Mary Ellen Walling, executive director of the B.C. Salmon Farmers Association (BCSFA), says more reporting and fact-checking needs to be made to statements made by NGOs, as she says they often don't stand up to scientific scrutiny.
"From Frankenfood demonstrations, complete with a Grim Reaper, to a former Beatle lying on an ice floe nose to nose with a seal pup, advocacy groups are skilled at promoting their causes," said Walling (pictured). "And while the use of an emotional argument to pique the public’s attention in important issues need not be a problem, it does raise questions.
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