Make a Difference

Concerned citizens have the power to make environmentally harmful industries change for the better. Your participation can make a difference, get involved today!

Six Things You Can Do to Help:

1. Contact the Prime Minister or your MP, urging government to act on the opportunity to develop green aquaculture industry in Canada.
2. Help get the farms out of the Wild Salmon Narrows! Sign up for the Wild Salmon Narrows email series to stay up to date and to be the first to know about opportunities to make a difference.
3. Join our online community of supporters. We’ll keep you informed about the latest research and up to date on new initiatives and ways you can help. Sign-on today and check out past e-Newsletters & Alerts.
4. Dine and shop at businesses that are protecting wild salmon by not selling net-cage farmed salmon. Find a Wild Salmon Supporter in your neighborhood!
5. Write a letter to the editor of your favourite publication and government leaders.
6. Make some noise! Get involved in your community. Contact a member of our Community Mobilization Team to find out how you can help in your community.

Open net-cage salmon farming is not sustainable. We want to see a farmed salmon industry that:

• Uses technology that eliminates the risks of disease and parasite transfer to wild fish as well as escapes of farmed fish into the wild;
• Guarantees untreated waste is not released into the ocean;
• Labels fish as “farmed” so consumers can make informed choices;
• Develops feed for farmed salmon that does not deplete fish stocks around the world;
• Ensures wildlife is not harmed as a result of salmon farming;
• Prohibits the use of genetically modified fish;
• Eliminates the use of chemicals, antibiotics and pesticides in salmon farming;
• Ensures contaminants in farmed salmon don’t exceed levels deemed safe by international standards; and
• Stops locating salmon farms in areas opposed by First Nations or other local communities.

Together, we can transform the salmon farming industry!