BC Citizens Demand Salmon Farm Rules

The Fish Site
March 30, 2009

A letter that was signed by almost ten thousand BC citizens demands that the Fisheries Act be applied to salmon farms.

British Columbia Fisheries critic, NDP MLA Robin Austin tables Letter addressed to Federal Minister of Fisheries and Premier Campbell demanding Fisheries Act be applied to salmon "farms." 

The letter, written by biologist Alexandra Morton, was signed by 9,758 citizens in less than one month. The letter states: "Wild salmon are the backbone of the BC Coast. On February 9, 2009 BC Supreme Court ruled that salmon farms are a fishery and a federal responsibility. The science is in. The feedlot fishery is damaging wild salmon stocks worldwide (Ford and Myers 2008). Fraser sockeye and all southcoast BC salmon and steelhead are now at risk as a result of the Provincial policy of allowing the feedlot fishery to use Canada's most valuable wild salmon habitat. 

"We the undersigned demand that Fisheries and Oceans Canada apply the Fisheries Act to this industry and immediately. 

 

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Posted March 30th, 2009