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Call of the Killer Whale: Jean-Michel Cousteau

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Cousteau Tests for Toxins in Orcas and Man

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Jean-Michel Cousteau shows an excerpt from his PBS special titled Call of the Killer Whale that compares the toxins found in orcas to those found in man.

PCBs and PBDEs are among the tested toxins.
Jean-Michel Cousteau Explains the Danger of Farmed Fish

07 min 25 sec

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Jean-Michel Cousteau tackles the complex topic of commercial fish farming.

As one of the only farmed carnivores, salmon pose one of the "least sustainable approach to farming."
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publicrelationskvie

Posted: 07.01.09, 12:55 PM

If you want to see a detailed video of what fish farming does and what it's like then watch this video. It's a fish farm of the coast of hawaii: http://www.americasheartland.org/epi...ua_culture.htm

Sigmant

Posted: 06.04.09, 07:46 PM

One should look closer at Jean Michel's comments about fish farming. He says it's "absurd" to farm a carnivore like salmon and we should aim toward not transporting salmon by air and also striving to sell it fresh. (he neglects to mention that globally, salmon farming only uses 20% of the world's fish meal - the rest is used by chickens, pigs, other fish species, dogs and cats) Hmmmm, but he actively promotes Alaska salmon - he pretends they're wild. 1 in 3 Alaska salmon are grown for human consumption (that's farming) by hatchery raising and releasing into the ocean to compete for food. They call it salmon ranching. 90% of Alaska salmon is flown into the US and sold 'previously frozen'. Seems like a double standard here. So, there can only be two reasons for this. He hasn't done his homework and doesn't know what he's talking about or he is paid to slander one industry and promote another. Either choice means this Cousteau ain't credible like the last one.