‘Farmed Salmon Exposed’: film show in Oban
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| November 11, 2009 | ||
| 7:00 pm |
On Wednesday 11th November from 19.00-20.00 in the McCaig Suite in Oban’s Corran Halls, there is a showing of Farmed Salmon Exposed, a film on ‘The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry’.
This is on an international tour from Oslo to Washington DC, sponsored by the Pure Salmon Campaign dedicated to raising the standards of farm-raised fish.
Everyone is welcome. Don Stanniford would appreciate an emailed note ( dstaniford@puresalmon.org ) letting him know who is coming so that he can keep an eye on the numbers.
Mark Carter: Environment Editor
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October 29th, 2009 at 9:49 am
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November 10th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
Are we to believe that this film will be a fair and objective presentation of the facts bearing in mind Mr Stanniford has has a previous conviction for defamation.
“It is apparent from the evidence that, although Mr. Staniford’s purported motive was to serve the public interest by educating the public regarding the impacts of salmon farming on public health and the environment, he did not give a balanced or complete view, either in the press release or in his subsequent interviews. His real motive was to build opposition to salmon farming. … Mr. Staniford’s concern when he published the press releases, and during subsequent interviews, was not whether the allegations were true or whether the public interest was served. Rather, he used intentionally inflammatory words and withheld facts in order to achieve his goal of increasing opposition to salmon farming.”
November 11th, 2009 at 2:09 pm
I have not seen the film yet so I would not be as presumptious to predict the outcome or any perceived bias: But I am on the panel and I am in favour of fish farming, we cannot carry on fishing at current industrial scales and expect the environment to cope.
Fish farming methods have improved dramatically over the last 40 years but there is still room for improvement, we could learn a great deal from the Chinese in these matters and the introduction of polyculture would “soak-up” many pollutants.
What must occur is true “openness” within the industry and willingness to adapt to the needs of other commercial industries. With careful planning there is enough room in both Argyll and Scotland to co-exist, without conflict.
It is a shame that Eric the Viking can’t put his/her name to their comment but if they know anything about the marine environment/commercial pressures please go the presentation it will make for a better informed and balanced evening: then we can comment knowledgably.