Yes.
Some of that farmed salmon is simply disgusting...you can see how unhealthy it looks next to wild caught: pale orange and fatty compared to healthy deep orange and lean.
Seems like we don’t care about our native industries until its too late.
Seems like we don’t care about our native industries until its too late.
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The West Coast salmon industry was destroyed through what now is called “lawfare”. Spearheaded by the Federal government using Treaty Tribes as a plaintiff.
Actual Commercial salmon fishermen were demonized in local newspapers, then nationally on TV and magazines like Nat Geo, and finally in churches.
The Propaganda was overwhelming and trying to fight the Federal Gov’s legal challenges was a lost cause, even in SCOTUS.
Ordinary people did not know what to believe. Sports fishermen took advantage and pilled on, sell their catches illegally and tax free. Some even complained at public fisheries meetings that they had so many fish, they had to throw out freezers full of salmon to make room for the next year’s fish.