Regional Actions

Canada

The fourth annual Global Week of Action is here! Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform (CAAR) called on British Columbia communities to request town hall meetings with their MPs – and many have answered this call! Around the province, people are asking their MPs what they're doing to protect wild salmon and ocean ecosystems from the impacts of net-cages.

No matter where you are, it's not too late to join in on the action. To get involved you can: Take part in 6 days of simple actions. Sign up to get the word out to government that salmon farms need to be cleaned up.

For more information visit www.farmedanddangerous.org/page/global-week-of-action. Or contact CAAR representative michelle@georgiastrait.org to find out what's going on in your area, and how you can help.

Update from Edinburgh
November 9, 2009

Today's event in Edinburgh went very well - a great turnout with every chair taken; a good mix of stakeholders including Member of the Scottish Parliament Robin Harper (pictured); Lighthouse Caledonia staff (including their CEO Odd Geir); members from the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organization; journalist and food writer Joanna Blythman; and the chairman of the Association of Salmon District Fishery Boards (who requested a meeting in the coming weeks!) along with several anglers, animal welfare activists, and environmentalists.

Scotland

Update from Dundonnell, Scotland
November 10, 2009

Last night's screening of "Farmed Salmon Exposed" went swimmingly with 30 people present (a full room at the local village hotel which had closed for Winter and opened specially for our film). Attendees included local salmon farmer, John Parry, ghillies from Loch Maree, lots of wild fish advocates, estate managers and a former employee of Stolt (now Marine Harvest).

Update from Oban, Scotland
November 11, 2009

Last night's screening in Oban - the heart of West coast salmon farming country - went very well again - with every seat in the taken and people applauded again at the end. Representatives from Cermaq and Scottish Sea Farms were present. John Barrington spoke on behalf of Scottish Sea Farms, and Mark Carter of Hebridean Partnership (and a seal protection group) and David Ainsley (a tourist operator) pressed Scottish Sea Farms on the issue of salmon farmers shooting seals. Jane Wright from the Argyll District Salmon Fishery Board and Brian Fraser (a ghillie who appears in the film) were present and spoke about the impacts of fish farms on native wild fish. People travelled from long distances to attend the meeting - including a couple who were objecting to a Lakeland (another Norwegian company) salmon farm near the Mull of Kintrye.