I have had the honour and pleasure to know whale researcher Aleaxandra Morton for a good many years now. She is one of the most selfless women of distinction working to protect ocean creatures living on the coast today. I urge you to read her urgent plea -- and act. Please use the email addresses below her letter to send a message to B.C. politicians to desist from siting (or relocating) any more farms in one of B.C.'s recreational & biological gems -- the Broughton Archipelago. It's time to say NO! to the death and disease wrought on wild waters and species by marine-sited netcage fish farms. (Please Circulate) -- Howard Breen / Georgia Strait Alliance Hello From the Broughton Archipelago: For the past 13 years I have watched the degradation of a bountiful archipelago where I have been living and studying whales. Salmon farms moved in here in 1987 and since then toxic algae blooms have become annual events, Atlantic salmon covered in sores are in Pacific streams, killer whales were displaced for many years due to the acoustic harassment devices on farms, previously unheard of epidemics now plague the wild salmon enhancement facility, sludge has buried prime prawn habitat, populations of wild salmon and their prey have plummeted and the community of humans is so low our school is threatened with closure. In a word the affect of salmon farming has been disastrous. Through the concerted efforts of many individuals and organizations we were able to inspire a moratorium, but that has been lifted and today the government is considering the request of salmon farmers to place even more farms in this ecosystem which is already approaching collapse. As is customary, there will be a chance for the public to respond to these new salmon farm sites, but I have attended many of these meetings over the years and not one has been productive. The next meeting is on Tuesday, May 16th in a small town at the north end of Vancouver Island called Port McNeill at the Haida-Way Inn. I know many of you may be half a globe away, but I would like to ask a favour. Could anyone who is knowledgeable about the impact of salmon farms in coastal fjord-type environments please email the BC Cabinet (below) and the key MLAs in the opposition benches? I don't know how many places on earth can be destroyed by corporate activity before we are no longer a viable species, but my sense is that we are close to that number now. Thank you for your consideration, Alexandra Morton wildorca_at_capescott.net ----------------------Cut n' paste into your Message header--------------------------------- Ujjal.Dosanjh.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Joan.Sawicki.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Andrew.Petter.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Dale.Lovick.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Corky.Evans.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Gordon.Wilson.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Dan.Miller.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Joy.MacPhail.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Ian.Waddell.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Cathy.McGregor.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Jan.Pullinger.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Joan.Smallwood.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Harry.Lali.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Sue.Hammell.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Mike.Farnworth.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Jim.Doyle.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Paul.Ramsey.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Gretchen.Brewin.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Jenny.Kwan.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Penny.Priddy.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; Graeme.Bowbrick.Office_at_leg.bc.ca ; John.Cashore.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Evelyn.Gillespie.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Glenn.Robertson.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Moe.Sihota.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Dennis.Streifel.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Evelyn.Gillespie.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Gerard.Janssen.Office_at_leg.bc.ca; Gordon.Campbell.mla_at_leg.bc.ca; Gary.farrellcollins.mla_at_leg.bc.ca; Christy.clark.mla_at_leg.bc.ca; Mike.dejong.mla_at_leg.bc.ca; CC: wildorca_at_capescott.net; hbreen_at_georgiastrait.org ; jon.oriordan_at_gems4.gov.bc.ca ; Duwillia_at_nanaimo.env.gov.bc.ca ; Michael Kundu, Executive Director Project SeaWolf P.O. Box 987 Marysville, WA 98270 "A federally-registered 501c3 non-profit organisation" ProjSeaWolf_at_earthlink.net *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - All postings copyright the author and not to be reproduced outside PaddleWise without author's permission Submissions: paddlewise_at_lists.intelenet.net Subscriptions: paddlewise-request_at_lists.intelenet.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************
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