cohochinook
Well-Known Member
Media advisory: The Wild Salmon Circle concerned citizen's group is calling all supporters of closing fish farms to a protest held in front of the Fisheries & Oceans Canada office:
Where: 401 Burrard - Burrard and Pender in the square
When: Thursday, August 19, 2009 at NOON
Why: With this protest, we hope to increase local public awareness and support and get a story in the media about the Norway conference and the Minister's plan to essentially sell B.C. waters to Norway fish farm corporations.
Rationale: The Minister of Fisheries & Oceans is in Norway at the Aqua Nor conference to lay out the welcome mat for fish farms to populate the B.C. coast. Considering sea lice from fish farms on salmon migration routes are known to kill wild salmon, and may have been at least partly responsible for the disastrously low sockeye returns this summer, we think it's an incredibly bad idea.
There are currently excellent people in Norway at the conference letting the Norwegians know that the people of British Columbia are not behind this plan. Gail Shea has been given a 16,000 signature petition against Norwegian fish farms, and an excellent video showing the main scientific evidence of high wild salmon mortality due to fish farm sea lice is being aired. There is plenty of media coverage at the conference.
Who: Supporters of this cause. We are spreading the word & should have a good meaty presence at the protest. We have invited conservation groups, scientists, and fisheries stakeholders.
What: We will have a person in a salmon costume, posters, postcards to hand out, people to speak and answer questions, letters to send to the King of Norway, and petitions.
Contact: Maria Morlin - 604 728 4580, Judah Harrison - 778 866 0943, Tyee Bridge - 604 879 2203
Maria
Where: 401 Burrard - Burrard and Pender in the square
When: Thursday, August 19, 2009 at NOON
Why: With this protest, we hope to increase local public awareness and support and get a story in the media about the Norway conference and the Minister's plan to essentially sell B.C. waters to Norway fish farm corporations.
Rationale: The Minister of Fisheries & Oceans is in Norway at the Aqua Nor conference to lay out the welcome mat for fish farms to populate the B.C. coast. Considering sea lice from fish farms on salmon migration routes are known to kill wild salmon, and may have been at least partly responsible for the disastrously low sockeye returns this summer, we think it's an incredibly bad idea.
There are currently excellent people in Norway at the conference letting the Norwegians know that the people of British Columbia are not behind this plan. Gail Shea has been given a 16,000 signature petition against Norwegian fish farms, and an excellent video showing the main scientific evidence of high wild salmon mortality due to fish farm sea lice is being aired. There is plenty of media coverage at the conference.
Who: Supporters of this cause. We are spreading the word & should have a good meaty presence at the protest. We have invited conservation groups, scientists, and fisheries stakeholders.
What: We will have a person in a salmon costume, posters, postcards to hand out, people to speak and answer questions, letters to send to the King of Norway, and petitions.
Contact: Maria Morlin - 604 728 4580, Judah Harrison - 778 866 0943, Tyee Bridge - 604 879 2203
Maria
