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8月15日 Salmon numbers decline!Hello All: In the last two weeks nearly 2,000 more people have signed our letter asking the Minister of Fisheries to apply the laws of Canada to salmon farms. The Fraser sockeye are returning at 1/10 of their predicted number. While government continues to guess at the reason, they refuse to respond to the one factor shown to have exactly this effect worldwide and is easily fixed. Please read this and stay tuned for how we can bring reason to this situation. Thank you all for taking a stand and putting your name to this. The only way government will be allowed to see this situation for what it is, is if there are too many of us to ignore. We can do this, Alexandra Morton  Fraser River's salmon stocks 'beyond a crisis' MARK HUME August 13, 2009 http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/fraser-rivers-salmon-stocks-beyond-a-crisis/article1250175/ The mysterious collapse of the B.C. sockeye run has dashed hopes raised just weeks ago of a good return this year The Fraser River is experiencing one of the biggest salmon disasters in recent history with more than nine million sockeye vanishing. Aboriginal fish racks are empty, commercial boats worth millions of dollars are tied to the docks and sport anglers are being told to release any sockeye they catch while fishing for still healthy runs of chinook. Between 10.6 million and 13 million sockeye were expected to return to the Fraser this summer. But the official count is now just 1.7 million, according to the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Where the nine to 11 million missing fish went remains a mystery. "It's beyond a crisis with these latest numbers," said Ernie Crey, fisheries adviser to the Sto:lo tribes on the Fraser. "What it means is that a lot of impoverished natives are going to be without salmon. ... We have families with little or no income that were depending on these fish. ... It's a catastrophe," he said. Mr. Crey said a Canada-U.S. salmon summit should be called to find solutions. The sockeye collapse is startling because until just a few weeks ago it seemed the Fraser was headed for a good return. In 2005, nearly nine million sockeye spawned in the Fraser system, producing a record number of young, known as smolts, which in 2007, began to migrate out of the lakes where they'd reared for two years. Biologists for the DFO were buoyed by the numbers - the Chilko and Quesnel tributaries alone produced 130 million smolts - and because the young fish were bigger than any on record. Those fish were expected to return to the Fraser this summer in large numbers, and those projections held until a few weeks ago when test fishing results began to signal a problem. Barry Rosenberger, DFO area director for the Interior, said test nets at sea got consistently low catches, then samples in the river confirmed the worst - the sockeye just weren't there in any numbers. There had been some hope the fish - which return in five distinct groups, or runs - might be delayed at sea, but Mr. Rosenberger dismissed that possibility. "There are people hanging on to hope ... but the reality is ... all indications are that none of these runs are late," he said. Mr. Rosenberger said officials don't know where or why the salmon vanished - but they apparently died at some point during migration. Brian Riddell, president of the Pacific Salmon Foundation, said: "We've been pondering this and I think a lot of people are focusing on the immediate period of entry into the Strait of Georgia and asking what on earth could have happened to them. What we're seeing now is very, very unexpected." Some are pointing fingers at salmon farms as a possible suspect because of research that showed smolts became infested with sea lice as they swam north from the Fraser, through the Strait of Georgia. "This has got to be one of the worst returns we've ever seen on the Fraser. ... It's shocking really," said ecologist Craig Orr, of Watershed Watch. Dr. Riddell said sea lice infestations are a possible factor, but it is "extremely unlikely" that could account for the entire collapse. "We have had the farms there for many years and we have not seen it related to the rates of survival on Fraser sockeye [before]," he said. Dr. Riddell said a sockeye smolt with sea lice, however, might grow weak and become easy prey or succumb to environmental conditions it might otherwise survive. Alexandra Morton, who several years ago correctly predicted a collapse of pink salmon runs in the Broughton Archipelago because of sea lice infestations, in March warned the same thing could happen to Fraser sockeye. She said researchers used genetic analyses to show Fraser sockeye smolts were getting infested with sea lice in the Strait of Georgia. "I looked at about 350 of this generation of Fraser sockeye when they went to sea in 2007 