Investigative journalists Douglas Frantz and Catherine Collins chats with Trey Elling about SALMON WARS: THE DARK UNDERBELLY OF OUR FAVORITE FISH. Topics include:
- The genesis of this book (0:49)
- How the farmed salmon industry is like Big Tobacco and Big Ag rolled into one (3:04)
- How embedded farmed salmon is in our food supply (5:27)
- Properly labelling seafood (7:16)
- The evolution of commercial salmon farming (8:21)
- The Canadian government’s role in the rise in that country’s open-net farms in the 1980s (9:51)
- Norway’s Hydro Seafood and its role in expanding salmon farming (13:39)
- Sea lice and their damage on farmed salmon (16:19)
- The dangers of farmed salmon escaping back into the wild (18:15)
- The concern around Cypermethrin for fish and humans (19:30)
- Alexandra Morton as a hero in this terrifying story (23:30)
- How the farmed salmon industry responds to scientific findings critical of their business (25:36)
- The right way to farm salmon (27:15)
- The reliability of a store claiming its fish is wild caught (30:54)
- Comparing Omega 3 levels in farmed- vs wild salmon (32:32)
- Why salmon farmers add dye to the chemical pellets they feed their fish (36:43)
- What Canada’s Cohen Commission uncovered about dwindling wild salmon populations (37:50)
- Whether Norway does a good job of protecting its salmon (41:10)
- The added issue of salmon farm litter (43:19)
- An ecological disaster perpetuated by Cook Aquaculture in 2017 (44:40)
- The Miramichi River as a reason for optimism in the fight for wild salmon (57:56)
- Whether Doug and Catherine are concerned about industry pushback (49:41)