Hugh Mitchell, MS, DVM

Tenacibaculosis Caused by Tenacibaculum maritimum Is Not Transmitted From Atlantic Salmon (Salmo salar L.) to Canadian Chinook Salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha W.) in a Cohabitation Model Canadian salmonid aquaculture provides a sustainable protein source; however, there are concerns that Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar L.) mariculture reduces wild Pacific salmon survival through intersp....

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YouTube video by Mowi Canada West The Science Behind Sea Lice Monitoring on Wild Salmon | This is Aquaculture

Here's what we do! A huge thanks to all the people that have helped out and worked with us over the last 22 years. 5 days a week for almost 3 months. Not everyday is as nice as this one. #sealice #wildsalmon #aquaculture #20yearlie www.youtube.com/watch?v=KuBA...

Yes.
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So why would something so obvious to true ocean conservation, our seafood security and blue economy have so many detractors in North America? As with many things emotions can trump sense! #aquaculture #salmon #foroceanssake

Seasons greetings, clients and colleagues! #salmon #aquaculture #vetmed #truescience

To my clients and colleagues in the Mississippi Delta: Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! #aquaculture #vetmed #uscatfish

Concerned about the peer-review process? It is severely broken. Here is what A.I. has to say on how we might go about fixing it. Your thoughts? #aquaculture #salmon

This month's Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association includes a special supplement on Veterinary Opthalmology has papers on ocular diseases from several animal species - including fish! These are Silver Moony's, popular aquarium fish. #vetmed #fishmedicine

Doing some volunteer aquaculture informational work in Key West. With a free morning, why not go on a dive to remind you what responsible aquaculture can protect? #aquaculture #salmon #lovetheoceans #foroceanssake

Anyone want to see what a veterinarian who practices fish medicine looks like? The American Association of Fish Veterinarians is almost 400 strong! Working to make fish healthy and happy! #aquaculture #salmon

No truer words. To be admired and protected, but also used (responsibly). #aquaculture #salmon #foroceanssake

Truth isn't obtained lightly. Be careful and demand non-superficial criteria. #aquaculture #salmon

Ever wonder what independent scientists said about environmental impacts of salmon net pens in WA State? #aquaculture #salmon #science #foroceanssake

A perspective on fish farming that is often glossed over. #aquaculture #salmon #science #vetmedicine

Farmed trout in Colorado. Yum! #aquaculture #salmon

YouTube video by The Barents Observer "We have declared a war on Pink salmon” Norway fights the invasive species in the Arctic.

Norway has a massive Atlantic salmon net pen industry, yet Pacific salmon are invading fjords. Let's think about this a little, BC and WA! #aquaculture #salmon #realveterinarymedicine

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No licensed fish health professional has been brought into discussions. NONE of the professional fish health organizations (which deal with both wild and cultured fish) are concerned about diseases from net pens endangering wild fish. Why? What is going on here? #aquaculture #salmon #foroceanssake

@alex4salmon.bsky.social if you only had #facts. Stop making stuff up. Only thing true in this post might be "old fishing boats". The farms aren't "closed", and there's data regarding #sealice / #wildsalmon in the area you're ranting about that doesn't support your statements. #lies or #ignorant?

An extremely important concept if you are going to go beyond ideological activism to real aquatic ecosystem conservation. Relevant to many multivariate fields such as: medicine, nutrition and environmentalism. #aquaculture #science #salmon

Peer review: a flawed process at the heart of science and journals

An excellent discussion. Disturbing. Many see the peer -reviewed process as a "blessing". #aquaculture #science #salmon
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Don't confuse a pseudoscientist with facts. Doesn't fit her agenda.

The myth is no farms = no lice. Broughton 2024 first year with no farms. 3rd highest infestation on juvenile wild salmon in 20 years @alex4salmon.bsky.social

I wonder if Bluesky will be any different from "X"? #aquaculture #salmon

The American Fisheries Society is the largest Society of wild fish conservation workers in North America. They think net pens are okay. Many work with net pens and stock enhancement fish from Alaska into California. #aquaculture #salmon

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Veterinarians are professional and licensed. We must -by law- follow the strict ethics and behavior laid down in Provincial and State Veterinary Practice Acts AND NOT our employers or affiliations. If we don't, we risk losing our livelihood. #aquaculture #salmon

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Some previous posts brought over from "X". #aquaculture #salmon

... and you aren't vested totally into trying to eliminate salmon farms no matter what for your funders? Pathetic.