and they had up to 28 sea lice [each]. The sea lice were all young lice, which means they got them in the vicinity of where we were sampling, which was near the fish farms in the Discovery Islands. If they got sea lice from the farms, they were also exposed to whatever other pathogens were happening on the fish farms (viruses and bacteria)," Ms. Morton said in an e-mail. "There's a lot of different beliefs as to why the fish haven't shown up, but I think it's pretty clear where there are no fish farms salmon are doing well," said Brian McKinley, a guide and owner of Silversides Fishing Adventure. "It's pretty frustrating to watch what is happening," he said from his boat, anchored on the river near Mission. "I remember sockeye would just boil through here in August and September. It was insane ... now the river seems dead." Dan Gerak, who runs Pitt River Lodge, said there is an environmental crisis on the river. "Definitely something's got to be done - or it's finished forever," he said of the Fraser's famed salmon run. Other big runs of salmon are expected to return this year - notably pinks where are projected to number 17 million - but it is too early to tell if the sockeye collapse will be repeated with other species. 7月13日 STRATHCONA REGIONAL BOARD DECISION jUNE 25th ON GRIEG SEAFOOD APPLICATION FOR 2 FISH FARMSWEBSITE ADDRESS: STRATHCONA REGIONAL DISTRICT JUNE 25TH 2009 MEETING MINUTES
7月12日 SQUAMISH CLIMATE ACTION NETWORKWebsite: www.squamishcan.net As you know, it is up and running. Most of you are already there; some of you are a bit confused about how to sign up to your groups. I’ll be guiding you individually during the next week or so. Training day for group administrators (and open to all members) will be Tuesday 14th July, 7pm at the BrewPub, in the Garibaldi Room, so we can take advantage of the big screen. 6月26日 Alexandra Morton News: We Really Won!Hello Marine Harvest has now filed their Appeal from the BC Supreme Court decision of Mr. Justice Hinkson and they conceded the main issues in our case – that Provincial regulation of fish farms is unconstitutional! Thank you to all who made this happen, there are not many success stories in this saga. Please go to “updates” at www.adopt-a-fry.org for more information. The Province has no mandate to protect wild fish and this is the crux of the mismanagement that both the industry and the rest of us in BC have faced for 20 years. The farms are now sited in the wrong places, ensuring social conflict and degradation of our wild salmon. To fix this the industry will have to down-size at the very least and be removed from the crucial wild salmon migration routes. Federal Fisheries Minister, the Honourable Gail Shea, will need all the support we can give her to deal with this monumental mess that she inherited. Please do what you can to let people know about our letter in case they want to sign. In response to all of you who have written asking “what can I do” I have posted a new page on our website “Actions.” Please go there if you can and consider the very important request by my colleague Michelle Young, who grew up in the Broughton Archipelago before fish farms and knows personally what is at stake. Two gigantic fish farms are attempting re-zoning right on Johnstone Strait, guaranteeing all wild salmon that travel that route will be traveling through fish farm effluent. Given what we know now if these two farms go in we can know wild salmon are no long a priority in BC waters. Thank you all for your hundreds of messages and best of all your great ideas! alex SAYWARD REGIONAL BOARD DECISION ON GRIEG CO. APPLICATION FOR FISH FARMSFrom Deb McBride re: The Vote On The Grieg Co. application to the Sayward Regional Board for 2 fish farms. Response from Jeff Long Hi Deb,
I don’t have the official resolution of the regional board available however, that will become available on the website in the near future.
In a nutshell, the board passed a resolution that has the effect of amending Bylaw No. 29 to eliminate the Yorke Island site that was proposed to be rezoned for use for finfish aquaculture, and gave third reading to the Bylaw as revised with conditions that before the Bylaw will be considered for adoption, that Grieg Seafood make arrangements to include several requirements as conditions in the authorization that would be issued by DFO. In addition, Grieg Seafood must provide an undertaking related to the commitment to using a closed containment system at the Gunner Point site when such systems become commercially available. These conditional matters must be addressed by Grieg Seafood before the board will consider adopting Bylaw No. 29 and are subject to change as part of that consideration.
Jeff Long, BES, MCIP 301 - 990 Cedar Street Campbell River, BC V9W 7Z8 6月18日 Climate Action Network Monday MovieWater, our draining habits: Can Squamish face up to the crystalline truths?
