Interesting farmed vs. wild salmon video

Wild Salmon in Trouble Video: The Link Between Farmed Salmon, Sea Lice and Wild Salmon


salmon farms can produce billions of sea lice eggs
sea lice harm juvenile salmon
juvenile salmon near salmon farms have significantly higher infestation rates of sea lice than those further away from farms
if these lice outbreaks continue, salmon could disappear from certain areas in less than 4 years

"Help Stop the Expansion of Open Net Pen Farms"

On the David Suzuki website, I read that B.C fish farms are asking the provincial govt to increase their fish farm production in areas that are critical wild salmon migration routes. The website asks readers to fight against this, and ask you to write to the B.C premier to protect the salmon!!

Check out the website, do a bit of research and see if this is something you would be interested in protesting against. All contact info is on the site.

shark Party

Great ideas for having a shark birthday party! I like the under the sea treats: shark punch, edible aquariums and shark cupcakes. Don't forget, pin the tail or fin on the shark!

Resort, anyone?

Known as Blue Travel, there is a site that provides information on eco-resorts around the world. Unfortunately, as of yet, there are no listings of eco-resorts in Europe and Asia.

Hmmm...technology produced nature vs the real thing

So San Clemente, California has built a 175 acre kelp forest to offset the impact of their nearby nuclear power plant, which might destroy nearby natural kelp forests and the marine life within them. Just seems like another humans vs. nature issue. Why not conserve natural kelp forests and re-think/re-work/re-create ways to keep our natural environment safe, without thinking that our technology is a fool-proof option in creating ecology?

It becomes more real everyday...

Should we prepare for rising sea levels? Yup. Govenor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, ordered on friday that the state begin preparations for rising sea levels. This definitely makes global warming very real, at least I hope that's how other take it!

Give a Holler to salmon!

Since I've been reading "Song for the Blue Ocean", I learned a great deal about salmon. So when I heard that west coast American farmers will hopefully be restricted in using 3 particular pesticides near the coastlines, all in the hope of saving the salmon, I was very happy.

"Under the rules, the pesticides couldn't be used within 500 feet (152 metres) of streams that carry salmon. Crop dusters would have to stay even farther away, and farmers using the pesticides would have to leave 20-foot strips of land uncultivated along drainage ditches and streams that are home to the fish."

But I guess I shouldn't celebrate just yet because "the new restrictions, triggered by an environmental lawsuit under the Endangered Species Act, won't be implemented right away. And the Environmental Protection Agency, which regulates pesticides and would put the restrictions on product labels, could try to devise a different approach."

Here's to hoping that the U.S will make the right choice.