Ingenuity in Protecting Wild Salmon: All Hail the Salmon Cannon

Professor Jeff Reimer was kind enough to send me a great example of ingenuity at work to protect natural capital in the Pacific Northwest.  Julian Simon would respect  the salmon cannon.  This video from Last Week from John Oliver tells the story.

Jeff correctly points out that the rise of the Salmon Cannon is due to a public/private partnership.  The private company; Whooshh Innovation sells it to state and federal agencies.  This highlights the potential for government to play a positive role in solving the wild vs. domesticated salmon problem.  The company's video is here: http://whooshh.com/fish-handling1.html