Tonight’s documentaries, Land of the Rising Water and Waste not Waste Another refreshing evening dedicated to learning about water: How do we go about conserving it? Do we need water management? Who says, and what does this mean? Is it going to cost me? Isn’t that all that matters?
Come early and take advantage of all the local knowledge in offer! Bring your water; we’ll test it for you! Doors open at 6:30pm – Movie starts at 7pm Our special guests will provide insight and answer our questions; Rod Pleasance – Water Conservation Strategy Project Engineer with the District of Squamish Mick Gottardi – Director of Community Development with the District of Squamish Paul Lalli – Squamish Councillor Glen Hearns – With the Transboundary Water Initiative at UBC Star Morris – Wellness consultant and former health professional Angela Mawdsley – Civil engineer with a passion for environmentally sound water management Hope to see you all at the Adventure Centre!
Ana Santos
Squamish CAN, Coordinator
6月17日 RESPONSE TO FISHERIES MINISTER GAIL SHEAHello All, Fisheries Minister the Honourable Gail Shea finally answered us. Please go to www.adopt-a-fry.org “The Letter” to see her response. Here is my answer. Also go to www.farmedanddangerous.org to see that large environmental groups in BC are calling for immediate closure of salmon farms on the crucial Fraser River migration route. June 16, 2009 The Honourable Gail Shea House of Commons Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Parliament Buildings, Wellington Street Ottawa, Ontario Canada K1A 0A6 Dear Minister Shea: Thank you for your response to my letters asking that the Fisheries Act be applied to fish farms, signed by 14,000 people. It is clear I have failed to communicate the scope of the problems we, on the coast of British Columbia, are facing with the fish farming industry. Your reply does not address the relentless state of conflict between fish farmers and many businesses and communities, as a result of the salmon farms being placed on the migration routes of BC’s most valuable wild salmon stocks. Whatever else has harmed, or still is harming wild salmon it is certain that the annual sea lice epidemics, associated with salmon farms worldwide, are contributing substantively to the negative impacts on an extremely valuable public resource. The people of BC are being asked to accept reduced opportunities on our wild salmon, simply to accommodate a fish farm industry that refuses to pay the additional cost of building walls around their livestock. It seems unrealistic for you to write that aquaculture operations are subject to the Fisheries Act when:
Then there are the enormous issues of “release of deleterious substances” and habitat alteration. Can you explain what you mean by “the Province will continue in the role it has been assuming to this day in managing aquaculture within the province”. How long will they “continue”? The Province has no mandate to protect wild fish and it is unconstitutional as per the Supreme Court of BC for the Province to regulate salmon farming after February 2010. From my perspective, it is Provincial regulation that got us into this mess simply because they have no legal mandate to protect wild fish in the ocean. The result of this regulatory mismatch is the Province can do their job of regulating the “farm” component of fish farming while largely ignoring the ocean component where we all know the “farm” effluent, including parasites, viruses, bacteria, escaped Atlantic salmon and drugs go. I know the Province does check some ocean parameters outside the pens, but not outside the leases and that is where all conflicts with the public resource exist. I think it is time to reevaluate where we are at with this issue. No responsible person can look at salmon farming from a global perspective and say there are no problems. You cannot say the problems have been resolved, nor can anyone say farm fish benefit the public more than wild fish and should thus receive the preferential treatment that they do. You cannot even say they are going to feed the world as they catch fish to feed to their fish. As I write, a neighbor watched young wild Broughton pink salmon spilling onto a road as farm fish were transferred out of boat into a truck. What right do fish farmers have to possess wild juvenile salmon in their pens, boats and trucks? How many herring, salmon and black cod are destroyed in this manner? Minister Shea, there is something very wrong with the way salmon farming is being handled in BC. In the past, DFO ignored disastrous impact on an extremely valuable fishery and that management regime continues to cause economic hardship in east coast towns, as well as, depriving the world of a large food resource. I would argue the same management regime is well underway in British Columbia affecting wild salmon, the BC economy and the eastern Pacific. When I met with the executive officers of the largest fish farm companies Marine Harvest and Mainstream, last month in Norway, I heard them say repeatedly that