Fellow VFB Members: May I please ask for a big favour? Unfortunately, the British Columbia coast is dotted with numerous foreign owned (Norwegian) salmon farms which I am absolutely convinced is detrimental to the wild salmon and especially so to coho (Silver) salmon.
The salmon farming industry now wants their farmed salmon to be certified as “ORGANIC” which it certainly is not. This move is intended to fool or trick the housewife into thinking that they are buying a safe and environmentally friendly product which clearly it is not. The feed includes anti-biotics and the salmon are treated with synthetic parasiticides, such as emamectin benzoate (a registered pesticide), azamethiphos (a registered pesticide currently allowed in Atlantic Canada), and deltamethrin (currently under review for registration) to combat infestations of copepod parasites on farmed fish. I myself, refuse to eat farmed salmon and certainly would not want my children eating it. I am asking each of you to go to http://www.change.org/petitions/organic-farmed-salmon-must-meet-organic-standards and to add your name to the petition. This needs to be done as soon as possible as time is running out as the deadline is May 25th, 2011. Thank you in advance and have a happy memorial day. Neville (Nev) Gosling Greater Vancouver, BC Canada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VFB Mail" group. To post to this group, send email to vfb-mail@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to vfb-mail-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vfb-mail?hl=en VFB Mail is sponsored by Line's End Inc at http://www.linesend.com
