The news that killer whales in the Strait of Juan de Fuca are dying of starvation should surprise no one (Killer Whales Disappearing Off Southern B.C. - Oct. 29). Their chief food source is chinook salmon, which marine biologist Alexandra Morton warned recently were in danger of being wiped out by the sea lice transferred by Atlantic salmon in fish farms.
This impending extinction could be avoided, were the government to order fish farming into enclosed tanks on land, as has been recommended by numerous scientific and environmental authorities, numerous times. When the last whale is gone, and the last salmon run fails to return, will B.C. still be "The Best Place on Earth?"
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