Farm in BC” (The Fish Site, 11 December)
“Galway protest planned” (Fish News EU, 10 December)
“Ireland Says ‘Feck Off’ to Super-Size Salmon Farm in Galway Bay” (Green Around the Gills, 10 December)
“County mayor calls for suspension of licensing process for Inis Oirr fish farm” (Galway Bay FM, 10 December)
“Groups To Protest Marine Minister's Office Over Galway Bay Salmon Farm” (Afloat, 10 December)
“Opposition mounts to super-sized fish farm in Galway Bay” (The Irish Times, 10 December)
“Eastern Shore residents march on Legislature” (South Coast Today, 10 December)
“N. Ireland Anglers Want Filthy Fish Farms OUT!” (First Post, 10 December)
“NW anglers urged to oppose salmon farms that could ‘devastate’ wild fish” (Londonderry Sentinel, 10 December)
“Mega fish farm contrary to moratorium in national development plan” (FIS, 10 December)
“Density regulation is the result of consensus between industry and government, says SalmonChile” (FIS, 10 December)
“Salmon farming feels the squeeze” (New Zealand Herald, 10 December)
“Save our Sounds - no new salmon farms” (Avaaz, 9 December)
“Anglers fear salmon super farm will impact local wild stocks” (Limerick Leader, 9 December)
“Mega Fish Farm Contrary to Moratorium in National Development Plan” (Friends of the Irish Environment, 9 December)
“Association renews plea for land-based aquaculture” (CBC News, 9 December)
“Maker of genetically modified salmon may sink if FDA doesn't act soon” (Denver Post, 9 December)
“They Want Us to Eat What? Doubts About GM Salmon” (OpEdNews, 8 December)
““Feck off” to fish farms in Galway Bay” (GAAIA, 8 December)
“Culling seals to protect farmed salmon: what should we be allowed to know?” (UK Human Rights Blog, 8 December)
“Outbreak no surprise” (The Chronicle Herald, 8 December)
“The Right to Test for Pathogens in Farmed Salmon” (Dissident Voice, 7 December)
“Letter to Director General of OIE” (Alexandra Morton, 7 December)
“BIM farm would destroy Galway Bay’s salmon and sea trout in five years” (Connacht Tribune, 7 December)
“Roy Christie of N. Ireland speaks for the salmon” (GAAIA, 7 December)
“Farming densities to depend on environmental and health performance” (FIS, 7 December)
“Cohen report no surprise” (Whistler Question, 6 December)
“SPAWN Against use of Sea Lice Chemical” (VOCM, 6 December)
“Marine Harvest presents investment plans” (Fish News EU, 6 December)
“Investor Interest in Galway Bay Organic Salmon Farm Heightens” (The Fish Site, 6 December)
“Salmon firm hits back at protesters” (The Press & Journal, 5 December)
“Government steps in to dispel myths” (Fish Farming Xpert, 5 December)
“DFO Refuses to Admit ISA Virus is in BC Wild Salmon” (Fish Farms News & Science, 5 December)
“GM salmon producer headed for bankruptcy?” (Seafood Source, 5 December)
“DNA salmon: Perfect fish or chemically toxic food?” (Hampton Roads, 5 December)
“Headless
sea lions remain a mystery” (Times Colonist, 5 December)
“Dr. O’Sullivan on Salmon Farm Insanity in Galway Bay, Ireland” (GAAIA, 4 December)
“Canada investigates ISA allegations”/Suspected finding of ISA in COB” (Seafood Source/The Coaster, 4 December)
“Another Scare in Aquaculture Industry” (VOCM, 4 December)
“New east coast ISA outbreak? Cooke Aquaculture says 'false positive' possible” (South Coast Today, 4 December)
“No confirmed disease in B.C. salmon” (Ottawa Citizen, 4 December)
“Fast-growing fish may never wind up on your plate” (Associated Press/Canadian Business, 4 December)
“Land-based fish farms continue to gain popularity” (FIS, 4 December)
“Salmar’s new farm under threat – will environmental concerns scupper plans?” (Intrafish, 4 December)
“Deep-sea salmon farm to go for public tender” (The Irish Times, 4 December)
“Group to fight Galway fish farm” (Galway Independent, 4 December)
“Anti salmon farm protestors to hold demo at minister’s office” (West Cork Times, 3 December)
“Protest against Filthy Salmon Farms in Ireland” (No Salmon Farms At Sea, 3 December)
“International speakers slam Bantry fish farm plans” (Save Bantry Bay/Southern Star, 3 December)
“Land-based fish farms now part of aquaculture's future” (The Irish Times, 3 December)
“Fish farms that kill seals must be named, says Scots information czar” (The Times, 3 December)
“Scottish salmon farmers ordered to reveal seal-shooting salmon farmers” (Intrafish, 3 December)
“2012 Roger Award Finalists Named: King Salmon” (Scoop, 3 December)
“Ministers told to reveal where seals are shot” (The Sunday Herald, Rob Edwards, 2 December)
“Reports of deadly salmon virus in B.C. tied up federal resources for months” (The Canadian Press/The Tyee, 2 December)
“Food Safety Agency Should Protect Public, Not Cover up Virus for Salmon Farming Industry” (The Common Sense Canadian, 1 December)
“Big stink over fish plant” (The Mercury, 1 December)
“Salmond’s salmon: A boom in Scottish salmon is no occasion for nationalism” (The Economist, 1 December)
“Business trumps wildlife once again” (Caledonian Mercury, 30 November)
“Sea lice hitting Donegal farms hardest” (Donegal News, 30 November)
