52 min
Alexandra Morton on fighting for sea-life, fighting against sea lice and the beauty of dancing, spawning salmon Skaana with Mark Leiren-Young | Oceans, Eco-Ethics & The Environment
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Eco-warrior, Alexandra Morton, on her fight to save wild salmon, being gaslit by the Canadian government and her adventures in Green politics. She also dares people to sue her over her essential new book - Not On My Watch: How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon.
“The salmon farming industry is harming wild salmon, is harming whales, is causing algae blooms and really needs to be controlled.”
Skaana shares stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment.
Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/skaana
Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana
Apple Podcasts........www.skaana.ca
The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor) ........ www.orcabites.com
Skaana home….... skaana.org
Skaana on Medium…. orcatales.com
Our Latest Orca Videos... jpod.news
Facebook…….…..facebook.com/skaanapod
Twitter…………... twitter.com/leirenyoung
Instagram…..…….instagram.com/skaanapod
Books on Amazon and Classes
**Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking!
* The Killer Whale Who Changed the World… http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q
* Orcas Everywhere… http://www.orcaseverywhere.com
* Paint the Ocean You Wish to See with Rayne Ellycrys Benu…. digital-enlightenment.net
Significant Quotes:
“The salmon farming industry is harming wild salmon, is harming whales, is causing algae blooms and really needs to be controlled. I mean, at first I thought they just had to get off the wild salmon migration routes, but now I realize they just have to get out of the ocean completely, and if they want to continue, build a tank and get in it and operate from there.”(8:18)
"Doing all this damage was part of how they were making such a phenomenal amount of money. It’s really insidious." (12:38)
"I cannot believe I have spent my whole adult life fighting salmon farms. It just seems ridiculous. But when I look at it from a global perspective I realize I’m part of a huge army across the planet that is trying to protect life on earth." (12:55)
“When you have a corporation involved, they don't really care how many fish there are. They just want that share price to go up. And so this is deadly, because it really is a cancer model. They need to grow, they need to grow, they need to grow, with no mind to the fact that they're killing the very body that they're in, which in this case is the ocean. I mean, they're going to kill themselves off. They are killing themselves off in the process of following their business plan. It's really deranged. It doesn't make sense and it has to stop.” (15:31)
"Nobody wants to buy fish that have killed off whales, never mind everything else." (19:00)
"There's nobody whose position in DFO is the health of wild salmon. There's no director of wild salmon." (24:48)
"We have the biggest salmon run in the world on the verge of extinction." (29:29)
"I saw grizzly bears that no longer looked like Grizzly bears… they were emaciated." (33:14)
"Alexandra: I have to wonder at some level in government are people saying,
Eco-warrior, Alexandra Morton, on her fight to save wild salmon, being gaslit by the Canadian government and her adventures in Green politics. She also dares people to sue her over her essential new book - Not On My Watch: How a renegade whale biologist took on governments and industry to save wild salmon.
“The salmon farming industry is harming wild salmon, is harming whales, is causing algae blooms and really needs to be controlled.”
Skaana shares stories about oceans, eco-ethics and the environment.
Join the Pod…… https://www.patreon.com/skaana
Spotify……………www.bit.ly/spotify-skaana
Apple Podcasts........www.skaana.ca
The Orca Bites Podcast (on anchor) ........ www.orcabites.com
Skaana home….... skaana.org
Skaana on Medium…. orcatales.com
Our Latest Orca Videos... jpod.news
Facebook…….…..facebook.com/skaanapod
Twitter…………... twitter.com/leirenyoung
Instagram…..…….instagram.com/skaanapod
Books on Amazon and Classes
**Amazon links are affiliate links and support our podcast, thanks for clicking!
* The Killer Whale Who Changed the World… http://amzn.to/2pRNU1q
* Orcas Everywhere… http://www.orcaseverywhere.com
* Paint the Ocean You Wish to See with Rayne Ellycrys Benu…. digital-enlightenment.net
Significant Quotes:
“The salmon farming industry is harming wild salmon, is harming whales, is causing algae blooms and really needs to be controlled. I mean, at first I thought they just had to get off the wild salmon migration routes, but now I realize they just have to get out of the ocean completely, and if they want to continue, build a tank and get in it and operate from there.”(8:18)
"Doing all this damage was part of how they were making such a phenomenal amount of money. It’s really insidious." (12:38)
"I cannot believe I have spent my whole adult life fighting salmon farms. It just seems ridiculous. But when I look at it from a global perspective I realize I’m part of a huge army across the planet that is trying to protect life on earth." (12:55)
“When you have a corporation involved, they don't really care how many fish there are. They just want that share price to go up. And so this is deadly, because it really is a cancer model. They need to grow, they need to grow, they need to grow, with no mind to the fact that they're killing the very body that they're in, which in this case is the ocean. I mean, they're going to kill themselves off. They are killing themselves off in the process of following their business plan. It's really deranged. It doesn't make sense and it has to stop.” (15:31)
"Nobody wants to buy fish that have killed off whales, never mind everything else." (19:00)
"There's nobody whose position in DFO is the health of wild salmon. There's no director of wild salmon." (24:48)
"We have the biggest salmon run in the world on the verge of extinction." (29:29)
"I saw grizzly bears that no longer looked like Grizzly bears… they were emaciated." (33:14)
"Alexandra: I have to wonder at some level in government are people saying,
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