CAAR - Farmed and Dangerous

		Take Action! Salmon Farms Drive Wild Salmon Towards Extinction - Demand Action Insist the BC government invests in solutions now, ask for the creation of a closed containment fund in 2008. Closed containment is needed to protect wild salmon.Take action here. BC businesses ask the government to take action to save BC wild salmon. Find out more and send a petition. November 5, 2007 Global Week of Action The Day of the Dead events were a huge success - colourful costumes and fantastic public support. Check out a photo slideshow from the Vancouver Safeway event. SEND A FAX to Safeway's CEO and the VP of Public Affairs and ask them to: Suspend their sales of open net-cage farmed salmon, Support closed containment, and Respond to public concerns. Learn more about our Safeway campaign. Go Wild. Eat at one of these Wild Salmon Supporter restaurants. Coast Restaurant Connor Butler Cru Restauran t Glowbal Grill Glowbal Catering Sanafir Subeez Cafe Wazubees Cafe Find a Wild Salmon Supporter near you.
Salmon farming is bad for the environment There are presently over 85 open net cage fish farms currently operating in the coastal waters of British Columbia. These farms have huge impacts and the problems will only increase if the open net-cage industry continues to expand. Sign up for our E-News. Watch: Calling from the Coast. Wild Salmon Supporters CAAR has a new program dedicated to working with chefs, restaurants, and retailers that are making a commitment to being farmed salmon free until the industry shifts to more sustainable production methods. Visit SalmonSupporters.com to find out more about the 160 businesses that are Wild Salmon Supporters. Read profiles of top chefs, search for supporting restaurants and retailers near you, even refer businesses you'd like to see join the program. Support CAAR WHO WE ARE In order to keep doing the work CAAR is doing, your financial support is appreciated. If you are able to make a contribution to our work, contact us to find out how or send a cheque payable to: The Living Oceans Society 207 West Hastings Street Suite 1405, Vancouver, BC V6B 1H7	CAAR News May 7, 2008 Wild Salmon Coalition Takes Province to Court Scientist, Alexandra Morton, along with commercial and sport fishing associations are challenging BC's right to regulate fish farms in court.Their petition argues that Canada's Constitution prevents delegation of this regulatory authority to the province. Read more. Ivory Tower Punch Up Industry scientists countering research that could harm their employer's bottom line is nothing new (think big tobacco). In BC, we have our own version of this academic wrangling... a Vancouver Sun writer checks the score on sea lice science. Wild Salmon Rescue May Go Ahead Concerned scientist, Alexandra Morton, planned to transport juvenile salmon past salmon farms to protect them from sea lice. Fisheries and Oceans Canada have turned down her permit request, blocking the rescue operation. Read the latest in the Times Colonist. Safeway: Re-think all farmed salmon Following Safeway's decision this week to suspend purchasing of Chilean farmed salmon, because of massive disease outbreaks, CAAR is calling on the grocer to phase out fall farmed salmon. Sea lice infesting BC sockeye and herring The latest science published on the impacts of sea lice in BC shows the infestations are not only affecting wild pink and chum salmon, juvenile sockeye and herring are also showing high infection rates near salmon farms. Read the CBC coverage. BC ban on North Coast fish farms, but more net-cages for the south CAAR welcomes the BC government's decision to institute an indefinite moratorium on open net-cage salmon farming in northern BC waters, but more salmon farm approvals on the south coast are deeply troubling. Read more. CAAR reviews PSF's"Science and Sea Lice: What Do We Know?" The BC government funded Pacific Salmon Forum commissioned an assessment of current sea lice science. Unfortunately the report spends more time muddying the waters than effectively evaluating or synthesizing the science. Read the review by CAAR scientist Dr. Orr. Call for more chemicals to combat sea lice defies logic, science and the public interest Minister Bell pledged “increased chemical treatments” of lice-bearing farmed salmon—despite calls for farm-free migration corridors and safe technology, and despite mounting concern over the effectiveness and abuse of such chemicals. Read the Watershed Watch press release. Emergency medevac operation! Adopt-a-fry.org Tourism businesses, First Nations and local environmentalists have a plan to protect outmigrating wild Pink salmon smolts from the deaths caused by sea lice from salmon farms in the Broughton. Please go to Adopt-a-fry.org Salmon farming drastically reducing wild salmon worldwide Salmon farming operations have reduced wild salmon populations by up to 70 % in several areas around the world, threatening the future of endangered stocks, according a new scientific study. Read more: Vancouver Sun. Globe & Mail. Link to the research paper. Government funded group agrees sea lice are killing wild salmon In a major blow to the salmon farming industry, a BC government-funded research group says it now accepts a recent scientific study that warns of mass extinctions of wild pink salmon on the central coast due to salmon farming. Read more. BC Wild Salmon Face Extinction New data published in SCIENCE shows wild Pink salmon in BC's Broughton Archipelago will be driven to extinction within four years because of the deadly impact of sea lice from salmon farms. Read coverage in the Vancouver Sun. Read the SCIENCE abstract. Consumers Demand to Know: Is It Wild or Farmed? California consumers take their complaint that US supermarkets, including Safeway and Whole Foods, are not distinguishing farmed salmon from wild to the California Supreme Court - read the story in the LA Times. Leading chefs speak out in support of keeping farmed salmon outside of organic standards. Read their op-ed here. Making a splash in San Francisco CAAR deploys huge floating banner near the Golden Gate bridge, telling Safeway - Stop selling farmed salmon. Press Release: Salmon farm predator nets continue to take heavy toll on marine life (press release) CAAR Brochure for Download (here)