>From: "geoff and julie kimber" <gkimber2_at_earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: nanfa_at_aquaria.net
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Subject: Re: NANFA-- Speaking announcement for John Volpe (Atlantic
>Salmon) Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 19:11:07 -0400
>
>just for my curiosity -
>
>Can anyone tell me why atlantic salmon are commerically farmed in the
>pacific? I don't mean "Is this a good idea" - I mean "What lame excuses
>are
>fish farmers giving for this travesty?"
>
>Why don't they use pacific salmon, which are at least native to the area?
>
>Geoff Kimber
>Lexington,KY
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Jay DeLong" <thirdwind_at_att.net>
>To: <nanfa_at_aquaria.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:55 PM
>Subject: NANFA-- Speaking announcement for John Volpe (Atlantic Salmon)
>
>
> > >DR. JOHN VOLPE, Assistant Professor of Fisheries and Invasion Biology,
> > >University of Alberta, will present his research on interactions
>between
> > >Atlantic and Pacific salmon, to audiences in Washington State during
>the
> > >week of Oct. 14-17, 2002.
> > >
> > >Tuesday: Brown bag lecture at noon at the Jefferson County Public
>Library,
> > >Oct. 15. To pre-register contact Kathy Pool in Port Townsend at
> > >poolenge_at_olypen.com or call 360-385-4442
> > >
> > >SPEAKER: Dr. John Volpe, University of Alberta
> > >
> > >TOPIC: Atlantic Salmon colonization of British Columbia and Washington
> > >State streams.
> > >
> > >DATE: Tuesday, October 15th
> > >TIME: Noon
> > >PLACE: Jefferson County Library in Port Hadlock
> > >
> > >Wild Olympic Salmon is sponsoring the above presentation at the
>Jefferson
> > >County Library in Port Hadlock at noon on Tuesday October 15th. We
>invite
> > >everyone to listen to Dr. Volpe's research findings on Atlantic Salmon
> > >Colonization. See more about Dr. Volpe's work at
> > >http://www.biology.ualberta.ca/faculty/john_volpe
> > >
> > >Dr. Volpe is an Assistant Professor of Invasion and Fisheries Biology
>at
> > >the University of Alberta and his research explored the invasion
>ecology
>of
> > >aquaculture escaped Atlantic salmon. Currently, his research interests
> > >include the influence of the aquaculture industry on the biology of
>coastal
> > >BC including Atlantic salmon escapees, farm effluents and sea lice.
>Volpe
> > >will share startling results from the six years he studied feral
>Atlantic
> > >salmon on Vancouver Island, also providing an explanation for the
>failure
> > >of historical Atlantic salmon introductions to British Columbia and
> > >demonstrate how conditions now favor Atlantic salmon colonization. Dr.
> > >Volpe will conclude by reviewing the current state of knowledge
>regarding
> > >the array of issues facing the aquaculture industry which viewed
>together,
> > >have led some to propose that salmon farms represent time bombs set
>amidst
> > >B.C. and Washington State coastal communities.
> > >
> > >
> > >Barbara Nightingale
> > >Marine Resource Specialist
> > >Biomes
> > >701 58th Street
> > >Port Townsend, WA 98368
> > >360-379-3666
> > >www.biomes.net
> > >barbara_at_biomes.net
> > >
> > >Sharing his research of six years spent studying feral Atlantic salmon
>on
> > >Vancouver Island, Dr. Volpe provides an explanation for the failure of
> > >previous introductions and demonstrates how conditions are now more
> > >favorable.
> > >
> > >Dr. John Volpe received his education at the Universities of Guelph and
> > >Victoria and is presently Associate Professor of Fisheries Ecology at
>the
> > >University of Alberta in Edmonton. His 2001 paper, published by the
>David
> > >Suzuki Foundation, is entitled Super unNatural - Atlantic Salmon in BC
> > >Waters and is available on the web at
> > >www.davidsuzuki.org/publications/aquaculture_reports/default.asp
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