![]() ![]() He was lamenting the rapid growth of salmon farming and its effect on overall market price for salmon, even prized wild salmon. Many times this week I’ve had flashbacks to a conversation I had with the manager of a salmon processor up on Alaska’s Kodiak Island the summer of 1997. Having spent time on Lummi Island with salmon-fisher Riley Starks-including a visit to the Lummi Island Wild reef-netting operation he’s part of-it’s been particularly heartbreaking to hear the extraordinary challenge the fish dump has been in that region. But an article Friday noted that Lummi Tribe fishers have caught Atlantics in the Skagit River and the latest piece I read this morning says that Makah Nation fishers have netted Atlantics on the Seiku River near Neah Bay, suggesting their ability to survive may have been underestimated. One article I read earlier this week suggested the Atlantics would be as likely to survive out of their controlled farm environment as a dairy cow released into the Serengeti. Kurt Beardslee of the Wild Fish Conservancy and Bill McMillan testing for diseases on spilled Atlantic salmon. No limit of controversy looms in the days following the incident Sunday, with contrary perspectives on to what degree extreme eclipse-related tidal activity was at fault (and why those high tides proved surprising), on how much impact those nonnative salmon will have on native populations, on the likelihood of them perishing before they get very far into regional river systems. I’ll admit to not having been aware of how many salmon farms operate in the Puget Sound area, so along with the massive dump of Atlantic salmon into the native habitat of wild salmon comes the wake-up call about how much more potential impact could come from other active farms. The new news was the terrible failure of farmed salmon pens near the San Juan Islands. The farmed fish show signs of yellow mouth disease, a bacterial infection. Three king salmon on left, farmed Atlantic salmon on right. Wildfire Burns, Breaks Hearts in Oregon.Setting a Big Table: Oregon Wine Comes of Age. ![]() Guest Essay: USDA Refuses to Enact New Standards.
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