First Nations unite to end Atlantic salmon net-pen fish farms

“We congratulate you for the strong stand you have taken against this industry,” said Ernest Alfred, a traditional leader of the Namgis First Nation, which is seeking a shutdown of 20 Atlantic salmon net-pen fish farms in British Columbia, with leases that come up for renewal in June.

Does Ernest Alfred represent all the First Nations of BC?

"“I represent many people all up and down the coast when I say we want the fish farms out,” Alfred said."

Again what bands do you represent Alfred?

"The declaration called for “consistency of law to ban all open net-pen Atlantic salmon fish farms."

How come only Atlantic salmon farms? when Kristy Millers research has shown that more virus and disease may be in chinook fish farms?

“Given our documented concerns toward the cumulative and collective impacts of fish farms on indigenous salmon populations, we call for an immediate halt to the restocking of fish farms and the cancellation or decline to renewal of all remaining fish farm leases along the west coast of North America.”

Again has DFO or any other Agency shown that fish farms have caused damage to wild stocks or is the reason for the declines in wild salmon? What are the cumulative and collective impacts?


http://www.chronline.com/news/washi...cle_f3977084-2c64-11e8-987c-8ba0a31fa8d0.html
 
Interesting that Alfred has quit his day job as a teacher to do this. Perhaps he or his family is wealthy and has no need to work or, maybe, he is working.
 
Interesting that Alfred has quit his day job as a teacher to do this. Perhaps he or his family is wealthy and has no need to work or, maybe, he is working.

One does wonder how groups like the SFI, BCWF and other groups in our sports can't even afford to send one our our members to meetings to represent our cause. Yet Alfred is traveling across BC on almost a full time basis protesting fish farms.
 
Whether we like it or not we are all paying for his travels and always have
 
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