Canada Fails to Protect Wild Salmon from Industrial Fish Farms North American Free Trade Agreement Body (NAFTA) Calls for an Investigation!
Protect Wild Salmon Rally Peach Arch Border Crossing Saturday, July 19, 2014 (11:00 am – 3:00 am) Keynote Speakers
Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association Ocean Aquaculture – An Unsustainable Venture Dr. Claudette Bethune, Clinical Scientist Fish Farm Inability to control diseases/unsustainable feed sources Ernie Crey, Cheam First Nation Fisheries Portfolio Industrial Fish Farms - A Threat to First Nation Fisheries Craig Orr, Watershed Watch Salmon Society Lack of implementation of Cohen Commission Recommendations Alexandra Morton, Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society Court Battle to Stop the Spread of Diseases More speakers to be confirmed!
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Justice Cohen warns “…fish Farms have the potential to cause serious or irreversible harm to wild salmon.” Canada opens door to aggressive fish farm expansion, further endangering wild salmon! Canadian government guts Fisheries Act, removing wild salmon protection measures from harmful pollutants, parasites and mutating viruses from fish farm sites NAFTA - Conduct the investigation of Canada’s failure to protect wild salmon from open-net feedlots, before it’s too late! For More Information:
Eddie Gardner
Director of Net-Pen Farmed Salmon Boycott singingbear@shaw.ca: 604-792-0867