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fter Jose Villalon graduated from Florida International University with a degree in biological sciences, and followed it with a masters degree in fisheries biology from the University of Washington, he went off into the wide world to farm shrimp. Twenty-seven years later, after his time farming shrimp in the Caribbean, Ecuador and Mexico, the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) hired Villalon to move to Washington, D.C. and lead their aquaculture program. “What I did for WWF for six years was manage a global initiative called the Aquaculture Dialogues,” Villalon told the Mirror while he was in town as the keynote speaker at the 30th annual BC Salmon Farmers Association Annual General Meeting, which took place Sept. 24 and 25 at the Campbell
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Tour de Rock’s new mascot, Ryder, takes one of the first swipes of local Tour de Rock rider Kyle Ushok’s (previously) lovely locks in support of the Canadian Cancer Society Cops for Cancer’s fundraising efforts for pediatric cancer research.
Tour de Rock shown ‘true heart of Campbell River’ Editor’s Note: Different members of the Tour de Rock team write a daily blog posting on tourderock.ca. This is the posting from the Campbell River stop. Follow the tour as it continues to Victoria by visiting the blog.
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We started out with a crack of blue in the sky. We thought the skies would clear up for us further down the road, but instead they opened up and the weather turned blustery.
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