Re: [Paddlewise] Fish farming (fwd)

R. Walker wrote:
> 
> > *** Fish farming does not save ocean fish - study
> >[snippage]
> > said Rebecca Goldburg, a biologist for the Environmental Defense Fund who
> > worked on the journal Science report. See
> > http://www.infobeat.com/stories/cgi/story.cgi?id=2556835953-166
> 
> Problem is, this is like asking the Tobacco companies to do a
> study on the addictiveness of cigarrette smoke.  EDF starts out
> with an axe to grind, and then proceeds to grind it.  Big surprise.
> For all we know the study actually is true; but because of who did
> the study, it loses all credibility.
> 
> Richard Walker

Richard, did you read the article before you wrote your remarks?  Here is an excerpt:

>  The researchers pointed out that some types of fish farming
> were sustainable and could offer viable alternatives to
> wild-caught fish and act as a valuable food source.
>             ``Good'' farms produce carp, oysters and mussels, they said.
>             But there is a pressing need to consider the serious
> problems created in the growing $8 billion shrimp and salmon
> industries, the experts said.
>             ``We are not damning all aquaculture,'' Lubchenco said.
> ''Some types of fish farming will be an essential component of
> food for the future. We are saying these two are growing
> explosively, and these are ones where we need lots of
> improvements.''
>          ^REUTERS_at_

The study was published in the prestigious journal Science, a peer-reviewed publication.  One of the
authors is Jane Lubchenco, a well-known researcher employed by Oregon State University, a land-grant
university closely allied with the agricultural industry in my state.

Dr. Lubchenco is regarded as a hard-headed biologist with credentials most of us would die for.  The
EDF may have provided some of the funding for the study;  if that taints the study, so be it.  Money
is the currency needed to do research.  Dr. Lubchenco is a damn good scientist, and deserves better
treatment than you gave her.

--
Dave Kruger
Astoria, OR
sea kayaker
chemist/"environmentalist"
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