Recent Releases from Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society
Let’s get serious about salmon before Election Day
Published Tue, 25 Aug 2015 16:36:16 EST Read More
When a post to Stephen Harper’s Facebook page featuring an Atlantic salmon announced the Conservatives are “Protecting British Columbia’s Natural Environment” it was a textbook example of Canada’s reckless management of wild salmon. Atlantic salmon are the fish of choice of the controversial foreign-owned industrial salmon farming industry in BC. People around ...... Click here to read this release
Stephen Harper makes wild salmon a BC election issue
Published Mon, 24 Aug 2015 13:03:54 EST Read More
Social media gaffe suggests government priority is farmed, not wild salmon, says biologist Sointula, 24 Aug 2015 -- Stephen Harpers’ recent announcement of $15 million for wild salmon habitat restoration was met with ridicule on social media after a facebook gaffe highlighted Harper disastrous record on wild salmon. A post to Harper’s facebook site featuring the Conservative party logo to promote the campaign initiative erred in one critical detail: they u...... Click here to read this release
Salmon Confidential: the ugly truth about Canada's open-net salmon farms
Published Tue, 12 May 2015 09:39:31 EST Read More
(May 12, 2015, Sointula, BC) A 24-page booklet released today by Pacific Coast Wild Salmon Society provides an overview of the serious negative environmental and economic implications of open-net salmon farms on Canada's west and east coasts. Salmon Confidential: the ugly truth about Canada’s open-net salmon farms makes the case that the wild-salmon...... Click here to read this release
Cyberspace opposition to British Columbia fish farm expansion
Published Thu, 13 Mar 2014 10:49:04 EST Read More
Over 100,000 petition BC Premier to say NO to fish farms (Sointula, BC, March 13, 2014) As the Province of British Columbia considers two new fish farm applications, the milestone of over 100,000 signatures on a petition has passed. The petition asks BC Premier Christy Clark to not issue the new fish farm licenses. The Change.org petition is at: http://chn.ge/1fVs6GP. "BC residents are the vast majority ...... Click here to read this release