Dr Alexandra Morton's Tour of the Maritimes

Dr Alexandra Morton, who has spent 20 years studying the impact on wild marine species in British Columbia, has been on a week-long tour of marine communities affected by existing or proposed open net salmon feedlots.

Her concerns with the aquaculture industry include fish waste accumulating beneath the pens, use of toxic chemicals, and spreading diseases.

Part 1 - Nova Scotia day 1
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/nova-scotia-day-1-.html
Part 2 – The story of Port Mouton
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/the-story-of-port-mouton-was-even-more-disturbing-than-sheet-harbour-we-left-sheet-harbour-early-in-the-morning-and-drove-d.html
Part 3 – No one can understand why !
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/no-one-can-understand-why.html
Part 4 – Another town fighting fish farms
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/another-town-fighting-fish-farms.html
Part 5 – Birthplace of salmon feedlots in Canada
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/we-drove-to-st-andrews-in-the-rain-the-yellow-and-orange-foliage-standing-out-brilliantly-in-the-dark-weather-we-passed-t.html
Part 6 - Touring Grand Manan Island
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/fear-and-silence.html
Part7 - When is truth a tactic
http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2012/10/when-is-truth-a-tactic.html

The Sea Lice Story.pdf

Listen to Alexandra Morton: Ransom Myers Lecture at Dalhousie University in Halifax

http://www.radio4all.net/files/anonymous@radio4all.net/16-1-drmortonhalifaxoctober192012.mp3