The Pure Salmon Campaign (PSC) on Monday announced a series of events in protest of salmon farming to be held during the Vancouver Olympics.
On Monday at 5 p.m., Don Staniford, PSC's global coordinator, will participate in a 29-hour fast supporting the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk Tribal Council's opposition to fish farms in British Columbia's Broughton Archipelago. Each hour represents one fish farm.
The fast will take place at the Union of British Columbian Indian Chiefs (UBCIC) in Vancouver and end with a press conference on Tuesday and 10 a.m. PSC representatives will then visit the Norwegian Consulate in Vancouver to deliver a letter to the King Harald V of Norway, who's on hand for the Olympics, urging him to "stop the killing of wild fish by Norwegian-owned open net-cage salmon farms."
Additionally, "Farmed Salmon Exposed: The Global Reach of the Norwegian Salmon Farming Industry," will be screened across British Columbia during the Olympics. The 23-minute film documents the environmental impacts of Norwegian-owned salmon farming operations in Norway, British Columbia and Chile. PSC will launch the film online on Tuesday, the same day as the Norway-Canada hockey game.
Then on Saturday, PSC representatives will participate in a Wild Salmon Circle tally at 1 p.m. in Vancouver's Vanier Park. The event aims to draw attention to threats to wild salmon populations posed by salmon farming in British Columbia.
February 15, 2010
