A review by sarah984
Not on My Watch: How a Renegade Whale Biologist Took on Governments and Industry to Save Wild Salmon by Alexandra Morton

reflective sad medium-paced

4.0

This is an interesting book about marine life, the experience of doing science, the challenges with modern activism, and the repeated failures of both provincial and federal governments in standing against industry to defend the environment. Even the one minor victory laid out in this book was later overturned by the courts for being "unfair" to industry (and more studies are published while no one does anything).

(https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/salmon-at-increased-risk-of-exposure-to-harmful-bacteria-near-b-c-fish-farms-study-suggests-1.6463403) This article was published May 24, 2022, while I was reading this book.
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