Where did Alexandra Morton's NonProfit get $822,210 (2000-2010)?

Almost single-handedly, or so it seems, Alexandra Morton has brought the salmon farming industry to its knees in British Columbia.

In just one example of the influence that she has had, Morton brought legal action against the federal and the B.C. government.  The end result is that British Columbia lost jurisdiction over aquaculture - not only for finfish but for shellfish too.  Indeed, Alexandra Morton has had a hefty influence on public opinion and public policy, and even on Canadian law.  As such, its fair to inquire about Alexandra Morton's sources of funding and her actual research findings.

Tax returns show that between 2000 and 2010, Morton's non-profit (Raincoast Research Society) had total revenues of $913,796. Of that, less than 10 percent was from tax-receipted donations, according to my calculations based on Canadian tax returns.  A total of $822,210 (90 percent) was from grants from other charities, gifts and other revenues. The question is, where did those funds originate? And most importantly, did any of those funds originate from the American foundations of which the editors of the journal SCIENCE, where Morton's sea lice research has been published, were trustees? This is a fair question because it is important to know whether the editors of the journal SCIENCE may have had conflicting or competing interests at the time that Morton's sea lice research was published in the prestigious journal SCIENCE.

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For my e-mail to Alexandra Morton, Sept. 6, 2011, click here.

Note: This is an up-date to an earlier post from  January 7, 2010.

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Comments

[Lucy Mae Brown]

This has the stink of TIDES all over it.

[Kevin Logan]

In the spirit of full disclosure.

Why do you not lay out for us your funding.

We know only of the $5000 dollar "honorarium" from CAPP.

Care to share the rest?

[Vivian Krause]

Kevin,

I agree that questions about my funding are fair. After all, I'm asking the same type of questions about various organizations.

There's a post at my blog titled "Disclosure" where I've reported all my sources of income (which are not very many!) over the years.

Other than the $5,000 honorarium from CAPP - which I expect to receive but have not yet received, I have had no income (and nothing in the pipeline - pardon the pun!) from the oil industry or any other industry.

Cheers,
Vivian