Little Hawk
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Thanks again to Rafe for forwarding me this.
Almost laughable, except for the seriousness of the situation (Clayoquot-Chinook near extinction) is the revelation that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency..."is conducting a two-year surveillance program to get a more complete picture of the virus situation in British Columbia's wild salmon."
God-speed to my wonderful government! All our fish will be ******-dead by the time these peckers fess-up to the mess they've propagated here.
Harper sickens me.
GROUPS SOUND ALARM ON NEW SALMON FARMS!
Friends of Clayoquot Sound has sent an open <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FriendsofClayoquotSo/bca1792a13/0749ab640b/712f2e16 6b/FriendsofClayoquotSo/8ed7e90ffa/TEST/39508ad2fe> letter to Premier Christy Clark calling on her to postpone the decision on a proposed salmon feedlot tenure in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The letter is signed by Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and seven environmental groups including Greenpeace and the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). Norwegian-owned Mainstream Canada is applying for a new 55.7 hectare salmon feedlot which would be sited near Plover Point along the shores of Meares Island.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations declared Meares Island a Tribal Park 28 years ago.
Transport Canada has completed its environmental assessment of the application and has approved the new feedlot. Mainstream is currently awaiting approval from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), and from the province of BC for the seabed lease.
There are many environmental and economic impacts associated with the practice of open net-cage salmon aquaculture, but of particular concern are a number of deadly salmon viruses. Clayoquot Sound was the site of a recent salmon farm viral outbreak, and two other types of salmon viruses have also been detected. All these diseases are highly contagious and can cause mortality in wild salmon.
Clayoquot Sound's wild salmon are in serious trouble.
Despite the abundance of pristine salmon habitat, its salmon runs (especially Chinook) are in dramatic decline, with some now being counted in the tens, rather than in the tens of thousands.
Clayoquot already has 20 salmon farm sites.
No wild salmon population anywhere in the world has thrived in close proximity to open net-cage salmon farms.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a two-year surveillance program to get a more complete picture of the virus situation in British Columbia's wild salmon. (WTF?)
The Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (Cohen Commission) is scheduled to release its findings September 30. Justice Cohen's recommendations may well affect how salmon farming is being conducted in B.C. The signatories to the letter are calling on Premier Christy Clark to not issue the seabed lease for Plover Point, at least until the CFIA has completed its study and the Cohen Commission recommendations have been incorporated into management regimes.
Will you stand with us for wild salmon? You can help.
Please sign this petition <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FriendsofClayoquotSo/bca1792a13/0749ab640b/593fe234 21> and ask your friends to sign.
Almost laughable, except for the seriousness of the situation (Clayoquot-Chinook near extinction) is the revelation that the Canadian Food Inspection Agency..."is conducting a two-year surveillance program to get a more complete picture of the virus situation in British Columbia's wild salmon."
God-speed to my wonderful government! All our fish will be ******-dead by the time these peckers fess-up to the mess they've propagated here.
Harper sickens me.
GROUPS SOUND ALARM ON NEW SALMON FARMS!
Friends of Clayoquot Sound has sent an open <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FriendsofClayoquotSo/bca1792a13/0749ab640b/712f2e16 6b/FriendsofClayoquotSo/8ed7e90ffa/TEST/39508ad2fe> letter to Premier Christy Clark calling on her to postpone the decision on a proposed salmon feedlot tenure in the Clayoquot Sound UNESCO Biosphere Reserve.
The letter is signed by Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations and seven environmental groups including Greenpeace and the Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR). Norwegian-owned Mainstream Canada is applying for a new 55.7 hectare salmon feedlot which would be sited near Plover Point along the shores of Meares Island.
Tla-o-qui-aht First Nations declared Meares Island a Tribal Park 28 years ago.
Transport Canada has completed its environmental assessment of the application and has approved the new feedlot. Mainstream is currently awaiting approval from the federal Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO), and from the province of BC for the seabed lease.
There are many environmental and economic impacts associated with the practice of open net-cage salmon aquaculture, but of particular concern are a number of deadly salmon viruses. Clayoquot Sound was the site of a recent salmon farm viral outbreak, and two other types of salmon viruses have also been detected. All these diseases are highly contagious and can cause mortality in wild salmon.
Clayoquot Sound's wild salmon are in serious trouble.
Despite the abundance of pristine salmon habitat, its salmon runs (especially Chinook) are in dramatic decline, with some now being counted in the tens, rather than in the tens of thousands.
Clayoquot already has 20 salmon farm sites.
No wild salmon population anywhere in the world has thrived in close proximity to open net-cage salmon farms.
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) is conducting a two-year surveillance program to get a more complete picture of the virus situation in British Columbia's wild salmon. (WTF?)
The Commission of Inquiry into the Decline of Sockeye Salmon in the Fraser River (Cohen Commission) is scheduled to release its findings September 30. Justice Cohen's recommendations may well affect how salmon farming is being conducted in B.C. The signatories to the letter are calling on Premier Christy Clark to not issue the seabed lease for Plover Point, at least until the CFIA has completed its study and the Cohen Commission recommendations have been incorporated into management regimes.
Will you stand with us for wild salmon? You can help.
Please sign this petition <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?FriendsofClayoquotSo/bca1792a13/0749ab640b/593fe234 21> and ask your friends to sign.