they would only adhere to the laws of each country, not bring their best practices with them from Norway. But what I see are the laws of Canada not even being enforced. Minister Shea, you are faced with a clear legal decision. Either bring the fish farming industry into compliance with the laws of Canada or call on Parliament to change the laws to bring them into compliance with the fish farming industry. You cannot leave this in a state of perpetual lawlessness. When I began my work on juvenile salmon and did not realize I needed a permit, DFO investigated me and said if I ever retain juvenile salmon without a permit again I would go to jail. Since then I have made sure I have a permit to handle young salmon. I want to know what permit and legal possession limit you will be issuing to Marine Harvest and the others for possession of wild salmon, and other wild fish in their pens, boats, trucks and fish? You cannot know the scope of this problem without placing observers on fish farms and farm fish vessels as you do with commercial fishermen and this is one of the requests made by the 14,000 people who signed the letters to you. Thank you again for your reply. I know this is a difficult issue that you have inherited. However, you accepted this role and now the ability of the eastern Pacific Ocean to support life and the BC economy rests with you. Warmly, Alexandra Morton 6月16日 CLEAR: BC WILD SALMON NARROWS CAMPAIGNSubject: FISH FARM UPDATE: Wild Salmon Narrows Must Be Cleared of Fish Farms
Reply-To: michelle@georgiastrait.org
Dear supporter of wild salmon, Your help is needed to provide emergency protection to wild salmon! As a partner in our work, you know how damaging open net-cage salmon farms are to BC’s wild salmon and the marine ecosystem. Years of scientific research has built a global body of evidence, and our understanding of the impacts continues to grow. Recent research suggests that the critical Fraser River sockeye as well as other runs of wild salmon are being infected with sea lice as they migrate past net-cage farms in the northern Georgia Strait.
One of the narrowest pathways in the Georgia Strait is the Okisollo Channel — east and north of Quadra Island – where all five species of Pacific salmon swim and feed alongside herring, harbour seals, and orcas. This channel, this Wild Salmon Narrows, has been choked with open net-cage salmon farm sites for far too long.
As a member of the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform, we are launching a new Wild Salmon Narrows campaign! We’re calling for emergency protection for wild salmon migrating through the northern Georgia Strait. While we continue to work towards a coast-wide transition to closed containment aquaculture, we are demanding the removal of the five active fish farms in Okisollo Channel. Clearing a critical migration route of open net-cage salmon farms is an emergency measure needed to reduce the pressure of sea lice infection on wild salmon.
Thanks for getting involved and spreading the word to your friends! Take Action! Learn more about the Wild Salmon Narrows and watch our Fraser River sea lice infection video by filmmaker Twyla Roscovich.
Send an email to Premier Gordon Campbell urging him to clear the Wild Salmon Narrows of fish farms.
http://www.georgiastrait.org/urgent-action-message- form.php?urgent=migration_route
In addition to receiving GSA’s Fish Farm Updates, you can become more involved in the Wild Salmon Narrows Campaign, by joining the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform email series. You’ll learn more about what’s at stake in this biologically and culturally rich area of the Pacific coast, and will have many opportunities to help protect the Wild Salmon Narrows.
http://farmedanddangerous.org/page/safesalmonroute For the Wild Fish, ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Support GSA, the only citizens' group focused on protecting the marine environment in and around the Strait of Georgia Receive Strait Up, our e-newsletter Thank you for your interest in, and support for, Georgia Strait Alliance’s Salmon Aquaculture Campaign. As a subscriber to Fish Farm Update, you will receive periodic emails on breaking news and urgent actions you can take. Your support is greatly appreciated. 6月11日 DFO Audit from Auditor General for Public PresentationsAll: NO LONGER SET AS THERE IS TOO LITTLE TIME FOR THIS IMPORTANT DISCUSSION The OAG has called to advise me they have chosen a date and times for their public presentation on the DFO audit that was released on May 12th.
They will be here on .
As things stand now, there will be one public presentation at the There will be a second presentation in Nanaimo on the afternoon of I have advised them that these times are great for government people and paid ENGO reps but not so great for those who want to attend but have day jobs. I have asked them to see if they can add another Lower Mainland meeting either on the weekend (Sunday June 21st) or in the evening so that those who cannot make these times can attend.
