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[chris gadsden]

An update from Alex.
Here is a little recap of what is going on right now. There are two occupations underway of salmon farms in the Broughton Archipelago. One is on the Swanson Island Marine Harvest site, led by Ernest Alfred and the other on the Wicklow Marine Harvest site led by Willie Moon, which started just this afternoon! The Shusawp Nation sent a press release out in support of these occupations, as the collapsing Fraser River salmon are exposed to farm salmon effluent and they are seeing sickness in the fish they are catching.
Twenty US treaty tribes are pushing for the closure of salmon farms in Puget Sound as a result of the farm salmon spill and Atlantic salmon all over the place. Some are now being caught in BC and I am hoping to track a few of them down with your help and test them.
Both fish farm occupations are calling for the end of fish farming in the territories of the Musgamagw Dzawada'enuxw, Namgis and Mamalilikulla (Broughton Archipelago) who have been telling government this for over 30 years, but government ignored them and put 1/3 of salmon farms in their territories!!
The provincial NDP have the power to revoke the salmon farm Licences of Occupation in this territory. Claire Trevena said she would clear these territories of salmon farms when she was trying to get elected and she did get elected. Today the NDP are telling everyone that aquaculture is going to be on the agenda at the all Minister's meeting in Vancouver in a few days, not really good enough BUT Chief Willie Moon and others involved in these occupations are going to be in that meeting. So we will get to hear what the NDP government is going to do about all this.
There are two choices for the NDP tell First Nations they HAVE to have salmon farms no matter what or cancel salmon farming tenures where First Nations have said no for over 30 years

[shuswapsteve]

Yeah the expected hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims again. Classic Morton.

[Novabonker]

https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/09/04/Better-Way-To-Farm-Fish/

[Novabonker]

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/escaped-atlantic-salmon-reported-250-km-north-of-collapsed-fish-farm-1.4288626

[chris gadsden]

The beginning of the end one would hope. http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/no-invasive-species-sooke-moves-to-ban-atlantic-salmon-farms-after-escape-1.3592154#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=K10rnCS

[wildmanyeah]

The beginning of the end one would hope. http://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/no-invasive-species-sooke-moves-to-ban-atlantic-salmon-farms-after-escape-1.3592154#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=twitter&_gsc=K10rnCS

They banned land based operations. Seems a s s backwards to me

"We don’t have any jurisdiction, we recognize that, but we do over what’s on the land, and that’s why the zoning amendment would prohibit any land-based operations,” Tait said. “The message is that we don’t want to have this invasive species within our community.”

[Fisherbob]

Monteray Bay Aquarium Seafood Watch thinks BC's farmed salmon is a "Good Alternative".
https://www.seafoodwatch.org/seafood-recommendations/groups/salmon

[chris gadsden]

https://thetyee.ca/News/2017/09/21/Fish-Farm-Occupations-Tensions/?utm_source=daily&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=210917

[chris gadsden]

http://alexandramorton.typepad.com/alexandra_morton/2017/09/the-last-farm-salmon-harvest-at-swanson-island.html

[chris gadsden]

Yeah the expected hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims again. Classic Morton.

Now is your chance to speak when the Wild Salmon Caravan is in Kamloops next week, hope to see you there. if not I may have to come to your office.

The Wild Salmon Caravan is a celebration of BC's Sockeye Salmon return organized by the Working Group for Indigenous Food Sovereignty. This event involves caravaners traveling for along the migratory path of BC’s sockeye salmon, from the Pacific Ocean to the Adam's River, stopping in communities along the way, hosting ceremonies, prayers, and parades to celebrate this keystone species and call for its protection.

You're invited to the Wild Salmon Caravan Parade in Kamloops. On October 11 at 10 a.m. in Riverside Park, caravaners and paraders will begin to gather. There will be ceremony, a welcome, then a lively parade along 3rd to Victoria through the Farmers Market to 5th to Landsdowne back to the Park. After the parade, there will be refreshments served at Riverside Park, and performances from the Melawmen Collective, JUST duo, Solidarity NOtes Choir, and Jarrod Doherty.

Everyone is encouraged to parade their creatively: make and wear costumes, decorate and ride bikes, make banners, posters, and flags that relate to wild salmon. There will be a number of Arts Build Workshops where you can create materials for the parade. Information about these workshops will be posted on Facebook as they become available.

[Novabonker]

RIP Raif Mair. A strong supporter of environmental issues.

https://rafeonline.com/tag/salmon-farms/

[chris gadsden]

Yeah the expected hyperbole and unsubstantiated claims again. Classic Morton.

As usual SS stayed in hiding when we were in Kamloops, but he could have been peering from behind some building.

The Caravan went very well at all stops from Vancouver to Chase, very few sockeye in the Adams River. I will have some video from along the way. There is some great pictures taken by Murray Bush on the Wild Salmon Caravan FB page.

[shuswapsteve]

As usual SS stayed in hiding when we were in Kamloops, but he could have been peering from behind some building.

The Caravan went very well at all stops from Vancouver to Chase, very few sockeye in the Adams River. I will have some video from along the way. There is some great pictures taken by Murray Bush on the Wild Salmon Caravan FB page.

Sorry, not into following fish farm protests, especially when I have kids to tend to. Hope you had a nice visit at the Adams.

[wildmanyeah]

Hmm.....

https://www.ctv.ca/W5/Video/S52E4-Farm-TroublesThe-Good-Fight-vid1211499

[Novabonker]

Hmm.....

https://www.ctv.ca/W5/Video/S52E4-Farm-TroublesThe-Good-Fight-vid1211499

Thanks for that. The pro crew will be here in a minute defending the mealy mouthed bunkmates and/or the piece was slanted or claim we're all bathing in ignorance. Marty came across as about with the same sincerity level as Donald Trump. Put the damn things on land.