
The sun is brighter in this south facing room – I look through the enormous windows flexing to the horizon. You can almost taste the salt on your tongue as you read…. The writing takes you there so cleverly and is so evocative of the archipelago and the sea mist. J Agric Environ Ethics 2013 26:7–23.The setting – the location of this novel is as central a part of the novel as the story of Kali and her quest to find out the truth. Variation in emotion and cognition among fishes. Rollin’s commentary on November’s Ethical question of the month.īraithwaite VA, Huntingford F, van den Bos R. The latter concerns are poignantly raised by Alexandra Morton in her memoir on killer whales ( 1).įor the sake of completeness, the following paper came to my attention only recently and not in time to be included in my references to “Treatment of fish - A comment” (Can Vet J 2016 57:12). Morrison may not be in dispute, industry business models and practices have contributed materially to substantial degradation of coastal habitat in BC, both land and sea, and have produced considerable if not irreparable harm to the farmed species and to other species inhabiting that environment. While harvest techniques such as those described by Dr. Disclosure of vested interest is especially important, if not mandatory, when issues such as the humane treatment of animals are discussed.

Morrison’s affiliation as fish health and food safety director of Marine Harvest Canada, ostensibly the largest Atlantic salmon fish farming company in British Columbia, and thus an advocate for the farmed salmon fishing industry. But that is a topic for another day.” It is indeed another day.


This is no more evident than in the sorry history of British Columbia’s salmon farms. I stand by my comment on Treatment of Fish (Can Vet J 2016 57:12) that “intensive aquaculture practices can be even more harmful to the environment, to humans and to fish than intensive agriculture practices involving mammals and birds are. Re: Diane Morrison’s Letter to the Editor (Can Vet J 2016 57:113)