I have proposed a more central location as well (SFU Campus in Surrey BC – accessible by Skytrain or perhaps in Abbotsford). They are looking into it.
If you can make the posted times above please let me know so ASAP so I can get back to them with an idea as to how many people can/will be attending.
Stay tooned.
John Werring Aquatic Habitat Specialist Marine and Freshwater Conservation Program
David Suzuki Foundation Ste. 219 - 2211 West 4th Avenue Vancouver, BC, V6K 4S2
(604) 732-4228 ext. 245 (604) 732-0752 Fax (604) 306-0517 (Cell) Visit our website at www.davidsuzuki.org 5月29日 Received RE: Fish Farm Public Hearing, Sayward, BCHi Deb, The submissions with respect to Bylaw No. 29 are currently being tallied, copied and packaged for distribution to the Regional Board members that will be voting on Bylaw No. 29. As a result, I am unable to provide you with the number of submissions received at this time. The attendance sheets for the public hearing were completed by a total of 219 people. Minutes of the public hearing will be posted on the Strathcona Regional District website (www.strathconard.ca) along with all of the submissions that were received. This will likely occur over the next two weeks as it will take considerable staff time to convert all of the submissions into electronic format. The submissions received as a result of the first public hearing on April 14, 2009 are available for review on the website. Bylaw No. 29 will be considered for third reading by the Regional Board at its meeting on June 25, 2009. Thank you. Jeff Long, BES, MCIP 301 - 990 Cedar Street Campbell River, BC V9W 7Z8 Hi Deb: The hall was packed in Sayward, with close to 300 people. There were a lot of people for both sides, and the hearing went until midnight. Grieg stacked the hall and speakers list early, and some of our supporters from Quadra Island had to leave to catch a ferry and did not get to speak. They did however make written submissions. The submissions should be up on the Strathcona Regional District soon, if they are not already. The vote will take place on June 25th, and we will do an update at that time. We need 2 of the 4 directors to vote no in order to defeat the zoning bylaw. Fingers crossed... Regards, Michelle Young Salmon Aquaculture Campaigner Georgia Strait Alliance 195 Commercial St., Nanaimo, BC V9R 5G5 www.GeorgiaStrait.org
5月27日 the voices will grow in number to protect wild salmonMay 27
the voices will grow in number to protect wild salmonit's almost 10 in BC the 27th of May
the public hearing may close in Sayward
the voices will grow in number
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link to protect wild salmon WRITE TODAY! PUBLIC HEARING, BC: OPPOSE FISH FARMS!THE ESTUARY IS A BIRTHING PLACE FOR SALMON AND AN INFINITE NUMBER OF SPECIES. THE SALMON INDUSTRY IS A MAINSTAY IN BC AND MUST BE PROTECTED.
ESPECIALLY FROM FISH FARMS. ALSO FROM DEVELOPMENT.
THE FISH FARM APPLICATIONS ARE TO BE HEARD TODAY. THIS NEWS JUST IN FROM NORWAY FROM ALEXANDRA MORTON MAY INFLUENCE YOU TO WRITE NOW!
