Part 3 of a 4 part series … Read Part 1 … Part 2 Our new normal, VALUES TRANSPARENCY and eschews CORRUPTION … right? Hmm, not so fast … Canadian fisheries are currently struggling under more than ONE murky controversy. Allegations of corruption…..
Read This ArticleI see it every day. It’s worrisome, but expected. One of the most challenging parts of a journey for almost everyone in almost every venture, is the last mile, whether it’s about getting your fish to market fresh, or avoiding…..
Read moreIt doesn’t matter if you’re pushing or pulling the leading edge, being 1st is still often the most enviable position even when waging war against a deadly virus. Being 1st is important, but being right is critical too. In business,…..
Read morePollution is an uncontested fact. How you regard your role is critical to your career. Whether fish are wild, or if they live in an open-net pen farm in the ocean, they swim in water that contains mercury, PCBs, plastic…..
Read moreUnderestimating progress and today’s importance of protecting our ocean environment would be a grave mistake. Most experts in the fisheries and seafood industry still don’t realize the Canadian federal government made a preemptive decision thirty years ago when they first started…..
Read moreWild BC salmon stocks are in a free fall towards decline. If we, as a society don’t do something immediately, as in today, salmon species in British Columbia will all move dangerously close to becoming extinct. Northern creep of warmer…..
Read moreWritten by Maurice Cardinal … Open-Net Fish Farms Mandated Out of Canadian Oceans will start to move to closed containment or land-based by 2025 Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced September 2019, that open-net fish farms in Canada’s oceans will be…..
Read moreMost fishers and smaller processors are hard working, trustworthy people. Part 4 in this 4 part series – BC Fishers Made Scapegoats They are also, for the most part, friendly. Fishers have a lot in common with farmers who have…..
Read morePart 3 in this 4 part series – BC Fishers Made Scapegoats In BC, all salmon fishers are required by the provincial government to pay a levy for each pound of fish they capture and deliver to processors big and…..
Read morePawns in an Ocean of Kings Part 1 in this 4 part series – Some of the hardest working people in Canada, BC salmon fishers, are struggling more than ever. The future is challenging for all sectors. BC’s independent commercial…..
Read moreGet Your PINK On! The 2013 Pink Salmon Festival was held in Vancouver/Kits at Hadden Park overlooking English Bay on the Pacific Ocean. A good time and great food was had by all on a very pleasant sunny day, but…..
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