“Farmed and dangerous: the dish about fish” (Napa Valley Register, 30 November)
“Biomar readies salmon farmers for new reality in fish feed production – feed producer considers putting poultry in fish feed as fishmeal and oil supplies get scarce” (Intrafish, 30 November)
“Scottish Salmon profits are hit by disease outbreak” (The Herald, 30 November)
“Salmon drama raises questions about government’s role” (Ottawa Citizen, 29 November)
“PEI college could lose prestigious designation after having ISA results disputed” (FIS, 29 November)
“Pesticide approved for sea lice control” (CBC News, 29 November)
“Stronger management and more transparency calls for Scottish fish farms” (Fish Update, 28 November)
“Bennett proposes all land-based aquaculture - Time for new vision in aquaculture?” (The Coaster, 27 November)
“Farmed fish feed high on food chain” (Times Colonist, 27 November)
“Govt agencies
face off on proposed salmon farm: A proposed deep sea salmon farm off the west coast
has two government agencies battling” (FIS, 27 November)
“Concerns over size of proposed new salmon farm in Galway Bay” (The Irish Times, 26 November)
“Details of fish farm chemicals sought” (The Irish Times, 26 November)
“Outspoken opponent of fish-farming rallies support” (Irish Examiner, 26 November)
“Show of force from Bantry fish farm protestors” (West Cork Times, 26 November)
“Ireland’s proposed salmon farm slammed” (Intrafish, 26 November)
“Inland Fisheries wants freeze on new salmon farms” (Donegal Democrat, 25 November)
“Future of Donegal fish farms in doubt after agency’s tough statement” (Donegal Daily, 25 November)
“Friends of the Earth calls for investigation into silencing of Canadian salmon scientist” (Vancouver Observer, 25 November)
“Salmon farming: The risks outweigh the benefits” (Telegraph-Journal, 23 November)
“Lamont: Fish farm facts don’t float: Businessman disputes claims of low impact on lobster stocks” (Chronicle Herald, 19 November)
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Global News Archive:
News updates are now archived and available in full – online here!
Global News Updates include the 'Salmon Wars' raging against filthy feedlots in Canada, Chile, Norway, Scotland, Ireland, New Zealand, United States and Australia:
12 December - Global News Update: “Feck Off to Fish Farms”/“GM Salmon May Sink”/“ISA Allegations”/“Seal-Shooting Salmon Farmers”/“Opposition Mounts” – online here
21 November - “Showdown Looming”/“Fish Farm Fight”/“A Difficult 2013 Forecast”/“Devastating Impact” – online here
13 November - “Suffocating the Sounds”/“Skye Waters Against”/“Lice Death Claims”/“Battle Norwegian Fish Farms” – online here
7 November - “Flesh-Eating Lice”/“Chlamydia & Gill Disease”/“Strong Opposition”/“Risky Salmon Farms”/“Scotland’s Salmon Wars” - online here
2 November - “Flying the Flag”/”Cohen Report”/“Curb Fish Farm Impact”/“Loggerheads” - online here
1 November - “Justice Cohen Gets Tough”/“Freeze On Farms”/“Cross-Appeal Vs Cermaq” - online here
31 October - “Watch Live”/“Cohen Report Tracker”/“Flying the Flag”/“Report Released Today” - online here
30 October - “Here Comes Cohen!”/“Probe Shows Need for Reform”/“Uncalled-for Attack”/“Respected Scientist” - online here
28 October - “Deadline Looms”/“Mystery Illness”/“Mass Sickness”/“Not Defamatory Enough” - online here
23 October - “Halt Fish Farm Growth”/“Disease Hits Cermaq”/“Like Cancer”/“Is Truth a Tactic?”- online here
18 October - “Teen Fights Salmon Farms”/“Lawsuit Threat”/“Cermaq Appeal”/”Health Indicators Worsen” – online here
15 October - “Sicko Salmon”/“Farms & Disease”/“PR Disaster”/“Passionate Pleas” – online here
3 October - “Salmonella Outbreak”/Activist Wins”/“Boaties Protest”/“Lynch Mob” - online here
28 September - “Judgment Day”/“Salmon Sludge Fouls Hearing”/“Students Oppose Farms” - online here
24 September - “Flotilla Protest”/“Shooting Seals Row”/“Farm Not Welcome” - online here
11 September - “Dirty Secrets”/“FishyLeaks: Toxic Toilets”/“Disease Risk” - online here
29 August - “Virus Trackers”/“Compensation Culture”/“Say No to 9 New Salmon Farms” - online here
8 August - “Legal
Strategy”/“Wave of Controversy”/“IHN Virus” - online
here
3 August - “Fatal Virus Detected in BC”/“Fish Farm
Quarantined” - online
here
31 July - “IHN Virus Spreads”/“Norway’s Olympic Mascot”/”Playing With
Fire” - online
here
20 July -
“Norwegian Fish Farm Virus Found in BC”/”ISA Confirmed”/“A Fishy Tale” - online
here
17 July - “FishyLeaks”/“ISA in BC”/“Scotland’s Secrets” - online
here
13 July - “Aquaculture PR Wars”/“Beware Mother Nature”/“Trouble
Brewing” - online
here
11 July - "Salmon Wars Are Here"/"Smoking
Gun"/"Canada disease cleanup" - online
here
9 July - "Killer Panda"/"Quarantined Salmon to be Destroyed"/"PR War Waged" - online here!
6 July - "CFIA quarantines fish farm"/"Parasite found in
Norwegian-owned salmon" - online
here!
4 July - "Parasite-ridden salmon sold in BC stores"/"95%
of BC salmon is BAP certified" - online
here!
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