THIS PUBLIC HEARING
HAPPENS TODAY MAY 27TH 2009! At the request of Grieg Seafood, citing that the company has new information to submit, another zoning hearing has been scheduled by the Strathcona Regional District. This is the last hurdle for these two fish farms and we must stop them here. Make your opposition heard. Urgent Action: Participate in the Zoning Hearing for
the Proposed Yorke Island and Gunner Point Fish Farms
Strathcona Regional District Public Hearing: May 27th, 7 pm Sayward Heritage Community Hall 1257 Sayward Road, Sayward, BC Written Submissions: Due May 27, 4:30 pm Refer to: Bylaw 29, Quadra Island Zoning Bylaw, Amendment 95 Refering to: Bylaw 29, Quadra Island Zoning Bylaw, Amendment 95
To Whom It May Concern & J. Long
Strathcona Regional District 301-990 Cedar Street Campbell River, BC V9W 7Z8 Strathcona Regional District 301-990 Cedar Street Campbell River, BC V9W 7Z8 This letter is just in from Alexandra Morton. I submit it to this Public Hearing to further appeal to you in my request that: the application be opposed for the Proposed Yorke Island and Gunner Point Fish Farms. Bylaw 29, Quadra Island Zoning Bylaw, Amendment 95 The company, Norwegian Fish Farms Grieg Seafood ASA Post address P.O. 234 Sentrum N-5804 Bergen Norway must not be allowed to decimate the wild pacific salmon stocks, and other marine life, as has been done in Norway. Please stop this from happening here in BC. Oppose the proposed Yorke Island and Gunner Point Fish Farms as do I and others worldwide. Sincerely Deb Squamish BC [fishermenlist] Trip to Norway
Message from Alexandra Morton in Norway, disease and sea lice are not under control in Norwegian salmon farms and BC stands to lose all I have been in Norway for 10 days because 92% of fish farming in British Columbia is Norwegian owned. I have met with many Norwegian scientists, members of the Mainstream and Marine Harvest boards, been to their AGMs, toured the area with fishermen, examined a closed-containment facility, met the Norwegians fighting for their fish and joined a scientific cruise. I thought Norway had this industry handled and I expected to learn how marine salmon farming could work, but this has not been the case. My eyes have really been opened. This industry still has major issues that are growing and has no business expanding throughout the temperate coastlines of the world. The way they have been treating sea lice in Norway has caused high drug resistance. The only solution in sight is increasingly toxic chemicals. In the past two years (2007, 8) sea lice levels have actually increased on both the farm and wild fish. The scientists I met with are holding their breath to see if drug-resistant sea lice populations will explode and attack the last wild salmon and sea trout. The same treatment methods have been used in BC and we can expect this to occur as well. I am not hearing how the industry can possibly safeguard British Columbia from contamination with their ISA virus. Infectious Salmon Anemia is a salmon virus that is spreading worldwide, wherever there are salmon farms. In Chile, the Norwegian strain of ISA has destroyed 60% of the industry, 17,000 jobs and unmeasured environmental damage. The industry is pushing into new territory. If this gets to BC no one can predict what it will do to the Pacific salmon and steelhead, it will be unleashed into new habitat and we know this is a very serious threat to life. Professor Are Nylund head of the Fish Diseases Group at the University of Bergen, Norway, reports that, “based on 20 years of experience, I can guarantee that if British Columbia continues to import salmon eggs from the eastern Atlantic infectious salmon diseases, such as ISA, will arrive in Western Canada. Here in Hardangerfjord we have sacrificed our wild salmon stocks in exchange for farm salmon. With all your 5 species of wild salmon, BC is the last place you should have salmon farms.” New diseases and parasites are being identified. The most serious is a sea lice parasite that attacks the salmon immune system. There is concern that this new parasite is responsible for accelerating wild salmon declines. The Norwegian scientists agree with many of us in BC. If you want wild salmon you must reduce the number of farm salmon. There are three options. The future for salmon farming will have to include:
There are many people here like me. I met a man who has devoted his life to the science of restoring the Voss River, where the largest Atlantic salmon in the world, a national treasure, have vanished due to sea lice from salmon farms. Interestingly he is using the method I was not allowed to use last spring... Towing the fish past the farms out to sea. Another man is working with scientists and communities to keep the sea trout of the Hardangerfjord alive. There are so many tragic stories familiar to British Columbia. The corporate fish farmers are unrelenting in their push to expand. With Chile so highly contaminated with the Norwegian strain of ISA all fish farmed coasts including Norway are threatened with expansion. I made the best case I could to Mainstream and Marine Harvest for removing the salmon feedlots from our wild salmon migration routes, but they will not accept that they are harming wild salmon. They say they want to improve, but they don’t say