Deckboss has reported previously on the controversy swirling around the Prince William Sound Aquaculture Corp., the Cordova-based operator of some of the world's largest salmon hatcheries.
As embattled organizations often do, PWSAC employs an economic consultant and a public relations firm to tout its successes.
Click here to see a summary of a new McDowell Group economic impact study.
This is old news, concerning the State's report. PWSAC's enhanced salmon produced the largest harvest in history in Prince William Sound this season. Loy, keep your grubby hands out of our business. No wonder ADN shut down your fishing blog. You are a gossip monger of the worst king.
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ReplyDeleteAt least he called you a king, Wesley!
wow...commenter number 1 has just epitomized the pervasive attitude problem with PWSAC. Regardless of the assesments paid by the fishermen...this is a public resource and is heavily subsidized with FERLF monies. Get over yourselves.
ReplyDeletewhoa anonymous #1 -- so, it's your business??? funny, I thought PWSAC produced COMMON-PROPERTY fish. doesn't that make it our business too?
ReplyDeleteYeah, no wonder they need a PR firm.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, Deckboss has yet to report on the fact that the ADFG commissioner overruled his staff's recommendation to reject PWSAC's permit alteration requests (PAR) to increase hatchery production. The PARs approved w1) Main Bay sockeye from 10.2 to 12.4 million eggs and 2) AFK chum salmon increase 17 million to 34 million eggs. Given the commissioner recently stated that wild/hatchery interaction was of top concern to him, why the approval???
ReplyDeleteI do not understand why the commissioner approved these increases. Is there not current evidence showing highly variable stray rates among chum salmon? I thought the law stated a maximum of 2% stray rates.
ReplyDeleteIt would appear the approval is based on "good" politics, "good" science be damned. From where does the deputy director of commercial fish hail? That would be Cordova. So much for the state's rigorous, "protective," permitting process. Truly the Department speaks with forked tongue about wild stock protection.
ReplyDeleteYes, ain't greed godly? Keep pumping up the number of fake fish in the ocean. Ocean carrying capacity is unlimited, ain't it? You betcha.
ReplyDeleteSee: http://afsjournals.org/doi/full/10.1577/C09-054.1
"...Truly the Department speaks with forked tongue about wild stock protection. ..." Oh this is so true!!
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