Georgia Strait Alliance is the only citizens' group focused on protecting the marine environment in and around the whole Strait of Georgia – Canada's most at-risk natural environment, and the place where 70% of British Columbians live, work and play. We are committed to a future for our region that includes clean water and air, healthy wild salmon runs, rich marine life and natural areas, and sustainable communities.

November 28, 2011

Government agencies failing to protect wild salmon

Recent reports of the presence of the deadly ISA virus in B.C. wild salmon seem to have alarmed everyone except those meant to be taking care of the wild salmon.

Rather than taking immediate measures to determine the extent of this threat, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans and the Canadian Food Inspection Agency leaped to discredit the findings and assure international markets that all is well in Canadian waters. Unfortunately, their claim rests on inconclusive evidence and degraded samples.

Instead of launching an emergency investigation into this potential disaster, the federal government has announced a million dollar grant to the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance for international advertising. It appears that the health of B.C. waters, and the wild salmon is not the priority of the federal government after all.
Posted by Ruby Berry at 2:18 PM
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2 comments:

  1. AnonymousFebruary 27, 2012 at 10:07 PM

    Does you group support Alaska's salmon ranching program?

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  2. Christianne WilhelmsonMarch 3, 2012 at 4:51 PM

    GSA doesn’t currently have a position on ocean farming. Based on our research, we believe that in the Strait of Georgia the best alternative to open net-cage fish farms is closed containment systems.

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