Two Canadian consultants invited to the Falkland Islands by Unity Marine outlined their experience of salmon farming, fish health and environmental regulation at a public meeting on Monday evening. The meeting is part of the consultation on potential large-scale fish farming. Speaking on behalf of Unity Marine, Fortuna General Manager Darren Christie said the consultation concerned the principle of salmon farming rather than a specific development application. The first speaker, veterinary fish pathologist Dr Gary Marty, said much of his work involved diagnosing disease in farmed fish and examining whether pathogens associated with salmon farms affected wild salmon populations. He presented figures for Fraser River sockeye salmon in British Columbia, comparing  the number of spawning fish over successive 30-year periods before and during the development of salmon farming. He said the total number of spawners had increased during the 30 years in which salmon farms operated along the migration route...