DFO Rally in Vancouver Noon August 20th
by The Wild Salmon Circle
 The Wild Salmon Circle, a group of concerned citizens, is calling all supporters of wild salmon to a protest held in front of the Fisheries & Oceans Canada office in Vancouver.
Fish farms mark salmon migration routes along coastal B.C.
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 Atlantic and B.C. coast. Considering sea lice from fish
farms on salmon migration routes are known to kill wild salmon, and
these may have been at least partly responsible for the disastrously
low sockeye returns this summer, we think this is 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 a video was
screened showing scientific evidence of high wild salmon mortality due
to fish farm sea lice. Coverage of the Canadian protest was aired on
prime-time Norwegian news.
Who: BC citizens who want to see open-net salmon farms taken off our coast permanently. We have invited conservation groups, First Nations, scientists, and fisheries stakeholders.
What: We will have Tum Tum the salmon appearing in costume, people to speak and answer questions, a petition and postcards.
Where: 401 Burrard - Burrard and Pender in Vancouver, in the square.
When: Thursday, August 20, 2009 at NOON.
Why: With this protest, we hope to increase local public awareness about the DFO presence at the Aqua Nor trade show in Norway, and Minister Gail Shea's hopes of essentially selling Canadian waters to global fish farm corporations.
Additional Information:
The DFO's Canadian Pavilion website for Aqua Nor:
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