Dan MacLennan
April 16, 2010
The Courier Islander

BC's fish farming industry is being badly outplayed and losing a public relations battle where huge U.S. foundations are paying environmentalists and scientists to hurt aquaculture in support of the Alaskan wild salmon fishery.

That was the basis of a presentation to Campbell River city council Tuesday night from Vivian Krause, a former aquaculture industry worker with a Masters degree in nutrition.

"(The aquaculture industry is) being outplayed," Krause told the Courier-Islander after her presentation. "Their team's losing. They need to get better performance out of their players, or they need to get better players or they need a better coach.

"The aquaculture industry has got to accept that it's losing this game. If it wants to win it's going to have to play differently."

Krause's allegations brought denials from Alexandra Morton, the David Suzuki Foundation and Dr. Martin Krkosek this week, but first a look at Krause and her presentation.

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Read related story:

• The Campbell River Mirror; April 16, 2010; "Researcher asks council to defend salmon farming industry"