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Wild Salmon Can’t Wait, Empty Farms and Fund Closed Containment in 2008
The latest research published in the top journal Science shows the wild Pink salmon in BC’s Broughton Archipelago have no time to wait – sea lice from salmon farms are driving them to extinction. A team of researchers have shown that wild salmon numbers in the Broughton have been declining rapidly over the last four years.
If the sea lice produced on salmon farms continues unabated the wild Pink salmon population will be diminished by 99%.
Thank you for helping support action and lasting solutions!
Dear Recipient
The latest research published in the top journal Science shows the wild Pink salmon in BC’s Broughton Archipelago have no time to wait – sea lice from salmon farms are driving them to extinction. Wild salmon are enormously important to the ecosystem, economy, and culture of BC. Action must be taken to protect all of BC's wild salmon for the long term.
I urge your government to allocate $10 million to a Closed System Aquaculture Innovation and Development Fund. Over the long term, closed system salmon aquaculture is the only solution to continuing the salmon farming industry without sacrificing our wild salmon.
It is urgent that you act on this issue immediately, as the danger to the wild salmon has reached crisis proportions. The Science paper—supported by an international academic community—leaves no doubt that open net-cage salmon farming is devastating wild salmon populations, putting coastal ecosystems and communities at risk.
Your government can prevent the tragic loss of BC's wild salmon. Invest in a commercial scale closed containment fund to jump start a coast wide transition to more sustainable salmon farming practices.
There is no time to waste. Farmed fish must be separated from wild stocks in order to protect the wild populations. We must ensure that closed containment technology can do exactly this and therefore I urge you to act in 2008.
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