The New York Times reported today the deadly virus that killed off massive amounts of Chilean farmed salmon last year, is still around. An expected 30% decrease in output is expected for the 2009 season. During last year’s outbreak, the 2 billion dollar industry came under scrutiny from US consumer and environmental groups as well as the FDA. Last month, the Chilean government took further steps to clean up the troubled loosely regulated industry. A report last year by Andrea Kavanagh, manager of the Salmon Aquaculture Reform Campaign for the Pew Environment Group in Washington, found Chilean salmon farmers were using three chemicals effectively banned in the US.
In the Times article, Alexei Barrionuevo noted how, “Chilean companies have struggled to comply with the regulations of other countries, particularly as they cope with a parasitic bacteria, rickettsia, carried by sea lice, which causes infection-prone lesions”.
Since the Pew Environment Group report last year, the FDA has encouraged stricter practices to help clean up the industry, yet is still planning a “system review” this March to help Chile better manage it’s fish disease problems.
Yesterday we posted a small piece on the legacy of Ted Lindner. Today, on the third anniversary of his passing, we are including a short eulogy taken from Ted’s local paper in Stockton, CA.
A small service was held in his memory shortly after his passing. In attendance were long-time angling friends Kim Yip and Forrest Willis. Suzanne Butler, Ted’s adored step-daughter read an eloquent reflective piece sent by Conrad Calimpong who was unable to attend.
Ted Lindner, one of the focal characters in River of a Lost Coast fished the coast for the better part of 75 years. Tomorrow February 4, will mark the third anniversary of his passing. Although he never received the fame of Bill Schaadt he managed to become an extremely successful angler with his own devout following. Ted Lindner was an often misunderstood character known as much for his fishing skill as his rough demeanor. In this clip, good friends and foes reflect on the legacy of Ted Lindner.
A little over 44 years ago legendary Golden Gate Angling and Casting Club member Jack Horner made his last minute escape from the fast rising Smith River during the first hours of the epic ‘64 flood.
Jack, an elevator operator from San Francisco was a fishing bum with lines tied to Montana trout streams, Nevada marshes, Washington rivers and Oregon stillwaters. But for all his travels, Jack’s favorite holes were in the slow moving tidewater of California’s Smith River.
In an era before cell-phones and reliable weather reports, Horner found himself in a precarious position on the eve of California’s most devastating flood. In an unused clip from Rivers of a Lost Coast angler and writer Al Perryman shares the story.