how. Norway has different social policies which include encouraging people to populate the remote areas and so fish farming seemed a good opportunity to these people. BC has the opposite policy, but the line that fish farms are good for small coastal communities has been used in BC anyway. I have not seen any evidence that it has even replaced the jobs it has impacted in wild fisheries and tourism. It is becoming increasingly clear to protect wild Pacific salmon from the virus ISA the BC border absolutely has to be closed to importation of salmon eggs immediately and salmon farms MUST be removed from the Fraser River migration routes and any other narrow waterways where wild salmon are considered valuable. Our letter asking government that the Fisheries Act, which is the law in Canada be applied to protect our salmon from fish farms has been signed by 14,000 people to date at www.adopt-a-fry.org <http://www.adopt-a-fry.org> has still not been answered. Please forward this letter and encourage more people to sign our letter to government as it is building a community of concerned people word wide and we will prevail as there is really no rock for this industry to hide under and longer. Alexandra Morton 5月16日 Dreamin' ON!May 16
Dream ON!Hello
Gordon Campbell locked the doors when I tried to deliver our letter and left us on the street. Campbell has been re-elected and at first I thought this meant BC does not actually want wild salmon, nor their rivers. I began to make plans to give up and get my own life back in order, but then someone forwarded me this map. The ridings with wild salmon and wild salmon rivers, did not actually elect Campbell. Thousands of people have told me they want wild salmon and have wished me success in this, but at every BC election a handicap is laid on us who are trying to do this. I am writing to say people cannot wave from the sidelines any longer, because we are not succeeding. Wild salmon are going extinct on our watch. Yes, yes climate change will be a factor, but wild salmon are built to survive cataclysmic change in their environment and if we allow their genetic warehouse to rebuild right now, we stand a far better chance of receiving the food and energy this fish brings to us in the years to come. Grieg Seafood is trying to build two of the biggest fish farms on the coast, on the juvenile salmon migration route for Fraser River and East Vancouver Island stocks, at York Island. Marine Harvest is trying to increase the size of their “farms” coastwide. They are taking me back to court this summer to resolve whether they own their fish in the Canadian Ocean. Atlantic salmon eggs are still being imported into BC, despite the Infectious Salmon Anemia virus popping up everywhere the Norwegian salmon farmers operate. Emamectin benzoate (Slice) is being used in our waters....with no warnings posted during usage...even though the U.S. Food and Drug Agency apparently has a ban on any food products “exposed” to this neurotoxin (Pacific Fishing current issue). This means all of us who are fishing, and harvesting seafood near fish farms have no way to make sure we are not “exposed” to the drug. And the fish feedlots are in violation of many sections of the Fisheries Act. Not only is there no progress, we are moving backwards. I am headed to Norway next week, but doubt anyone is listening there either. I can only see two ways forward.... The courts..... And for us all to step up and say “no more.” The solution is so simple: Apply the laws of Canada, The Fisheries Act. If the Norwegians can’t comply they should leave. Give the Canadian fish farmers who want to revamp their industry in closed tanks a break in getting set up. Market wild and farm fish to raise the value of both. And restore wild salmon in a way that has never been tried.....adhering to their biology, the natural laws that have caused them to thrive in the first place. And we need everyone who wants wild salmon to sign this letter. Currently we are at 14,000.....and we are still on the street, this was not enough to even get in the door. It is up to you guys. Alexandra Morton 5月7日 Delivery of petition to G. Campbell NOT Allowed
5月1日 BC ELECTION BC POLITICAL WILLHello All, Here in British Columbia we are in the last two weeks of electing a Provincial government and this will have critical affect on wild salmon due to privatization of rivers and ocean spaces, even schools of fish. Many of you received responses from the BC government currently in power, the “Liberals,” headed by Premier Gordon Campbell. They said the BC government is not allowed to intervene in the Appeal of the Constitutional Challenge I won regarding fish farms. This is not correct they do have this power. I have written a response on the website www.adopt-a-fry.org It is becoming very clear that while the current BC government has allowed the salmon feedlots to expand despite the science, public outcry and impact on rural economies they realize they are a political liability and thus are making every effort to distance themselves from the industry. There are simple answers to this mess which now threatens the entire eastern Pacific and the BC economy. Aquaculture is not the problem, the problem is lack of political will. Alaskan salmon have political will on their side and they are thriving For those of you in B.C. please view this film below and vote. The existence of wild salmon depends very much on this election. