Protect Wild Salmon”
Peaceful Rally at Peace Arch Border Crossing
Canada Fails to Protect Wild Salmon From Industrial Salmon Farms
Saturday, July 19, 2014
11:00 am March from Semiahmoo Parking Lot to Peace Arch
11:20 am Welcome Song/Salmon Song
11:30 am Councillor Joanne Charles Welcomes People to the Semiahmoo
Unceded Territory
11:40 am Eddie Gardner/Jim Wilcox introductory Remarks
Drummers and Singers - Constitution Song for Wild Salmon
12 noon Holly Arntzen, Artist Response Team, Music for Ecology and Action
Songs to Bring Back the Salmon (Ayo! And Up Your Watershed)
12:15 pm Keynote Speakers:
Dr. Alexandra Morton, Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society
Court Battle to Stop the Spread of Diseases
Chief Judy Wilson, Union of BC Indian Chiefs
DFO must remove its conflict of interest and protect wild salmon
Zeke Grader, Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association
Ocean Aquaculture – An Unsustainable Venture
Ernie Crey, Cheam First Nation Fisheries Portfolio
Industrial Fish Farms - A Threat to First Nation Fisheries
Dr. Claudette Bethune, Clinical Scientist
Fish Farm Inability to control diseases/unsustainable feed sources
Craig Orr, Executive Director, Watershed Watch Salmon Society
Lack of implementation of Cohen Commission Recommendations
Chief Michelle Lee Edwards, Cayoose Creek Band (Sekw’el’was)
Wild Salmon Sacredness vs Ocean Farmed Salmon Dangers
2:30 pm Press Interviews
3:00 pm Closing Songs