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Campaign Recent Developments: Wild Salmon

Day of Action for Wild Salmon: Dec 14th
8 weeks 5 days ago

Everywhere that farmed salmon go, along with them go the deadly Infectious Salmon Anemia (ISA) virus.

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Government must act to stop deadly salmon virus
15 weeks 4 days ago

Infectious salmon anemia or ISA, is a highly contagious and deadly disease linked to the farmed salmon industry.

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Justice for Wild Salmon?
24 weeks 6 days ago

Last September I stood shoulder to shoulder in the pouring rain with hundreds of concerned citizens, many of whom paddled down the Fraser River to hold witness to the opening day of the The Cohen Commission Inquiry.

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Does an industrial salmon farm larger than two football fields seem massive to you?
28 weeks 5 days ago

Mainstream Canada wants to build a massive, new salmon farm in Clayoquot Sound. They have applied for tenure rights for a whoping 56 hectares off the coast of the beautiful Meares Island, in the heart of Clayoquot.

We have been sending out action alerts to our membership and creating a buzz using social media. Together we have generated over 250 letters opposing this new salmon farm.

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Stop a Massive Salmon Farm in Clayoquot Sound
34 weeks 5 days ago

Mainstream Canada, one of the worlds largest aquaculture companies, has applied for a 56-hectare tenure for a new salmon farm in the sensitive coastal ecosystems in Clayoquot Sound and we have until August 12 to have a say.

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The Federal Election is a Critical Moment for Wild Salmon
45 weeks 4 days ago

Yesterday, all three federal opposition parties made it clear that they would not support the Conservative budget. This decision appears to set the stage for another federal election campaign.

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Save the salmon, spread the word
49 weeks 15 hours ago

Reports of starving bald eagles falling out of the sky underscores the vital role wild salmon play in BC's coastal ecosystems.

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Watershed Moments - Wild Times
1 year 4 days ago
Read Joe Foy's Wild Times column in the Watershed Sentinel as he calls for British Columbians to step up and take the future back.
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Fishy business? Help spread the truth about Salmon Farming
1 year 2 weeks ago

Last week the BC Salmon Farmers Association launched a well-funded and slick PR campaign in an attempt to counter the growing concern about the impacts of farmed salmon on wild pacific salmon.

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Fish farms: The public's right to know
1 year 7 weeks ago

For years the fish farms industry has been wrapped in a veil of secrecy. For years they were able to keep hush-hush about disease outbreaks that may have occurred in their open pens.  For years the BC government allowed them to get away with keeping the data about what was happening on key salmon migration routes private.

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