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPuJfbS2qMY I apologize for the number of emails, but if we want wild salmon we all need to act now. Alexandra Morton WWC Petition for BC Legislation to Protect Endangered SpeciesDid you know... BC has no endangered species law. Help change this! BC has more threatened/endangered species than anywhere else in Canada. We are contacting you to ask for your help to protect BC's wildlife and biodiversity. There are currently 1600 species threatened/endangered in our province.Several major environmental groups have come together to campaign for endangered species legislation. We have a petition underway with over 8000 signatures so far, but we are aiming for over 10,000 by the 8th of May. So we are asking you to spread the word about the campaign, and encourage everyone you know to sign the petition. (They can sign up online.) You can help further by: 1) checking out the campaign website, www.lastplaceonearth.ca, to learn more about the issue and the campaign, and to sign a letter calling for protective legislation 2) forwarding this email to all your email contacts 3) asking groups you belong to, and businesses you frequent, to officially endorse the campaign (before May 6th). Ask them to call in to the WC office, and we'll explain what's involved. 4) downloading the campaign petition from the website, and circulate it (post in on your co-op bulletin board, take it to meetings, etc.). Return petitions to the Wilderness Committee by May 6th (partially full pages are fine). "Beautiful BC" is losing it's wildlife and wilderness fast. The UN has designated 2010 as the "Year for Biodiversity." If we don't act now, 2010 in BC it will simply be another year when we lose more plant and animal species - forever. Please help save BC wilderness and wildlife. Thanks! Ruth Fahlman | Outreach Volunteer Wilderness Committee | Canada's largest membership-based wilderness preservation organization mailing address:227 Abbott Sreet, Vancouver, BC V6B 2K7 office: 604-683-8220 toll free: 1-800-661-9453 web: www.wildernesscommittee.org 4月28日 7 pm Adventure Centre Apr. 29 Public forum re: STVAll, I hope I’m not annoying you with the STV related emails but I do feel that this is of the most important things. STV stands for single transferable vote. What it ‘really’ stands for is transforming politics in BC. I view STV like a good foundation in a house – if you have a good foundation, you have a solid house, but if you don’t, you have problems and keep getting them.
There is a public forum tomorrow night at the Adventure Centre in Squamish at 7pm . Speakers will be in town from both the yes and no sides – I know the ‘yes’ speaker, he’s excellent. There will also be an opportunity to ask questions. Please forward this on to all your Squamish and Whistler contacts.
Thanks very much,
Chris
On May 12 we have an incredible opportunity to vote on the referendum to change British Columbia to a fairer electoral system as recommended by the Citizens' Assembly on Electoral Reform. The new system is called BC-STV. Check out http://stv.ca and vote yes on May 12!
Chris Joseph
Squamish, BC
604-892-9608
AUDITOR GENERAL AT WORKSent: Friday, April 24, 2009 3:35 PM Subject: Auditor General's report on DFO and EC and fish habitat protection and pollution All:
I received a call from the federal Auditor General’s office.
They will be tabling their report on their performance audit of the fish habitat protection and pollution prevention provisions of the Fisheries Act on or about May 12th. This audit also looks at the effectiveness of DFO’s new habitat management policies. This is the audit that many of you participated in last year.
Following the release of that audit, members of the AG’s office are planning to come to BC to do a presentation on their finding in June.
The tentative dates right now are June 22/23rd (we are trying for an earlier date, but I’m not sure if we can get one). They will be here for a couple of days and are open to giving a presentation in the downtown Vancouver area, at one location in the Fraser Valley (somewhere in Surrey, Langley, Abbotsford OR Chilliwack) and at one location on Vancouver Island (possibly Nanaimo). They would like an audience.
Can you please get back to me and let me know if you, or members of your organization, would attend a public airing of the AG’s findings.
The more people the better.
Hopefully, there will be media present.
The location is yet to be determined but it will be in downtown Vancouver.
OH! And spread the word.
John Werring
Aquatic Habitat Specialist
Marine and Freshwater Conservation Program
David Suzuki Foundation
Ste. 219 - 2211 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver, BC, V6K 4S2
(604) 732-4228 ext. 245
(604) 732-0752 Fax
(604) 306-0517 (Cell)
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Ana has spent the last two weeks volunteering at Echo Bay. Sealice Season 2009 taking place in Echo Bay, with several projects; Martin Krkosek will once more spend the busy. She kept telling me how impressed and happy she was with her 4月27日 Standing ByTo all of you "so-called" Ministers
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