Sunland Hatchery:The saga continues, now with wild-stock issues

摘要

Our last update on the long-running saga of Gwen Gilson's Sunland Hatchery and the Noosa River Catchment in southeast Queensland, Australia, appeared in the July 2017 edition. The environmental problems that became clinically corrosive were first reported by Hatchery International in 2008. Sadly, the situation continues without respite, or redress.With the adverse effects of climate change on iconic land-forms like coral reefs, and localized weather extremes creating long-term tragedies, there is a global call to action. But the accelerating accumulation of toxic chemical residues from industrial,agricultural, and even domestic wastes rarely elicits an acknowledgement from the various watchdogs of this sleeping giant. The head of the USA NIEHS recently published an article expressing concerns about unmitigated global population poisoning. Inevitably these toxins can be transported dissolved in water, attached to sediment particles, or volatilized and retuned in rain to accumulate in the planet's lakes and oceans. Which is where the aquaculture industry makes its living. Every time we stock ourpens and ponds we put"canaries" down the mine shaft, often with tragic results. Nothing highlights this more than the Sunland Fish Hatchery story.